Job 34:9
For he hath said, “It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God.”
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
In Context
8And is on the road to keep company with the wrong-doers, and to walk with men of wickedness?
Cross References
Job 9:22One thing is [certain], therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end.
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
Job 21:30That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.
Job 22:17Who said unto God, “'Depart from us:” and what wrought the Almighty for them?
Job 35:3For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”
Isaiah 58:3“Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest it not? have we afflicted our soul, and thou regardest it not?” Behold, on the day of your fasting ye follow your business, and all your acquired gains do ye exact.
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 →