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Job 21:15

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21:15Who is the Almighty, that35 we should serve him?

What would we gain

if we were to pray36 to him?’37

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Footnotes

  1. 35 The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”
  2. 36 The verb פָּגַע (paga’) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.
  3. 37 The verse is not present in the . It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?

And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?

What would we gain by praying to him?’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him,

and what will we gain by pleading with him?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him?

What good will it do us to pray?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who is Shaddai that we should serve him,

or what would we benefit when we plead with him?’

KJV 1900King James Version

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?

And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?