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Job 34:9
9Job says, “If anyone tries to please God, it does not help them at all.”
Job 34:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- New International Version (NIV)For he says, ‘There is no profit in trying to please God.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.’
Context of Job 34:9
7There has never been a man like Job! He laughs at God as easily as he drinks water. 8He is a friend of wicked people, and people who do evil things. Job says, “If anyone tries to please God, it does not help them at all.” 10So listen to me, you men who understand so much. Almighty God can never do anything that is wrong or wicked! 11He judges people fairly as he sees the things that they do. He gives people what they deserve.
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כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:9
- Job 9:22The same thing happens to good people and to wicked people. So I say, “God destroys people who are not guilty as well as those who are guilty.”
- Job 21:14They say to God, “Leave us alone! We do not want to know about your ways.
- Job 22:17They said to God, “Leave us alone!” They thought that Almighty God could not hurt them.
- Job 35:3But you also say, “If I do nothing wrong, God does not bless me. No good thing comes to me.”
- Malachi 3:14You have said, “We serve God, but that has not helped us at all. We are careful to do what he tells us to do. When we do wrong things, we have sad faces to show the Lord Almighty that we are sorry.
- Job 27:10People like that are not happy that Almighty God is their friend. They do not like to pray to him all the time.
- Psalms 37:4Be happy that the Lord is your friend. He will give you what you most want.
Commentaries on Job 34:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself in God - That is, there is no advantage in piety, and in endeavoring to serve God. It will make no difference in the divine dealings with him. He will be treated just as well if he lives a life of sin, as if he undertakes to live after the severest rules of piety. Job had not used precisely this language, but in Job 9:22, he had expressed nearly the same sentiment. It is probable…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Elihu later repeated this accusation (35:3; compare Psalm 73:13; Zephaniah 1:12; Malachi 3:14). But he misrepresented Job’s words (Job 9:22–23; 21:15). Job had actually criticized those who had this perspective (21:14–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. with God--in intimacy (Psa 50:18, Margin).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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