Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know 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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
13 They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife. 14 "They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways. 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Where's the profit in talking to him?'
Cross References
Job 22:17
They told God, "Get away from us!' and "What will the Almighty do to them?'
Proverbs 1:29
"Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
Psalm 10:4
With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."
Psalm 10:11
The wicked say to themselves, "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, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:22
"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"
Habakkuk 1:15
The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.
Luke 8:28
When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and cried out in a loud voice, "What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"
Luke 8:37
Then all the people from the region surrounding the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were terrified. So he got into a boat and started back.
John 3:19-20
And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.
John 8:45-47
But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me.
John 15:23-24
The person who hates me also hates my Father.
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
Romans 8:7
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when people will not tolerate healthy doctrine, but with itching ears will surround themselves with teachers who cater to their people's own desires.