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We have no desire to know your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And yet they say to God, ‘Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Yet they say to God, ‘Go away from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They say to God, &#8216Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And they say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone! We don’t want to know your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet they say to God: &#8220Leave us alone! We don&#8217t want to know Your ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Those who are evil say to God All-Powerful, "Leave us alone! Don't bother us with your teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet they said unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But they say to God, 'Leave us alone. We don't want to know your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"They say to God, 'Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet they say to God: ?Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we do not want to know about your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they say to God, Turn aside from us, "" And the knowledge of Your ways "" We have not desired.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will say to God, Depart from us; and we desired not the knowledge of thy ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet they say to God, “Depart from us, for we have no desire to know your ways! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire to know thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they were saying to God: ‘Depart from us’, and ‘We do not want to know your ways!’ <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Yet <i>such a man</i> says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know thy ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/21-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3244" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/21.htm">Job: God will Punish the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Yet they say</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: lā·’êl (Prep:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">to God:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: sūr (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">‘Leave us alone!</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">For we have no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: ḥā·p̄ā·ṣə·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">desire</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: wə·ḏa·‘aṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Inf) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">to know</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: də·rā·ḵe·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">Your ways.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4</a></span><br />In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29-30</a></span><br />For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. / They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-11.htm">Isaiah 30:11</a></span><br />Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-6.htm">Jeremiah 9:6</a></span><br />You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a></span><br />And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-29.htm">Proverbs 15:29</a></span><br />The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">Psalm 73:11</a></span><br />The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-11.htm">Romans 3:11</a></span><br />There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a></span><br />At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">2 Peter 3:5</a></span><br />But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-1.htm">Psalm 36:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. / For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.</p><p class="hdg">they say</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-17.htm">Job 22:17</a></b></br> Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4,11</a></b></br> The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek <i>after God</i>: God <i>is</i> not in all his thoughts… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/8-28.htm">Luke 8:28,37</a></b></br> When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, <i>thou</i> Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not… </p><p class="hdg">for we</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7,22,29</a></b></br> The fear of the LORD <i>is</i> the beginning of knowledge: <i>but</i> fools despise wisdom and instruction… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19,20</a></b></br> And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-45.htm">John 8:45-47</a></b></br> And because I tell <i>you</i> the truth, ye believe me not… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/19-4.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/job/21-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/8-5.htm">Want</a> <a href="/job/17-9.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/22-17.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/22-17.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/job/23-13.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/job/23-13.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/job/22-17.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/job/22-17.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/job/24-8.htm">Want</a> <a href="/job/22-3.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Job 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-1.htm">Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-7.htm">Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-16.htm">Sometimes their destruction is manifest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-21.htm">The happy and unhappy are alike in death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-27.htm">The judgment of the wicked is in another world</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet they say to God:</b><br>This phrase highlights the audacity and rebellion of those who speak against God. In the context of Job, it reflects the attitude of the wicked who prosper despite their defiance. This mirrors the sentiment found in <a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4</a>, where the wicked do not seek God and have no room for Him in their thoughts. It underscores the theme of human arrogance and the tendency to reject divine authority.<p><b>‘Leave us alone!</b><br>This demand for separation from God is reminiscent of humanity's desire for autonomy, as seen in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a> with Adam and Eve's disobedience. It reflects a willful ignorance and rejection of God's presence and guidance. Historically, this attitude can be seen in the Israelites' repeated turning away from God, despite His continuous efforts to guide and protect them, as documented throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>For we have no desire to know Your ways.</b><br>This phrase indicates a deliberate choice to ignore God's commandments and wisdom. It echoes the sentiment in <a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29</a>, where fools despise knowledge and do not choose the fear of the Lord. Theologically, it highlights the sinful nature of humanity, which prefers its own path over God's. This rejection of divine wisdom is contrasted with the life of Jesus Christ, who perfectly embodied and fulfilled God's ways, offering a model for believers to follow.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, enduring immense suffering and questioning the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job and his friends discuss throughout the book. In this verse, God is the one whom the wicked reject.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In this context, they are those who prosper in life yet reject God, desiring independence from His ways.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who engage in dialogues with Job, often suggesting that his suffering is due to sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/rejection_of_god's_sovereignty.htm">Rejection of God’s Sovereignty</a></b><br>The wicked in <a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14</a> demonstrate a willful rejection of God’s authority. This serves as a warning against the prideful desire for autonomy from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_independence.htm">The Illusion of Independence</a></b><br>The desire to be left alone by God reflects a false sense of independence. True freedom is found in submission to God’s will, not in separation from Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignorance.htm">The Consequences of Ignorance</a></b><br>Ignoring God’s ways leads to spiritual blindness and eventual judgment. Believers are called to seek God’s wisdom and understanding continually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_knowing_god.htm">The Importance of Knowing God</a></b><br>A relationship with God is foundational to a meaningful life. Pursuing knowledge of God and His ways should be a priority for every believer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering_in_understanding.htm">The Role of Suffering in Understanding</a></b><br>Job’s suffering and his reflections on the wicked challenge us to consider how adversity can deepen our understanding of God’s justice and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_third_way_church.htm">What is the Third Way church?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'sins_as_scarlet'_mean.htm">What is the permissive will of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_humans_teach_an_all-knowing_god.htm">In Job 21:22, how can humans teach God anything if He is described elsewhere as all-knowing and beyond counsel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_an_omniscient_observer.htm">Proverbs 5:21: If God truly sees every action, what empirical or scientific basis exists to support the notion of an omniscient observer?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Therefore they say unto God.</span>--Should be, <span class= "ital">Yet they said unto God, Depart from us, </span>&c.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us</span>. It is this impunity which leads the wicked to renounce God altogether. They think that they get on very well without God, and consequently have no need to serve him. Job puts their thoughts into words (vers. 14, 15), and thus very graphically represents their tone of feeling. For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. The wicked feel no interest in God; they do not trouble themselves about him; his ways are "far above out of their sight," and they do not care to know them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/21-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet they say</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to God:</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֭אֵל</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Leave us alone!</span><br /><span class="heb">ס֣וּר</span> <span class="translit">(sūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For we have no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">desire</span><br /><span class="heb">חָפָֽצְנוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·p̄ā·ṣə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2654.htm">Strong's 2654: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to know</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדַ֥עַת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏa·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your ways.</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(də·rā·ḵe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/21-14.htm">OT Poetry: Job 21:14 They tell God 'Depart from us (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/21-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 21:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 21:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/21-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 21:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 21:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>