Job 21:14

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָֽצְנוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

In Context

13יבלו בַטּוֹב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאוֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ ׃

15מַה ־ שַׁדַּי כִּֽי ־ נַֽעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה ־ נּוֹעִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע ־ בּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 10:4רָשָׁע כְּגֹבַהּ אַפּוֹ בַּל ־ יִדְרֹשׁ אֵין אֱלֹהִים כָּל ־ מְזִמּוֹתָֽיו ׃

Psalms 95:10אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה ׀ אָקוּט בְּדוֹר וָאֹמַר עַם תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם וְהֵם לֹא ־ יָדְעוּ דְרָכָֽי ׃

Proverbs 1:22עַד ־ מָתַי ׀ פְּתָיִם תְּֽאֵהֲבוּ פֶתִי וְלֵצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם וּכְסִילִים יִשְׂנְאוּ ־ דָֽעַת ׃

Isaiah 30:11סוּרוּ מִנֵּי ־ דֶרֶךְ הַטּוּ מִנֵּי ־ אֹרַח הַשְׁבִּיתוּ מִפָּנֵינוּ אֶת ־ קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס

Habakkuk 1:15כֻּלֹּה בְּחַכָּה הֵֽעֲלָה יְגֹרֵהוּ בְחֶרְמוֹ וְיַאַסְפֵהוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתּוֹ עַל ־ כֵּן יִשְׂמַח וְיָגִֽיל ׃

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 →

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