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Job Chapter 23 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Job 23:13

But he is in one `mind', and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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BBE Job 23:13

But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
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DARBY Job 23:13

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
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KJV Job 23:13

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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WBT Job 23:13

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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WEB Job 23:13

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
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YLT Job 23:13

And He `is' in one `mind', And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it'.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? Once more we hear the voice of complaint. The happier tone of thought which extends from ver. 6 to ver. 12 grows out of a sanguine hope on Job's part that God will bring him before his tribunal, and judge his cause according to righteousness. Now he bethinks himself that hitherto God, notwithstanding his prayers, has refused to summon him to his judgment-seat, and begins to fear that there is no likelihood of his changing. "He is One," or "in one." With him is "no variableness, neither shadow of turning" (James 1:17). How is it likely that he will act in the future otherwise than he has acts! in the past? What his soul desireth, even that he doeth. A somewhat harsh way of saying that God doeth that which seemeth him best - and which, therefore, is best. Job does not really suppose that God is actuated by caprice or favouritism.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) He is one, or in one.--Job either declares His unique sovereignty or His unchangeable purpose. The context seems to support the latter, in which case the sense given by the Authorised Version is correct.