Job 34:9
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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
In other translations
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 21:14-1614 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’ 16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
- Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
- Job 9:22-2322 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’ 23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Job 9:30-3130 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, 31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
- Psalm 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Job 22:17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
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