Job 21:15
Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
יַעַל
yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Key Terms in This Verse
יַעַל yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Study H3276 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →Cross References
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.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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.
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
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.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
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