Job 34:9 Cross References - LEB

⁹ Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

²² It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.' ²³ When the whip* kills suddenly, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

³⁰ If I wash myself with soap,* and I cleanse my hands with lye, ³¹ then you plunge me into the slime pit, and my clothes abhor me.

¹⁴ And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for* we do not desire to know your ways. ¹⁵ Who is Shaddai that we should serve him, or* what would we benefit when we plead with him?' ¹⁶ Look, their prosperity is not in their hands; the schemes of the wicked are repugnant* to me.

³⁰ Indeed, the wicked is spared from the day of disaster; he is delivered from the day of wrath.

¹⁷ Those who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

¹⁰ Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

³ If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit _⌊by refraining from my sin_⌋?'*

⁴ Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.

¹⁴ You have said, 'It is useless* to serve God! What is the gain if we keep* his requirements, and if we walk as mourners _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh of hosts?