Job 41:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?

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  • Exod 21:6 : 6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
  • Deut 15:17 : 17 Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.
  • 1 Kgs 20:31-34 : 31 Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life. 32 So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother. 33 Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage. 34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.
  • Ps 8:5-6 : 5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour. 6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

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    5 Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

    6 His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

    7 One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.

  • Job 41:1-3
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    1 He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

    2 Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

    3 I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

  • Deut 15:16-17
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    74%

    16 But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

    17 Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

  • Job 22:4-5
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    4 Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

    5 Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

  • Job 39:9-12
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    9 To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

    10 He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

    11 He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

    12 Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

  • Lev 25:53
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    53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

  • Lev 25:40-42
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    40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

    41 Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

    42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

  • Exod 21:4-6
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    4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

    5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

    6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

  • 1 Sam 8:16-17
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    16 He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.

    17 He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.

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    4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

  • Exod 21:2
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    2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

  • Job 13:8
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    8 Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

  • 1 Kgs 12:7
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    7 And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

  • Jer 3:5
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    5 Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.

  • Gen 44:32-33
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    32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

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    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

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    46 And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

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    7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

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    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

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    14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;

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