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Job 21:14

World English Bible

They tell God, ‘Depart from us,
for we don’t want to know about your ways.

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Job 21:14 in other translations

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

Job 21:14 · American Standard Version

Job 21:14 in context

  1. 12They sing to the tambourine and harp,
    and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
  2. 13They spend their days in prosperity.
    In an instant they go down to Sheol.
  3. 14They tell God, ‘Depart from us,
    for we don’t want to know about your ways.
  4. 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
  5. 16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand.
    The counsel of the wicked is far from me.