Bible in Basic English
"Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause."
— Job 5:4, Bible in Basic English
“His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them: ”
Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.
For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;
But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.