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14 So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us!
We do not want to know your ways.[a]

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  1. Job 21:14 sn Contrast Ps 25:4, which affirms that walking in God’s ways means to obey God’s will—the Torah.

15 Who is the Almighty, that[a] we should serve him?
What would we gain
if we were to pray[b] to him?’[c]

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  1. Job 21:15 tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”
  2. Job 21:15 tn The verb פָּגַע (pagaʿ) 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. Job 21:15 tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.