Job 20:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 19:3 : 3 Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.
  • Job 19:29 : 29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.
  • Job 20:2 : 2 For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.
  • Job 27:11 : 11 I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.
  • Job 33:3 : 3 My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.
  • Ps 49:3 : 3 From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
  • Ps 78:2-5 : 2 Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times; 3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers. 4 We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done. 5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

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  • 2For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.

  • 20Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

  • 42So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

  • 5I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

  • 4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • 22Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • 8But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

  • 3May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

  • 5If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 21:3-4
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    3Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

    4As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 40:3-4
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    3Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

    4Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

  • 17I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

  • 23Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

  • 3Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

  • 11My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • 14How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

  • 1I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.

  • 1Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

  • 14So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

  • Job 12:3-4
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    71%

    3But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

    4It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

  • 34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • Job 42:3-5
    3 verses
    71%

    3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

    4Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

    19Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • 12And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

  • 1Then Job made answer and said,

  • 16If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • 24Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

  • 19Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

  • Job 33:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

    5If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

  • 61Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • 6Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • 31...

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • 32If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • 35If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

  • 14I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • 1I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

  • 22Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

  • 3But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • 10For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

  • 10My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.