Job 5:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:15 : 15 Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
  • Ps 106:16 : 16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.
  • Isa 41:1 : 1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
  • Isa 41:21-23 : 21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob. 22 Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true. 23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
  • Deut 33:2-3 : 2 He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples. 3 All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.
  • Job 4:18 : 18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;
  • Job 15:8-9 : 8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself? 9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours? 10 With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

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