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Job 22:17

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

KJV

Qui dicebant Deo : Recede a nobis : et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,

Vulgate

οἱ λέγοντες Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ;

LXX

Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

ASV

הָ/אֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭/אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ וּ/מַה יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽ/מוֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 25:32 — And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • 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 21:10 — Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
  • Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  • Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  • Mal 3:14 — Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
  • Mal 3:14 — Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
  • Matt 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
  • 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.
  • Ps 4:6 — There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 10:4 — The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
  • 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;