English Standard Version
Job 34:9
9For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.'
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.’
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)He has even said, ‘Why waste time trying to please God?’
Context of Job 34:9
7What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water, 8who travels in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men? For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.' 10"Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong. 11For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
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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 9:22It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'
- Job 21:14They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
- Job 22:17They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
- Job 35:3that you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
- Malachi 3:14You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
- Job 27:10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
- Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
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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