Job 21:14

Job 21:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Context of Job 21:14

12They sing with the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the flute. 13They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. Yet they say to God, ‘Go away from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. 15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’ 16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The advice of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:14 word by word

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Yet they sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• Goסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• We do not even desireחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• the knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• of Your waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for Job 21:14

• Job 22:17They said to God, ‘Go away from us!’ And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’
• Psalms 10:4The wicked, in his haughtiness, does not seek Him. There is no God in all his schemes.
• Luke 8:28And seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said with a loud voice, “What business do You have with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!”
• Habakkuk 1:15The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook, Drag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are joyful.
• John 15:23The one who hates Me hates My Father also.
• Romans 8:7because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
• Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.
• John 8:45But because I say the truth, you do not believe Me.
• Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires,

Commentaries on Job 21:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14They say unto God - This is the language of their conduct, though not directly of their lips. Depart from us - Let us alone; we do not trouble thee. Thy ways are painful; we do not like cross-bearing. Thy ways are spiritual; we wish to live after the flesh. We have learned to do our own will; we do not wish to study thine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Therefore - This would seem to indicate that the “result” of their living in this manner was that they rejected God, or that one of the consequences of their being prospered would be that they would cast off his government and authority; that they renounced him “because” they were thus prosperous, or because they wished to train up their children in merriment and dancing. All this may be true in itself, but that idea is not in the Hebrew. That is simply…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Therefore--rather, "And yet they are such as say," &c., that is, say, not in so many words, but virtually, by their conduct (so the Gergesenes, Mt 8:34). How differently the godly (Is 2:3). ways--The course of action, which God points out; as in Psa 50:23, Margin.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:14

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Blasphemy
• Blindness
• Infidelity
• Prayerlessness
• Rich, the
• Scoffing
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

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Commentaries on Job 21

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings