Job 21:15
What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
In Context
14And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
16Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)
Cross References
Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
Job 34:9For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.
Psalms 12:4who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?
Proverbs 30:9lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.
Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. I, LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Malachi 1:13Ye also say, Behold, what a weariness it is! And ye have sniffed at it, says LORD of hosts. And ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick. Thus ye bring the offering. Should I accept this at your
Matthew Henry on Job 21:8-17
Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at… Read the whole commentary →