They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
Job 21:15 - Revised Standard Version What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him? [Exod. 5:2.] American Standard Version (1901) What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Common English Bible who is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what can we gain if we meet him?” Catholic Public Domain Version Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what doth it profit us if we pray to him? |
They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.’
that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is our master?”
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel.”
I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in chaos.’ I the Lord speak the truth, I declare what is right.
Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, says the Lord.
but when they had fed to the full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.