Job 34:9
For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
In Context
8Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?
Cross References
Job 9:22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
Job 21:14They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
Job 21:30But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Job 22:17Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
Job 35:3For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes.
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 →