Job 21:14
Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down.
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:
Psalms 95:10Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said—A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways!
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Isaiah 30:11Depart ye from the way, Turn aside from the path,—Desist from setting before us the Holy One of Israel.
Habakkuk 1:15All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net,—
Luke 8:37And one and all of the throng of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes, requested him, to depart from them; because, with a great fear, were they oppressed. And, he, entering into a boat, 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 →