Job 12:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

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  • Isa 22:22 : 22 And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
  • Mal 1:4 : 4 Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.
  • Job 11:10 : 10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
  • Job 16:11 : 11 God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
  • Job 19:10 : 10 I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.
  • Job 37:7 : 7 He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.
  • Isa 14:23 : 23 And I will make you a heritage for the hedgehog, and pools of water: and I will go through it with the brush of destruction, says the Lord of armies.
  • 1 Sam 17:46 : 46 This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;
  • 1 Sam 24:18 : 18 And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.
  • 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.
  • Job 9:12-13 : 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing? 13 God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.
  • Rom 11:32 : 32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
  • Isa 25:2 : 2 For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.
  • Jer 51:58 : 58 The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.
  • Jer 51:64 : 64 And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which I will send on her: and weariness will overcome them. So far, these are the words of Jeremiah.

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    22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

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    22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

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    17 Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

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