9For he hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'


In Context

6 Against my right do I lie? Mortal is mine arrow — without transgression.'

7 Who is a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

8 And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

9 For he hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

10 Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Mighty to do perverseness:

11 For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

Job 34:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:9For he says, 'It profits a man nothing when he tries to please God.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:9For he hath said : Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:9For he hath said, it profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:9For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:9For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.