Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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.
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Rejection of God
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
Desires » Who does not desire God
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
Interlinear
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Chaphets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld. 14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. 15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
Cross References
Job 22:17
Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
Psalm 10:4
The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Psalm 10:11
He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
Habakkuk 1:15
He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.
Luke 8:28
And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.
Luke 8:37
And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.
John 3:19-20
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
John 8:45-47
But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.
John 15:23-24
He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
Romans 8:7
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;