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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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Footnotes

  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.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(A)

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