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Job 34 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Job 34:1

Job 34:1And Elihu made answer and said,

Job 34:2

Job 34:2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

Job 34:3

Job 34:3For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

Job 34:4

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

Job 34:5

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

Job 34:6

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

Job 34:7

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

Job 34:8

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

Job 34:9

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

Job 34:10

Job 34:10Now 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.

Job 34:11

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

Job 34:12

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

Job 34:13

Job 34:13Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

Job 34:14

Job 34:14If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

Job 34:15

Job 34:15All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

Job 34:16

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

Job 34:17

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

Job 34:18

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

Job 34:19

Job 34:19Who 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.

Job 34:20

Job 34:20Suddenly 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.

Job 34:21

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

Job 34:22

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

Job 34:23

Job 34:23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

Job 34:24

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

Job 34:25

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

Job 34:26

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

Job 34:27

Job 34:27Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

Job 34:28

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

Job 34:34

Job 34:34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

Job 34:35

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

Job 34:36

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

Job 34:37

Job 34:37For 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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