Job 34:9

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

In Context

8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

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Cross References

Job 9:22It is all one; therefore I say, 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 evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

Job 22:17Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Job 35:3That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

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 →

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