Job 34:8-10
New King James Version
8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
9 For (A)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’
10 “Therefore listen to me, you [a]men of understanding:
(B)Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
Footnotes
- Job 34:10 men of heart
Job 34:8-10
English Standard Version
8 who travels in company with evildoers
and walks (A)with wicked men?
9 For (B)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
that he should take delight in God.’
10 “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should (C)do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
Job 34:8-10
King James Version
8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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