Job 21:15

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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.	What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?	Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

What is the Almighty^H7706, that we should serve^H5647 him? and what profit^H3276 should we have, if we pray^H6293 unto him?

Original Hebrew

מַה־שַׁדַּי כִּי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נֹּועִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בֹּו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
שַׁדַּ֥י	sha.Dai	H7706	HNp	(is the) Almighty
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
נַֽעַבְדֶ֑/נּוּ	na.'av.De./nu	H5647	HVqi1cp/Sp1cp	we will serve/ him
וּ/מַה	u./mah-	H4100	HC/Ti	and/ what?
נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל	no.'Il	H3276	HVhi1cp	will we gain
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
נִפְגַּע	nif.ga'-	H6293	HVqi1cp	we will entreat
בּֽ/וֹ	b/o		HR/Sp3ms	(in) (the)/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3276 — יַעַל (yaʻal, yaw-al'): a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited); [idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
H6293 — פָּגַע (pâgaʻ, paw-gah'): a primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity; come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
H7706 — שַׁדַּי (Shadday, shad-dah'-ee): from שָׁדַד; the Almighty; Almighty.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

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Related Topics

Torrey’s: AMUSEMENTS AND PLEASURES, WORLDLY, CHARACTER OF THE WICKED
Nave’s: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES, CHARACTER, INFIDELITY, PRAYER, PRAYERLESSNESS, RICH, THE, SCOFFING, SKEPTICISM, VANITY, WICKED (PEOPLE), WORLDLINESS

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