Job 21:15
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
In Context
14They tell God, 'Depart from us,for we do not want to know about your ways.
16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Cross References
Exodus 5:2Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
Job 34:9For he has said, 'It profits a man nothingthat he should delight himself with God.'
Psalms 12:4who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.Our lips are our own.Who is lord over us?"
Proverbs 30:9lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the Lord?'or lest I be poor, and steal,and so dishonor the name of my God.
Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret,in a place of the land of darkness.I did not say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.'I, the Lord, speak righteousness.I declare things that are right.
Malachi 1:13You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it," says the Lord of hosts; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says the Lord.
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 →