Bible Strands
Job 23:14
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses an unseen audience, likely his friends and God, while searching for a hearing with God in the midst of intense suffering.
The words — The Hebrew יַשְׁלִים (yashlim) means "he performs" or "he completes," and חֻקִּי (chuqi) translates literally as "my decree," not "his decree."
The thread — This declaration of God's unchangeable will runs through Job 23:13 and Job 23:15, while the New Testament addresses divine sovereignty over trials in 1 Thessalonians 3:3 and 1 Thessalonians 5:9, and God's righteous governance in Psalm 97:2.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to acknowledge that God acts according to His own unalterable purposes, which demands sober reverence rather than debate or despair.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
- Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
- Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Job 7:3 So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
- Psalms 77:19 Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Micah 6:9 The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
- 1 Peter 2:8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.