Job 21:15
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?”
מָה
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
שַׁדַּי
is the Almighty
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שַׁדַּי
Almighty, all-sufficient. Shaddai. El Shaddai. The God who is more than enough for every need. He has unlimited resources and unlimited power to provide.
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עָבַד
we will serve/ him
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עָבַד
To serve, to work, to worship. Abad. You shall worship the LORD your God and Him only shall you serve. Worship and service are the same word in Hebrew.
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יַעַל
will we gain
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יַעַל
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
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פָּגַע
we will entreat
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פָּגַע
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
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