Job 21:14
And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
Young's Literal Translation
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 wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down.
15What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
Cross References
Psalms 10:4The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.
Psalms 95:10Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart — they! And they have not known My ways:'
Proverbs 1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Isaiah 30:11Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'
Habakkuk 1:15Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.
Luke 8:37And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.
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 →