{"id":24070,"date":"2017-09-30T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T21:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/30\/job-311-40-bible-in-basic-english\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T15:23:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T21:23:31","slug":"job-311-40-bible-in-basic-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?p=24070","title":{"rendered":"Job 31:1-40 (Bible in Basic English)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4647651612525789\"; \/* access2God_horiz_4_link_single_post *\/ google_ad_slot = \"7824248799\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>1<\/strong> I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin? <\/br><strong>2<\/strong> For what is God&#8217;s reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven? <\/br><strong>3<\/strong> Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers? <\/br><strong>4<\/strong> Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered? <\/br><strong>5<\/strong> If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit; <\/br><strong>6<\/strong> (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:) <\/br><strong>7<\/strong> If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands; <\/br><strong>8<\/strong> Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted. <\/br><strong>9<\/strong> If my heart went after another man&#8217;s wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour&#8217;s door; <\/br><strong>10<\/strong> Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body. <\/br><strong>11<\/strong> For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges: <\/br><strong>12<\/strong> It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce. <\/br><strong>13<\/strong> If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me; <\/br><strong>14<\/strong> What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions? <\/br><strong>15<\/strong> Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers&#8217; bodies? <\/br><strong>16<\/strong> If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow&#8217;s eye was looking for help to no purpose; <\/br><strong>17<\/strong> If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father; <\/br><strong>18<\/strong> (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;) <\/br><strong>19<\/strong> If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him; <\/br><strong>20<\/strong> If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm; <\/br><strong>21<\/strong> If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges; <\/br><strong>22<\/strong> May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base. <\/br><strong>23<\/strong> For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things. <\/br><strong>24<\/strong> If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you; <\/br><strong>25<\/strong> If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store; <\/br><strong>26<\/strong> If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way, <\/br><strong>27<\/strong> A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth; <\/br><strong>28<\/strong> That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high. <\/br><strong>29<\/strong> If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him; <\/br><strong>30<\/strong> (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;) <\/br><strong>31<\/strong> If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat? <\/br><strong>32<\/strong> The traveller did not take his night&#8217;s rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey; <\/br><strong>33<\/strong> If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast, <\/br><strong>34<\/strong> For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door; <\/br><strong>35<\/strong> If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing! <\/br><strong>36<\/strong> Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown; <\/br><strong>37<\/strong> I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended. <\/br><strong>38<\/strong> If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow; <\/br><strong>39<\/strong> If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners; <\/br><strong>40<\/strong> Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants. <\/br><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4647651612525789\";\n    google_ad_slot = \"6844414800\";\n    google_ad_width = 320;\n    google_ad_height = 100;\n<\/script><br \/>\n<!-- a2g_320x100_more_for_mobile --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- a2g_responsive_link_ads --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4647651612525789\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2949445208\"\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>If you know someone that needs to give their heart to Jesus, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/26\/bill-winstons-prayer-of-salvation-the-sinners-prayer\/\" title=\"great video of the Salvation Prayer\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s a great video of the Salvation Prayer (Sinner&#8217;s Prayer).<\/a><\/strong><\/br><\/br>If you (or anyone you know) needs prayer, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/24-hour-toll-free-prayer-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s a list of toll free 24 hour prayer lines.<\/a><\/strong> <\/br><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/salvation\/faqs-about-salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s a list of frequently asked questions about Salvation.<\/a><\/strong> <br \/><\/br>To access different versions of the Bible, click the following links: <br \/> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=king+james+version\" target=\"_blank\">King James Version (KJV), <\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=American+Standard+Version\" target=\"_blank\">American Standard Version (ASV), <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=World+English+Bible\" target=\"_blank\">World English Bible (WEB), <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=Darby+English+Bible\" target=\"_blank\">Darby English Bible (DARBY), <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=Bible+in+Basic+English\" target=\"_blank\">Bible in Basic English (BBE), <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=Webster+Bible\" target=\"_blank\">Webster&#8217;s Bible (WBT), <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?s=Young+Literal+Translation\" target=\"_blank\">Young&#8217;s Literal Translation (YLT)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin? 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