Job 34:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.

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  • Job 35:3 : 3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You 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?'.
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 This is one thing, therefore I have said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slays suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands thoroughly; 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
  • Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
  • Job 21:14-16 : 14 Therefore they say to God, 'Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.' 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him? 16 Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
  • Job 22:17 : 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
  • Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

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    22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

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    21 For what pleasure does he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

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