Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
KJV
Qui dixerunt Deo : Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.
Vulgate
λέγει δὲ Κυρίῳ Ἀπόστα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ, ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι·
LXX
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭/אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ וְ/דַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗י/ךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
חָפֵ֥ץ
chpts
verb · 74×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
- 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
- Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
- Jer 9:6 — Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
- Jer 44:16 — As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
- Jer 44:18 — But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
- Job 1:9 — Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
- Job 2:9 — Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
- Job 8:6 — If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
- Job 18:21 — Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
- Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
- Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
- Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 15:23 — He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
- Mark 5:17 — And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
- Matt 8:34 — And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
- Prov 1:29 — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- Prov 1:29 — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- Prov 15:12 — A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
- Ps 10:4 — The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
- Ps 12:4 — Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
- Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.