Job 34:9
For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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.
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
Job 21:14Yet they said 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 could the Almighty do unto them?
Job 35:3That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
Isaiah 58:3'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge?' — Behold, in the day of your fast ye pursue your business, 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 →