Job 21:15

“What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? etc.] “Who is he” f809? as some render it; or what is there in him, in his nature, in his excellencies and perfections, that should oblige us to serve him? One would think the attribute of “Almighty”, they own and acknowledge, is sufficient to engage to it, since he is the lawgiver that is able to save and to destroy, even to destroy with an everlasting destruction, both body and soul in hell, who obey him not; but fulness of riches, power, and authority, swell the mind with pride, and put men on asking such questions, and running such lengths as these; (see <020502>Exodus 5:2 <203009>Proverbs 30:9). The question is full of atheism, and…”

“(Compare Jer 2:20; Pro 30:9, Margin, Exo 5:2). what profit-- (Job 35:3; Mal 3:14; Psa 73:13). Sinners ask, not what is right, but what is for the profit of self. They forget, "If religion cost self something, the want of it will cost self infinitely more."”

“What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? - compare for similar expressions, Exodus 5:2; Proverbs 30:9. The meaning here is, “What claim has the Almighty, or who is he, that we should be bound to obey and worship him? What authority has he over us? Why should we yield our will to his, and why submit to his claims?” This is the language of the human heart everywhere. Man seeks to deny the authority of God over him, and to feel that he has no claim to his service. He desires to be independent. He would cast off the claims of God. Forgetful that he made, and that he sustains him; regardless of his infinite perfections and of the fact that he is dependent on him every moment, he asks with…”

“What is: Exo 5:2; Psa 12:4; Pro 30:9; Hos 13:6 and what: Job 34:9, Job 35:3; Isa 30:11; Mal 1:13, Mal 1:14 if we: Isa 45:19; Mat 7:7; Joh 16:24 Job 21:16”