Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
Job 21:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Yet they said unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. American Standard Version (1901) And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Common English Bible They say to God, “Turn away from us; we take no pleasure in knowing your ways; Catholic Public Domain Version Who has said to God, "Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who have said to God: Depart from us. We desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard to any of his ways:
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: He hideth his face; he will never see it.
The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scorners delight them in scorning, And fools hate knowledge?
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.
And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them; for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.
And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be: