Roma 8:7

8:7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Ayub 21:15-16

21:15 Who is the Almighty, that ¹  we should serve him?

What would we gain

if we were to pray ²  to him?’ ³ 

21:16 But their prosperity is not their own doing. ⁴ 

The counsel of the wicked is far from me! ⁵ 

Yesaya 9:13

9:13 The people did not return to the one who struck them,

they did not seek reconciliation ⁶  with the Lord who commands armies.

Yesaya 31:1

Egypt Will Disappoint

31:1 Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, ⁷ 

those who rely on war horses,

and trust in Egypt’s many chariots ⁸ 

and in their many, many horsemen. ⁹ 

But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel ¹⁰ 

and do not seek help from the Lord.

Yesaya 55:6

55:6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; ¹¹ 

call to him while he is nearby!

Yesaya 65:1

The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; ¹² 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ¹³ 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ¹⁴  my name.

Hosea 7:10

7:10 The arrogance of Israel testifies against him,

yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God!

In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!

[21:15]  ¹ tn The interrogative clause is followed by ki, similar to Exod 5:2, “Who is Yahweh, that I should obey him?”

[21:15]  ² tn The verb פָּגַע (paga’) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.

[21:15]  ³ tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

[21:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “is not in their hand.”

[21:16]  sn The implication of this statement is that their well-being is from God, which is the problem Job is raising in the chapter. A number of commentators make it a question, interpreting it to mean that the wicked enjoy prosperity as if it is their right. Some emend the text to say “his hands” – Gordis reads it, “Indeed, our prosperity is not in his hands.”

[21:16]  ⁵ sn Even though their life seems so good in contrast to his own plight, Job cannot and will not embrace their principles – “far be from me their counsel.”

[9:13]  ⁶ tn This verse describes the people’s response to the judgment described in vv. 11-12. The perfects are understood as indicating simple past.

[31:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who go down to Egypt for help.”

[31:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and trust in chariots for they are many.”

[31:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and in horsemen for they are very strong [or “numerous”].”

[31:1]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[55:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “while he allows himself to be found.” The Niphal form has a tolerative force here.

[65:1]  ¹² tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

[65:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

[65:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”