Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto El, Depart from us; 1 for we desire not the da'as of Thy ways. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 spend their yamim in tov, 1 and in a moment go down to Sheol. 1
15What is Shaddai, that we should serve Him? 1 And what profit should we have, if we importune Him? 1
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him; 1 Elohim is not in all his thoughts. 1
Psalms 95:10Arba'im shanah was I grieved with this generation, 1 and said, It is a people that do stray in their lev, 1 and they have no da'as of My ways; 1
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
Isaiah 30:11Get you off the derech, 1 turn aside out of the orach (path), 1 cause Kadosh Yisroel to cease from before us. 1
Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with a khakkah (hook), 1 they catch them in their net, 1 and gather them in their dragnet; 1 therefore they have simcha (joy) and are glad. 1
Luke 8:37And all the multitude of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach to depart from them; because they were being filled with pachad gadol. So he embarked into a sirah and returned.
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 →