Job 21:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmərû lā-ʾēl sûr mimmennû wə-daʿat dərākêkā lōʾ ḥāpāṣnû

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmərû*: conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they say
*lā-ʾēl*: preposition + noun masculine singular - to God
*sûr*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - depart/turn aside
*mimmennû*: preposition with 1st person plural suffix - from us
*wə-daʿat*: conjunctive waw + noun feminine singular construct - and knowledge of
*dərākêkā*: noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ḥāpāṣnû*: Qal perfect, 1st person common plural - we desire

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: to say/speak/tell
*ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
*sûr*: to turn aside/depart
*daʿat*: knowledge/perception
*derek*: way/road/journey/manner
*ḥāpēṣ*: to delight in/desire/please

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:17 : 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Hab 1:15 : 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Luke 8:28 : 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Luke 8:37 : 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 8:45-47 : 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Rom 1:28 : 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;
Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Ps 10:11 : 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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