Catholic Public Domain Version
"I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps. "
— Jeremiah 10:23, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. ”
“Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.”
“LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.”
“I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.”
“O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.”
“O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
My tent has been destroyed. All my cords have been broken. My sons have gone away from me; they did not remain. There is no one to stretch out my tent any more, nor to set up my curtains.
For the pastors have acted foolishly, and they have not sought the Lord. Because of this, they have not understood, and all their flock has been dispersed.
Behold, the sound of a voice approaches, a great commotion from the land of the north: so that he may make the cities of Judah into a wilderness and into a dwelling place for serpents.
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.
Correct me, O Lord, yet truly, do so with judgment, and not in your fury. Otherwise, you will reduce me to nothing.
Pour out your indignation upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the provinces that have not invoked your name. For they have fed upon Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and they have utterly destroyed his honor.