O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Je le sais, ô Eternel! La voie de l'homme n'est pas en son pouvoir; Ce n'est pas à l'homme, quand il marche, A diriger ses pas.
KJV
O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ree-will is master of his own actions. But man is not master of his own actions: for it is written ( Jer. 10:23 ): "The way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk." Therefore man has not free-will. Objection 5: Further, the Philosopher says (Ethic. iii, 5): "Accordin…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)
gressus suos,» continuo subjungit: «Corripe me, Domine; verumtamen in judicio, et non in furore tuo (Jer. X, 23, 24) .» Tanquam diceret: Scio ad correptionem meam pertinere, quod minus abs te adjuvor, ut perfecte dirigantur gressus mei: verumtamen hoc ipsum noli sic mecum agere,…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)
em: Scio, Domine, quia non sunt hominis viae ejus, nec viri est ut ambulet, et dirigat gressus suos (Jerem. X, 23) . Et rursus: State super vias, et videte et interrogate de semitis antiquis, quae sit via bona; et ambulate in ea, et invenietis refrigerium (Jerem. VI, 16) . Maxima…
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