Bible in Basic English
"He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly."
— Job 5:13, Bible in Basic English
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.