Job 21:14 BSB — MannaFest

Job 21:14

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Or, (2.) To lessen the difficulty. God suffers them to prosper; but let us not wonder at it, for the prosperity of fools destroys them, by hardening them in sin, Prov. i. See how light these prospering sinners make of God and religion, as if because they have so much of this world they had no need to look after another.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they have said	H559 →
לָ֭אֵל	La.'el	to <the> God	H410 →
ס֣וּר	sur	depart	H5493 →
מִמֶּ֑נּוּ	mi.Me.nu	from us	H4480 →
וְדַ֥עַת	ve.Da.'at	and knowledge of	H1847 →
דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ	de.ra.Khei.kha	ways your	H1870 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
חָפָֽצְנוּ׃	cha.Fa.tze.nu	we desire	H2654 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
  The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 John 2:15–16
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- James 4:4
  You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Ephesians 4:18–19
  They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
- 2 Timothy 3:4
  traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Through
Job 22:17
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
leads to
- Job 21:14–15
  Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
leads to
- Romans 1:28
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 14:1–2
  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job