Bible in Basic English
"Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place."
— Deuteronomy 32:6, Bible in Basic English
“Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?”
“Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee. ”
“Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.”
“Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.”
For I will give honour to the name of the Lord: let our God be named great.
He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.
They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.
Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.
When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.