Job 23:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
  • 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
  • Job 7:3 : 3 thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.
  • Isa 40:27-28 : 27 Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.
  • Mic 6:9 : 9 Listen! The LORD is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O LORD! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!

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    15 That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

    16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

    17 Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

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    10 he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

    11 If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

    12 If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’

  • 14 God’s Sovereignty I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.

  • 29 Elihu’s Appeal to Job“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

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    10 Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

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    4 I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5 I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

    6 Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

    7 There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

    8 The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

    9 In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

    10 But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

    11 My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

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    22 But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

    23 God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

  • 13 Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

  • 12 The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

  • 21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • 15 What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • 10 If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?

  • 4 Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • 22 Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

  • 23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

  • 23 For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

  • 14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

  • 11 He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • 23 For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • 13 The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 13 “With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

  • 16 The Present Condition“Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.

  • 14 Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

  • 9 He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

  • 19 Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • 32 For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

  • 32 The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way.

  • 11 Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

  • 3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

  • 5 My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.

  • 3 you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.