Bible in Basic English
"Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?"
— Job 22:15, Bible in Basic English
“Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?”
“Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? ”
“Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,”
“Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–”
“Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have spurned?”
“Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?”
Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.
Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?
Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:
Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?
Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!