Job 34:9
For he hath said, “A man hath no advantage, When he delighteth himself in God.”
Noyes Bible
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 evil-doers, And walketh with wicked men?
Cross References
Job 9:22It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Job 21:30That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in the day of wrath?
Job 22:17Who said unto God, “Depart from us!” And, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
Job 35:3For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?”
Isaiah 58:3“Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your 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 →