Job 21:15 “Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain…”

Job 21:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

World English Bible

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

American Standard Version

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

Darby Translation

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?

Young's Literal Translation

What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

Bible in Basic English

What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

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Cross references

“What is”

Exodus 5:2 Psalm 12:4 Proverbs 30:9 Hosea 13:6

Exodus 5:2 · BSB

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

Psalm 12:4 · BSB

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

Proverbs 30:9 · BSB

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Hosea 13:6 · BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

“and what”

Job 34:9 Isaiah 30:11 Job 35:3 Malachi 1:13 Malachi 1:14

Job 34:9 · BSB

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

Isaiah 30:11 · BSB

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

Job 35:3 · BSB

For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

Malachi 1:13 · BSB

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Malachi 1:14 · BSB

“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among t…

“if we”

Isaiah 45:19 Matthew 7:7 John 16:24

Isaiah 45:19 · BSB

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Matthew 7:7 · BSB

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

John 16:24 · BSB

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

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

In context

14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

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