Discovery BoxJob 23:13
Context23:13 But he is unchangeable, 1 and who can change 2 him?
Whatever he 3 has desired, he does.
Proverbs 19:21
Context19:21 There are many plans 4 in a person’s mind, 5
but it 6 is the counsel 7 of the Lord which will stand.
Isaiah 14:24
Context14:24 8 The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow:
“Be sure of this:
Just as I have intended, so it will be;
just as I have planned, it will happen.
Isaiah 14:27
Context14:27 Indeed, 9 the Lord who commands armies has a plan,
and who can possibly frustrate it?
His hand is ready to strike,
and who can possibly stop it? 10
Isaiah 46:10
Context46:10 who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand 11 what has not yet occurred,
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire,’
Lamentations 3:37
Contextמ (Mem)
3:37 Whose command was ever fulfilled 12
unless the Lord 13 decreed it?
Ezekiel 38:10-23
Context38:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, 14 and you will devise an evil plan. 38:11 You will say, “I will invade 15 a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against 16 those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates – 38:12 to loot and plunder, to attack 17 the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center 18 of the earth.” 38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors 19 will say to you, “Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’
38:14 “Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice 20 38:15 and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army. 38:16 You will advance 21 against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself 22 through you, O Gog.
38:17 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by my servants 23 the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days 24 that I would bring you against them? 38:18 On that day, when Gog invades 25 the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger. 38:19 In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, 26 I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake 27 in the land of Israel. 38:20 The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake 28 at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs 29 will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground. 38:21 I will call for a sword to attack 30 Gog 31 on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man’s sword will be against his brother. 38:22 I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 38:23 I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Daniel 4:37
Context4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live 32 in pride.
Acts 4:27-28
Context4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against 33 your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 34 4:28 to do as much as your power 35 and your plan 36 had decided beforehand 37 would happen.
Ephesians 1:11
Context1:11 In Christ 38 we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, 39 since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
[23:13] 1 tc The MT has “But he [is] in one.” Many add the word “mind” to capture the point that God is resolute and unchanging. Some commentators find this too difficult, and so change the text from בְאֶחָד (bÿ’ekhad, here “unchangeable”) to בָחָר (bakhar, “he has chosen”). The wording in the text is idiomatic and should be retained. R. Gordis (Job, 262) translates it “he is one, i.e., unchangeable, fixed, determined.” The preposition בּ (bet) is a bet essentiae – “and he [is] as one,” or “he is one” (see GKC 379 §119.i).
[23:13] 2 tn Heb “cause him to return.”
[19:21] 4 sn The plans (from the Hebrew verb חָשַׁב [khashav], “to think; to reckon; to devise”) in the human heart are many. But only those which God approves will succeed.
[19:21] 5 tn Heb “in the heart of a man” (cf. NAB, NIV). Here “heart” is used for the seat of thoughts, plans, and reasoning, so the translation uses “mind.” In contemporary English “heart” is more often associated with the seat of emotion than with the seat of planning and reasoning.
[19:21] 6 tn Heb “but the counsel of the
[19:21] 7 tn The antithetical parallelism pairs “counsel” with “plans.” “Counsel of the
[14:24] 8 sn Having announced the downfall of the Chaldean empire, the Lord appends to this prophecy a solemn reminder that the Assyrians, the major Mesopotamian power of Isaiah’s day, would be annihilated, foreshadowing what would subsequently happen to Babylon and the other hostile nations.
[14:27] 9 tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
[14:27] 10 tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”
[46:10] 11 tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”
[3:37] 12 tn Heb “Who is this, he spoke and it came to pass?” The general sense is to ask whose commands are fulfilled. The phrase “he spoke and it came to pass” is taken as an allusion to the creation account (see Gen 1:3).
[3:37] 13 tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the
[38:10] 14 tn Heb “words will go up upon your heart.”
[38:11] 15 tn Heb “go up against.”
[38:11] 16 tn Heb “come (to).”
[38:12] 17 tn Heb “to turn your hand against.”
[38:12] 18 tn The Hebrew term occurs elsewhere only in Judg 9:37. Perhaps it means “high point, top.”
[38:13] 19 tn Heb “young lions.”
[38:14] 20 tn The Hebrew text is framed as a rhetorical question: “will you not take notice?”
[38:16] 22 tn Or “reveal my holiness.”
[38:17] 23 tn Heb “by the hand of my servants.”
[38:17] 24 tn The Hebrew text adds “years” here, but this is probably a scribal gloss on the preceding phrase. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:201.
[38:18] 25 tn Heb “goes up against.”
[38:19] 26 sn The phrase “in the fire of my fury” occurs in Ezek 21:31; 22:21, 31.
[38:20] 29 tn The term occurs only here and in Song of Songs 2:14.
[38:21] 31 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gog, cf. v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:27] 33 sn The application of Ps 2:1-2 is that Jews and Gentiles are opposing Jesus. The surprise of the application is that Jews are now found among the enemies of God’s plan.
[4:27] 34 sn A wordplay on “Christ,” v. 26, which means “one who has been anointed.”
[4:28] 35 tn Grk “hand,” here a metaphor for God’s strength or power or authority.
[4:28] 36 tn Or “purpose,” “will.”
[4:28] 37 tn Or “had predestined.” Since the term “predestine” is something of a technical theological term, not in wide usage in contemporary English, the translation “decide beforehand” was used instead (see L&N 30.84). God’s direction remains as the major theme.
[1:11] 38 tn Grk “in whom,” as a continuation of the previous verse.
[1:11] 39 tn Grk “we were appointed by lot.” The notion of the verb κληρόω (klhrow) in the OT was to “appoint a portion by lot” (the more frequent cognate verb κληρονομέω [klhronomew] meant “obtain a portion by lot”). In the passive, as here, the idea is that “we were appointed [as a portion] by lot” (BDAG 548 s.v. κληρόω 1). The words “God’s own” have been supplied in the translation to clarify this sense of the verb. An alternative interpretation is that believers receive a portion as an inheritance: “In Christ we too have been appointed a portion of the inheritance.” See H. W. Hoehner, Ephesians, 226-27, for discussion on this interpretive issue.
