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Job 34:9

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

KJV

Dixit enim : Non placebit vir Deo, etiam si cucurrerit cum eo.

Vulgate

μὴ γὰρ εἴπῃς ὅτι Οὐκ ἔσται ἐπισκοπὴ ἀνδρός· καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ αὐτῷ παρὰ Κυρίου.

LXX

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

ASV

כִּֽי אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א יִסְכָּן גָּ֑בֶר בִּ֝/רְצֹת֗/וֹ עִם אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
יִסְכָּן
yskn
verb · 12×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 57×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

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?
  • Isa 58:14 — Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken
  • Job 9:22 — This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
  • Job 9:30 — If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
  • Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  • Job 21:15 — What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  • Job 27:10 — Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
  • Job 35:3 — For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
  • Job 35:3 — For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
  • 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?
  • Ps 37:4 — Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
  • Ps 37:4 — Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
  • Ps 73:13 — Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.