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Job 34:7–9

Is there anyone like Job,

who drinks scorn like water?w

He keeps company with evildoers;

he associates with the wicked.x

For he says, ‘There is no profit

in trying to please God.’y

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Job 34:7–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

What man is like Job,

who drinks up scoffing like water,

who travels in company with evildoers

and walks with wicked men?

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing

that he should take delight in God.’

Job 34:7–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

What man is like Job,

Who drinketh up scorning like water?

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,

And walketh with wicked men.

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing

That he should delight himself with God.

Job 34:7–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job,

with his thirst for irreverent talk?

He chooses evil people as companions.

He spends his time with wicked men.

He has even said, ‘Why waste time

trying to please God?’

Job 34:7–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

What man is like Job,

Who drinks scorn like water,

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,

And walks with wicked men?

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing

That he should delight in God.’

Job 34:7–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

There is no other man like Job;

he takes insults as if he were drinking water.

He keeps company with those who do evil

and spends time with wicked men,

because he says, ‘It is no use

to try to please God.’

Job 34:7–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

What man is like Job,

Who drinketh up scoffing like water,

Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,

And walketh with wicked men?

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing

That he should delight himself with God.

Job 34:7–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water, And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

Job 34:7–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

What person is like Job, 

who drinks scorn like water, 

who travels with troublemakers 

and associates with evil people? 

He says, ‘It doesn’t do any good to try to please God.’ 

Job 34:7–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

What man is like Job?

He drinks derision like water.

He keeps company with evildoers

and walks with wicked men.

For he has said, “A man gains nothing

when he becomes God’s friend.”

Job 34:7–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Who is there like Job,

who drinks up scoffing like water,

who goes in company with evildoers

and walks with the wicked?

For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing

to take delight in God.’

Job 34:7–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

What man is like Job,

who drinks scorn like water?

And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief,

and walks with men of wickedness.

Indeed, he says, ‘A man does not profit

when he takes delight in God.’

Job 34:7–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Is there any other man like Job?

He laughs at God and makes fun of him.

He’s a companion of those who do evil.

He spends his time with sinful people.

He asks, ‘What good is it

to try to please God?’

Job 34:7–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

What man is like Job,

Who drinks up derision like water,

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,

And walks with wicked men?

“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing

When he is pleased with God.’


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