Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Holman Bible
that a man’s way of life is not his own;
no one who walks determines his own steps.
International Standard Version
LORD, I know that a person's life is not his to control, nor does a person establish his way in life.
A Conservative Version
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
American Standard Version
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Amplified
O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.
Darby Translation
I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.
Julia Smith Translation
I knew, O Jehovah, that not to man his way; not to man to go and set right his step.
King James 2000
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I know, Yahweh, that to the human [is] not his [own] way, nor to a person [is the] walking and the directing of his [own] step.
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man does not belong to man; it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now I know, O LORD, that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings.
New Heart English Bible
LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
The Emphasized Bible
I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path, - Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.
Webster
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
World English Bible
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man is his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
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Jeremiah's Prayer
22 Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live. 23 Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them. 24 Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:24
The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord -- so how can anyone understand his own way?
Proverbs 16:1
The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
Psalm 17:5
I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.
Psalm 37:23
The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.
Psalm 119:116-117
Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me!