Job 21:14
They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.
Psalms 95:10Fourtie yeeres haue I contended with this generation, and said, They are a people that erre in heart, for they haue not knowen my wayes.
Proverbs 1:22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
Isaiah 30:11Depart out of the way: go aside out of the path: cause the holy one of Israel to cease from vs.
Habakkuk 1:15They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
Luke 8:37Then the whole multitude of the countrey about the Gadarenes, besought him that he would depart from them: for they were taken with a great feare: and he went into the ship, 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 →