Job 22:17
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
*Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe ‖for them?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, to them
- *Cross-referenceChap. 21.14.
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- Job 21:14–15Rank 1 from verse 17
14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
14*Therefore they say vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
15What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?
- Psalms 4:6Rank 2 from verse 17
- Romans 1:28Rank 3 from verse 17
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
28And euen as they did not like to ‖retaine God in their knowledge, God gaue them ouer to ‖a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient:
- Isaiah 30:11Rank 4 from verse 17
- Malachi 3:14Rank 6 from verse 17
14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
14††Ye haue said, It is vaine to serue God: and what profit is it, that we haue kept his ordinance, and that wee haue walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
- Matthew 8:29Rank 7 from verse 17
- Matthew 8:34Rank 8 from verse 17
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Job 22:17
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The one true God.
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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Possessing all power; omnipotent. As a title, the Almighty God.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
16Which were cut downe out of time, †whose foundation was ouerflowen with a flood.
17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
17*Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe ‖for them?
Selected passage18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18*Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.