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I know,יָדַעְתִּיYHWH,יְהוָהthatכִּיhis wayדַּרְכּוֹdoes notלֹאbelongto the human being,לָאָדָםnorלֹאto a manלְאִישׁwho walksהֹלֵךְto directוְהָכִיןhis step.צַעֲדוֹ
Jeremiah 10:23
Study it in the app“I know, YHWH, that his way does not belong to the human being, nor to a man who walks to direct his step.”
Jeremiah admits that directing his own step is not up to himGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:23, word by word
- I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- his wayדַּרְכּdark
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appears- to the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- to a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who walksהֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- to directהָכִיןhachin
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachin” appears- his stepצַעֲדtsaad
step
A step: each movement of the foot in walking.
Where else “tsaad” appears
The context
22The sound of a report! Look, it comes, and a great commotion from the land of the north, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.
23 · This verse (above)
24Correct me, YHWH, but with justice, not in your anger, lest you reduce me.