Bible in Basic English
"It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce."
— Job 31:12, Bible in Basic English
“For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.”
“For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. ”
“For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.”
“For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.”
If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?