Job 21:15New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— What [is] the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Moreover, they say, Who is God, that we should serve him? And what would we gain, that we should pray to him?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— What [is] Shadday, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? |
What
x4100 (4100) Complementמָּהmah{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
[ is]
Šadday
שַׁדַּי,
7706 {7706} PrimeשַׁדַּיShadday{shad-dah'-ee}
From H7703; the Almighty.
that
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
we should serve
5647 {5647} Primeעָבַד`abad{aw-bad'}
A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
him? and what
x4100 (4100) Complementמָּהmah{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
profit
3276 {3276} Primeיָעַלya`al{yaw-al'}
A primitive root; properly to ascend; figuratively to be valuable (objective useful, subjective benefited).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
should we have, if
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
we pray
6293 {6293} Primeפָּגַעpaga`{paw-gah'}
A primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
unto him? |
- What is:
Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Psalms 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?
Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
Hosea 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
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- and what:
Job 34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Job 35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
Isaiah 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Malachi 1:13-14 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness [is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. ... But cursed [be] the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I [am] a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name [is] dreadful among the heathen.
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- if we:
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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