Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’ New Living Translation Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’ English Standard Version What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’ Berean Standard Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’ King James Bible What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? New King James Version Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’ New American Standard Bible ‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’ NASB 1995 ‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’ NASB 1977 ‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’ Legacy Standard Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we profit if we entreat Him?’ Amplified Bible ‘Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’ Christian Standard Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him, and what will we gain by pleading with him? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what will we gain by pleading with Him?” American Standard Version What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they were saying: ‘Who is God that we would serve him, or what do we gain that we should seek him?’ Brenton Septuagint Translation What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him? Contemporary English Version What do we gain from praying and worshiping you? Douay-Rheims Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him? English Revised Version What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? GOD'S WORD® Translation Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? What do we gain if we pray to him?' Good News Translation They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him. International Standard Version Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Where's the profit in talking to him?' JPS Tanakh 1917 What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?'-- Literal Standard Version What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him? Majority Standard Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’ New American Bible What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain by praying to him?” NET Bible Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?' New Revised Standard Version What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’ New Heart English Bible What is Shaddai, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?' Webster's Bible Translation What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him? World English Bible What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’ Young's Literal Translation What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: God will Punish the Wicked…14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. 15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’ 16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.… Cross References Exodus 5:2 But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go." Job 22:17 They said to God, 'Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?' Job 34:9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.' Psalm 73:13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. Jeremiah 9:6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him? What is Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. Psalm 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. and what Job 34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Job 35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? Isaiah 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. if we Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Jump to Previous Almighty Entreat Gain Meet Mighty Prayer Praying Profit Profited Ruler Serve WorshipJump to Next Almighty Entreat Gain Meet Mighty Prayer Praying Profit Profited Ruler Serve WorshipJob 21 1. Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God 16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest 21. The happy and unhappy are alike in death 27. The judgment of the wicked is in another world Verse 15. - What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? "Who is Jehovah," said Pharaoh to Moses, "that I should obey his voice? I know not Jehovah" (Exodus 5:2). So the ungodly in Job's time. They pretend to have no knowledge of God, no sense of his claims upon them, no internal consciousness that they are bound to worship and obey him. They are agnostics of a pronounced type, or at least they profess to be such. What profit, they ask, should we have, if we pray to him? Expediency is everything with them. Will serving God do them any good? Will it advance their worldly interests? Persuade them of that, and they will be willing to pay him, at any rate, a lip-service. But, having prospered so long and so greatly without making any religious profession, they see no reason to believe that they would prosper more if they made one. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoמַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is the Almighty, שַׁדַּ֥י (šad·day) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7706: The Almighty that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we should serve Him, נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ (na·‘aḇ·ḏen·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and what וּמַה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what would we gain נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל (nō·w·‘îl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit if כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we pray נִפְגַּע־ (nip̄·ga‘-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity to Him?’ בּֽוֹ׃ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Job 21:15 NIVJob 21:15 NLT Job 21:15 ESV Job 21:15 NASB Job 21:15 KJV Job 21:15 BibleApps.com Job 21:15 Biblia Paralela Job 21:15 Chinese Bible Job 21:15 French Bible Job 21:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 21:15 What is the Almighty that we should (Jb) |
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