Job 34:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He says, 'It doesn't do any good to try to please God.'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

DBY:

For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

ERV:

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

JPS:

For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

For he has said,'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'

YLT:

For he hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

Job 34:9 Cross References

XREF:

Job 21:15 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'

Job 35:3 "For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'

Psalm 50:18 "When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

34:9 For he hath said, {h} It profiteth a man nothing that he should {i} delight himself with God.
(h) He wrests Job's words who said that God's children are often punished in this world, and the wicked go free.
(i) That is, live godly, Ge 5:22.

WES:

34:9 He said - Not in express terms, but by consequence; because he said that good men were no less, nay, sometimes more miserable here than the wicked.

MHC:

34:1-9 Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him upon Job's words. The plainest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart is sanctified by the Spirit of God, and who is versed in the Scriptures, can say how far matters, words, or actions, agree with true religion, better than any that lean to their own understandings. Job had spoken as if he meant wholly to justify himself. He that say, I have cleansed my hands in vain, does not only offend against God's children, Ps 73:13-15, but gratifies his enemies, and says as they say.

CONC:

Accord Delight Delighteth Nothing Please Pleased Profit Profiteth Profits Tries

Accord Delight Delighteth Please Pleased Profit Profiteth Profits Tries

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