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Job 11 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:1 - Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:2 - Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:4 - You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:5 - But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:6 - And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:7 - Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 - They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9 - Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 - And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:13 - But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:15 - Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:17 - And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:19 - Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 - But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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