Job 21:15
What meaning of the job 21:15 in the Bible?
What does Job 21:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?"
What does Job 21:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?"
Verse Job 21:15. _WHAT_ IS _THE ALMIGHTY_] What allegiance do we owe to him? We feel no _obligation_ to _obey_ him; and what profit can we derive from _prayer_? We are as happy as flesh and blood can...
WHAT IS THE ALMIGHTY, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM? - compare for similar expressions, Exodus 5:2; Proverbs 30:9. The meaning here is, “What claim has the Almighty, or who is he, that we should be bound t...
CHAPTER 21 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. Hear my solemn words--then mock on (Job 21:1)_ 2. His testimony concerning the experiences of the wicked (Job 21:7) 3. Your answers are nothing but falsehoods (Job 21:27...
JOB 21. JOB'S REPLY. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: the w...
WHAT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4....
The mystery is, Why do the wicked prosper? They live long, they see their children grow up, and their homes are peaceful (Job 21:7). Their cattle thrives (Job 21:10). Their children and they pass a mi...
DISCOURSE: 472 CONDUCT OF SINNERS TOWARDS GOD Job 21:14. _Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and...
MARK ME, AND BE ADMONISHED, &C.— The coldest reader cannot be insensible of the beauties of the poetry in this speech of Job. We will not, therefore, attempt to point them out, but attend to the threa...
2. The wicked enjoy great peace and plenty. (Job 21:7-16) TEXT 21:7-16 7 WHEREFORE DO THE WICKED LIVE, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? 8 Then- seed is established with them in their sight,...
_WHAT IS THE ALMIGHTY, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM? AND WHAT PROFIT SHOULD WE HAVE, IF WE PRAY UNTO HIM?_ (Cf. Jeremiah 2:20, "I will not serve" (God), margin; Proverbs 30:9; Exodus 5:2, Pharaoh, "Who i...
JOB'S SIXTH SPEECH Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradictio...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 21 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
מַה ־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי ־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּ מַה ־נֹּ֝ועִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע ־בֹּֽו׃...
XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication has forti...
“SHALL ANY TEACH GOD?” Job 21:1 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1, Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in assuming that...
Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked ar...
(14) Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
WHAT [IS] THE ALMIGHTY, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM?.... "Who is he" t? as some render it; or what is there in him, in his nature, in his excellencies and perfections, that should oblige us to serve him?...
What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Ver. 15. _What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?_] Here the rottenness of their hearts...
_What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?_ What is he to us? What excellence is there in him? What advantage have we, or can we expect from him? Strange that ever creatures should speak so inso...
JOB POINTS OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN CALAMITIES BEFALLING MEN...
JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper. He...
"WHO IS THE ALMIGHTY, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM?" This is what Pharaoh asked Moses (Exodus 5:3). "AND WHAT WOULD WE GAIN IF WE ENTREAT HIM?" Prayer and serving God is profitless the wicked claim, for t...
7-16 Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the...
What excellency is there in him? and what advantage have we or can we expect from him?...
Job 21:15 Almighty H7706 serve H5647 (H8799) profit H3276 (H8686) pray H6293 (H8799) What is - Exodus 5:2; Psalms 12:4; Proverbs 30:9; Hosea 13:6 and what - Job 34:9,...
Job 21:15 I. No man can hold the Christian view of God's personality and dominion without his whole intellectual nature being ennobled. The finer and clearer our conceptions of the Divine idea, the n...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Zophar in which he denies any secret sin. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: The providences of God in the government of this world are sometimes hard to be u...
Job 21:2. _Consolations._ נחם _nicham,_ though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1; is in several places understood of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Judges 21., w...
_But Job answered and said._ JOB’S THIRD ANSWER There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I. To...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH_ The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. INTRODUC...
EXPOSITION JOB 21:1 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge which Zophar...
By Chuck Smith This time shall we turn to the book of Job, chapter 21. Zophar has just concluded in chapter 20 his second speech in which, again, he sort of just gives some of the traditions and quot...
Exodus 5:2; Hosea 13:6; Isaiah 30:11; Isaiah 45:19; Job 34:9; Job 35:3; John 16:24; Malachi 1:13; Malachi 1:14; Matthew 7:7;...