Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart. 13 "It is he, himself, alone. Who will turn him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to pass what he will. 14 He rewardeth me into my bosom, and many other things more doth he, as he may by his power.

Cross References

Psalm 115:3

As for our God, he is in heaven; he doth whatsoever it pleaseth him.

Job 12:14

If he break down a thing, who can set it up again? If he shut a thing, who will open it?

Numbers 23:19-20

The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?

Job 9:12-13

If he be hasty to take anything away, who will make him restore it again? Who will say unto him, 'What doest thou?'

Job 11:10

Though he turn all things upside down, close them in, or thrust them together, who dare check him therefore?

Job 34:29

If he deliver and grant pardon, who will judge or condemn? But if he hide away his countenance, who will turn it about again, whether it be to the people or to any man?

Psalm 135:6

Whatsoever the LORD pleaseth that doeth he in heaven and in earth; in the sea, and in all deep places.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

The crooked cannot be made straight, and the faults cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I considered also that whatsoever God doth, it continueth forever, and that nothing can be put unto it, nor taken from it: And that God doth it to the intent that men should fear him.

Isaiah 14:24-27

The LORD of Hosts hath sworn an oath, saying: It shall come to pass as I have determined, and shall be fulfilled as I have devised.

Isaiah 46:10

In the beginning of a thing, I show the end thereof: and I tell before, things that are not yet come to pass. With one word is my device accomplished, and fulfilleth all my pleasure.

Daniel 4:35

in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?'

Romans 9:19

Thou wilt say then unto me, "Why then blameth he us yet? For who can resist his will?"

Ephesians 1:9-11

And hath opened unto us the mystery of his will according to his pleasure, and purposed

James 1:17

Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness.

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