Job 23:14
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
BSB
ASV
For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
KJV
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
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.
Prayer has prevailed to change God's way and his providence, but never was his will or purpose changed; for known unto God are all his works. That his power is irresistible: What his soul desires or designs even that he does, and nothing can stand in his way or put him upon new counsels.
This may silence us, for what is appointed cannot be altered. But to consider that, when God was appointing us to eternal life and glory as our end, he was appointing to this condition, this affliction, whatever it is, in our way, this may do more than silence us, it may satisfy us that it is all for the best; though what he does we know not now, yet we shall know hereafter.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
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strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
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Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
