Jeremiah 10:23 - Common English Bible

I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own, that we’re not able to direct our paths.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. [Ps. 37:23; Prov. 20:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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.