Job 34:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 35:3 : 3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
  • 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?
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together. 23 If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap; 31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
  • Job 21:14-16 : 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 21:30 : 30 How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
  • Job 22:17 : 17 Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
  • Job 27:10 : 10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

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  • Job 22:2-3
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    2Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

    3Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

  • Eccl 3:9
    77%

    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

  • Job 21:14-16
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    76%

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

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

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

  • Job 34:10
    75%

    10Now 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 35:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

    3What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

  • Mal 3:14
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    14You 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?

  • Job 33:27
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    27He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

  • Job 27:9-10
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    74%

    9Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

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

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Job 15:3
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    3Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Job 21:21
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    21For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

  • Job 34:8
    73%

    8And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

  • Eccl 1:3
    73%

    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

  • Job 34:23
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    23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Eccl 2:23-26
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    72%

    23All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

    26To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Job 22:26
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    26For then you will have delight in the Ruler of all, and your face will be lifted up to God.

  • Job 10:3
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    3What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

  • Job 32:13
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    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • Job 33:13
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    13Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • Job 36:19
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  • Ps 39:6
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    6Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Job 11:11
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    11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

  • Ps 10:13
    70%

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

  • Job 35:8
    70%

    8Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

  • Job 6:10
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    10So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

    2Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

  • Prov 19:3
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    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Ps 10:11
    70%

    11He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

  • Job 7:17
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    17What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Isa 57:12
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    12I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.

  • Job 13:9
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    9Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

  • Job 8:19
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    19Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

  • Job 22:17
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    17Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

  • Ps 10:4
    70%

    4The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

  • Lam 3:39
    69%

    39What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

  • Eccl 4:8
    69%

    8It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.