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 to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute. 13They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways. 15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’ 16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Job 21:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore they sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• Departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from us; for we desireחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• not the knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• of thy waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for Job 21:14

• Job 22:17They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
• Psalms 10:4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”
• Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”
• Habakkuk 1:15The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.
• John 15:23The one who hates me hates my Father too.
• Romans 8:7because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
• Proverbs 1:7Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• John 3:19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 8:45But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.
• Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
• 2 Timothy 4:3For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

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