9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
9 For he says, 'There is no profit in trying to please God.'
9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.'
9 So that now he's parroting their line: 'It doesn't pay to try to please God'?
9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.'
9 He has even said, 'Why waste time trying to please God?'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 34:9
Commentary on Job 34:1-9
(Read Job 34:1-9)
Elihu calls upon those present to decide with him upon Job's words. The plainest Christian, whose mind is enlightened, whose heart is sanctified by the Spirit of God, and who is versed in the Scriptures, can say how far matters, words, or actions, agree with true religion, better than any that lean to their own understandings. Job had spoken as if he meant wholly to justify himself. He that say, I have cleansed my hands in vain, does not only offend against God's children, Psalm 73:13-15, but gratifies his enemies, and says as they say.