Job 23 · Verse 14

Job 23:14

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Job 23:14, King James Version

Job 23:14 in other translations

BSBFor He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
WEBFor he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
ASVFor he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
YLTFor He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him.
DARBYFor he will perform what is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
BBEFor what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
WebsterFor he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

What does Job 23:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. many such--He has yet many more such ills in store for me, though hidden in His breast (Job 10:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me - Coverdale translates: - He rewardeth me into my bosome, and many other thinges mo doth he, as he maye by his power. חקי chukki may as well be translated bosom here as in Job 23:12; but probably it may mean a portion, lot, sufficiency: For he hath appointed me my lot; and like these there are multitudes with him. He diversifies human affairs: scarcely any two men have the same lot; nor has the same person the same portion at all times. He has multitudes of resources, expedients, means, etc., which he employs in governing human affairs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 23:13-17

As Job does not once question but that his trials are from the hand of God, and that there is no such thing as chance, how does he account for them? The principle on which he views them is, that the hope and reward of the faithful servants of God are only laid up in another life; and he maintains that it is plain to all, that the wicked are not treated according to their deserts in this life, but often directly the…

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Job 23:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֭יkiforH3588
יַשְׁלִ֣יםyash.Limhe performsH7999
חֻקִּ֑יchu.Kidecree myH2706
וְכָהֵ֖נָּהve.kha.He.nahand like them
רַבּ֣וֹתra.BotmanyH7227
עִמּֽוֹ\׃i.Mo[are] with himH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 23:14

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:3

    That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:9

    For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Psalms 97:2

    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  • Romans 11:33

    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

  • Isaiah 40:27-28

    Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  • 1 Peter 2:8

    And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  • Psalms 77:19

    Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • Micah 6:9

    The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

  • Job 7:3

    So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
appointed.
7:3; Mic 6:9; 1Th 3:3; 5:9; 1Pe 2:8
many such.
Ps 77:19; 97:2; Isa 40:27,28; Ro 11:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 23:13

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

  • Job 23:14

    For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

  • Job 23:15

    Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

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Job 23:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El pues acabará lo que ha determinado de mí: y muchas cosas como estas hay en él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il achèvera ce qui est déterminé pour moi; et bien des choses semblables sont auprès de lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn er wird vollenden, was über mich bestimmt ist; und dergleichen ist vieles bei ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia præsto sunt ei.