Job 21:14

Verse 14 of 34. The 21st of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.

10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Job 21:14 in the World English Bible

They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

He shows how they abuse their prosperity and are confirmed and hardened by it in their impiety, v. 14, 15.

Pray Job 21:14 with someone reading it aloud.

King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.