14Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.


In Context

11 They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.

12 They sing to the music of tambourine and harp; they make merry to the sound of the flute.

13 They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

14 Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?'

16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 21:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Yet they said unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.