Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

International Standard Version

"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.

A Conservative Version

And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Bible in Basic English

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

Darby Translation

And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Julia Smith Translation

And they will say to God, Depart from us; and we desired not the knowledge of thy ways.

King James 2000

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.

Modern King James verseion

And they say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

NET Bible

So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

New Heart English Bible

They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we do not want to know about your ways.

The Emphasized Bible

Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.

Webster

Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

from us for we desire
חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 76

not the knowledge
דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

References

Fausets

Hastings

Way

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

13 “They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
14 “They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’



Cross References

Job 22:17

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Habakkuk 1:15

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Luke 8:28

Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me.”

Luke 8:37

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned.

John 3:19-20

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

John 8:45-47

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

John 15:23-24

He who hates Me hates My Father also.

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

Romans 8:7

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

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