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Job 21:15 Cross-References
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“What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?”
Job 21:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 21:15
The wicked ask, "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?" The interrogative mah (מָה, "what") can express dismissiveness—not seeking information but expressing contempt. The verb abad (עָבַד, "serve") denotes worship and work. The noun ya'al (יַעַל, "profit") asks about utility and benefit. Job quotes the wicked's utilitarian approach to God: "What's in it for us?" This exposesreligious pragmatism that values God only for benefits received. From a Reformed perspective, this reveals the natural man's transactional view of religion—ser...
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Cross-References for Job 21:15
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“Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
“'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'”
“'Behold”
“deny you”
“With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
“οἱ λέγοντες τοῖς προφήταις μὴ ἀναγγέλλετε ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς τὰ ὁράματα ὁρῶσιν μὴ λαλεῖτε ἡμῖν ἀλλὰ ἡμῖν λαλεῖτε καὶ ἀναγγέλλετε ἡμῖν ἑτέραν πλάνησιν”
“in a place of the land of darkness; I didn't say to the seed of Jacob”
“so were they filled; they were filled”
“'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have”