Job 21:14
They say to God, 'Depart from us 1 for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 days in prosperity, 1 and they go down quietly to Sheol. 1
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked man has a raised face; he does not seek God. 1 He never thinks about God because he does not care at all about him. 1
Psalms 95:10For forty years I was angry with that generation 1 and said, 'This is a people whose hearts wander astray; 1 they have not known my ways.' 1
Proverbs 1:22“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? 1 How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, 1 and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge? 1
Isaiah 30:11Turn aside from the way, stray off the path; 1 cause the Holy One of Israel to cease speaking before our face.” 1
Habakkuk 1:15He brings all of them up with a fishhook; 1 he drags men away in his fishnet; 1 he gathers them together in his dragnet; 1 so he rejoices and he is glad. 1
Luke 8:37Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, for they were overwhelmed with great fear. So he got into the boat so they could start 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 →