Bible in Basic English
"Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine."
— Job 17:3, Bible in Basic English
“ Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? ”
My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.
As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.