Job 22:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. 15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
  • Matt 8:34 : 34 And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
  • Job 21:10 : 10 Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

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  • Job 21:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

    14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

    15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

    16 Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Job 22:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

    16 Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

  • Job 22:18
    74%

    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • Job 31:2
    71%

    2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

  • Ps 73:11
    71%

    11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • Job 9:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

    13 God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

  • Job 37:23
    70%

    23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

  • Job 34:9-10
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    70%

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

    10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

  • Job 21:22
    69%

    22 Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

  • Job 34:27
    69%

    27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Isa 30:11
    69%

    11 Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

  • Job 15:13
    68%

    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

  • Ps 108:11
    68%

    11 Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go not out with our armies.

  • Job 27:22
    68%

    22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

  • Hab 1:11
    68%

    11 Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

  • Job 40:2
    68%

    2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 18:4
    68%

    4 But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

  • Ps 78:19
    68%

    19 They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

  • Job 13:21
    68%

    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

  • Job 18:21
    68%

    21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Ps 10:13
    68%

    13 Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

  • Ps 50:16
    68%

    16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?

  • Lam 4:15
    68%

    15 Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.

  • Mal 2:17
    68%

    17 You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

  • Deut 32:37
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    37 And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?

  • Job 36:23
    68%

    23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

  • Ps 2:3
    68%

    3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

  • Job 8:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

    4 If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

  • Job 11:10
    67%

    10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

  • Ps 6:8
    67%

    8 Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

  • Job 34:13
    67%

    13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

  • Job 27:13
    67%

    13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

  • Job 27:10
    67%

    10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

  • Ps 55:15
    67%

    15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Job 15:4
    67%

    4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
    67%

    11 See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.

  • Ps 55:19
    67%

    19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

  • Jonah 3:9
    67%

    9 Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?

  • Ps 60:10
    67%

    10 Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

  • Prov 1:29
    67%

    29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

  • Job 6:14
    67%

    14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

  • Ps 83:12
    67%

    12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.