Job 34:9
He's even said, ‘What benefit is there in being God's friend?’
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
In Context
8He keeps company with wicked people; he associates with those who do evil.
Cross References
Job 9:22That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God. He destroys both the innocent and the wicked.’
Job 21:14Yet they tell God, ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.
Job 21:30Wicked people are spared in times of disaster; they are rescued from the day of judgment.
Job 22:17They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
Job 35:3And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Isaiah 58:3“Didn't you see that we fasted?” they ask. “Didn't you notice how we denied ourselves?” That's because whenever you fast you still do whatever you want, and you treat your workers badly.
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 →