Bible in Basic English
"You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour."
— Job 17:4, Bible in Basic English
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. ”
“For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.”
“Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.”
“Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.”
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”
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.
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.