Job 21:15

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Job 21:15 — American Standard Version

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Context — Job 21

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?

18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

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