Job 21:15
What {is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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And Pharaoh said, Who {is} the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness {is it}! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought {that which was} torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. {and ye have...: or, whereas ye might have blown it away}
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips {are} our own: who {is} lord over us? {are...: Heb. are with us}
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Lest I be full, and deny {thee}, and say, Who {is} the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God {in vain}. {deny...: Heb. belie thee}
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
And Pharaoh said, Who {is} the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Verily I have cleansed my heart {in} vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
And Esau said, Behold, I {am} at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? {at...: Heb. going to die}
And it shall come to pass at that time, {that} I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. {settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened}
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? {as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?}
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.