Job 23:13
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For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.

who can

Job 9:12,13 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so? . . .

Job 11:10 If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?

Job 12:14 If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open.

Job 34:29 For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?

Numbers 23:19,20 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil? . . .

Ecclesiastes 1:15 The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.

Ecclesiastes 3:14 I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.

Romans 9:19 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? For who resisteth his will?

James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

and what

Psalm 115:3 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.

Psalm 135:6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased he hath done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all the deeps.

Proverbs 19:21 There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Isaiah 14:24-27 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed, . . .

Isaiah 46:10 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me:

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Ephesians 1:9-11 That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him, . . .

Context
Job Longs for God
12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. 13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.…
Cross References
Job 10:7
And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand?

Job 10:13
Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.

Job 23:12
I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

Job 23:14
And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

Isaiah 14:24
The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed,

Lexicon
But He is unchangeable,
וְה֣וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

and who
וּמִ֣י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can oppose Him?
יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ (yə·šî·ḇen·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

He does
וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃ (way·yā·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

what He
וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ (wə·nap̄·šōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

desires.
אִוְּתָ֣ה (’iw·wə·ṯāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 183: To incline, desire


Additional Translations
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.

But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed a thing and done it.

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

And He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth it.
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