Job 21:14 “Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Yo…”

Job 21:14

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

World English Bible

They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

American Standard Version

And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Geneva Bible 1599

They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.

Darby Translation

And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Young's Literal Translation

And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

Bible in Basic English

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

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Cross references

“they say”

Job 22:17 Romans 8:7 Psalm 10:4 Psalm 10:11 Luke 8:28 Luke 8:37

Job 22:17 · BSB

They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Psalm 10:4 · BSB

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Psalm 10:11 · BSB

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

Luke 8:28 · BSB

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

Luke 8:37 · BSB

Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.

“for we”

2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 Proverbs 1:29 Proverbs 1:7 Proverbs 1:22 John 8:45–47 Romans 1:28

2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 · BSB

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Proverbs 1:29 · BSB

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

Proverbs 1:7 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 1:22 · BSB

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

John 8:45–47 · BSB

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

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