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Job 21:15

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

KJV

Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei ? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum ?

Vulgate

τί Ἱκανὸς ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ; καὶ τίς ὠφελία ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ;

LXX

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

ASV

מַה שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי נַֽעַבְדֶ֑/נּוּ וּ/מַה נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע בּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוֹעִ֔יל
hv'yl
verb · 23×
יִּפְגַּע
ypg'
verb · 46×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 5:2 — And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
  • Exod 5:2 — And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
  • Gen 25:32 — And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
  • Isa 30:11 — Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
  • Job 22:2 — Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
  • Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
  • Mal 1:13 — Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I
  • Prov 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Ps 12:4 — Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
  • Ps 73:13 — Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
  • Zeph 1:12 — And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will h