Job 34:9
For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
In Context
8And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
Job 22:17Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
Job 35:3For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your labours.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:2-10
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 8 Which goeth in… Read the whole commentary →