Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?
He does what He desires.

International Standard Version

"But he is One who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.

A Conservative Version

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.

American Standard Version

But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Amplified


“But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

Julia Smith Translation

And he is in one, and who shall turn him back? and his soul desired, and he will do.

King James 2000

But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

Modern King James verseion

But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? Yea, what His soul desires, He does it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"It is he, himself, alone. Who will turn him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to pass what he will.

NET Bible

But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

New Heart English Bible

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

The Emphasized Bible

But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.

Webster

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

World English Bible

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But he is in one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

mind, and who can turn
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

References

Easton

Fausets

Job

Context Readings

God Is Against Me

12 “I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13 “But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.
14 “For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.



Cross References

Psalm 115:3

But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.

Job 12:14

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Numbers 23:19-20

God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
Has He said, and will He not do it?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Job 9:12-13

“Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Job 11:10

“If He passes by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?

Job 34:29

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

Psalm 135:6

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a man’s heart,
But the counsel of the Lord will stand.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.

Isaiah 14:24-27

The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,

Isaiah 46:10

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of earth;
And no one can ward off His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

Romans 9:19

You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?”

Ephesians 1:9-11

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

James 1:17

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

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