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Job 34 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:1 - And Elihu made answer and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2 - Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 - For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:4 - Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:5 - For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:6 - Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:7 - What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9 - For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12 - Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 - All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16 - If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:17 - How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:18 - He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:19 - Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21 - For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:23 - For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:24 - He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:25 - For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:26 - The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:27 - Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28 - So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 - Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:35 - Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 - For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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