Job 22:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. 15 What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
  • Matt 8:29 : 29 and lo, they cried out, saying, `What -- to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'
  • Matt 8:34 : 34 And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on `him' that he might depart from their borders.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
  • Job 21:10 : 10 His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 21:14-16
    3 verses
    82%

    14And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

    15What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

    16Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

  • Job 22:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

    16Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

  • 18And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

  • 2And what `is' the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

  • 11And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

  • Job 9:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?'

    13God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers.

  • 23The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

  • Job 34:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

    10Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And `from' the Mighty to do perverseness:

  • 22To God doth `one' teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

  • 27Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

  • 11Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'

  • 13For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

  • 11Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts!

  • 22And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

  • 11Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.

  • Job 11:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

    8Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

  • 2Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

  • 4(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

  • 19And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?'

  • 21Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

  • 21Only these `are' tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

  • 13Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'

  • 16And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

  • 15`Turn aside -- unclean,' they called to them, `Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled -- yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: `They do not add to sojourn.'

  • 17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer `is' good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where `is' the God of judgment?'

  • 37And He hath said, Where `are' their gods -- The rock in which they trusted;

  • 23Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'

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    3`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

  • Job 8:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

    4If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,

  • 10If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

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    8Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

  • 13Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

  • 13This `is' the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

  • 10On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

  • 15Desolations `are' upon them, They go down `to' Sheol -- alive, For wickedness `is' in their dwelling, in their midst.

  • 4Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

  • 11and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

  • 19God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

  • 9Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

  • 10Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!

  • 29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

  • 14To a despiser of his friends `is' shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

  • 12Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'