Job 21:14
And they say to God, Turn aside from us, || And the knowledge of Your ways || We have not desired.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
In Context
13They wear out their days in good, || And in a moment go down [to] Sheol.
15What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked does not inquire according to the height of his face. “There is no God!” [are] all his schemes.
Psalms 95:10Forty years I am weary of the generation, || And I say, “A people erring in heart—they! And they have not known My ways”:
Proverbs 1:22“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
Isaiah 30:11Turn aside from the way, || Decline from the path, || Cause the Holy One of Israel || To cease from before us.”
Habakkuk 1:15He has brought up each of them with a hook, || He catches it in his net, and gathers it in his dragnet, || Therefore he delights and rejoices.
Luke 8:37And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes asked Him to go away from them, because they were pressed with great fear, and He having entered into the boat, turned back.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:8-17
Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at… Read the whole commentary →