Job 12 Cross References - Bishops

¹ So Iob aunswered, & saide ² Then no doubt ye are the men alone, and wysdome shall perishe with you ³ But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges ⁴ I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, & he heareth him: The iust & the vpright is laughed to scorne ⁵ Being as alight despised in the heartes of the riche, and as one redy to fall ⁶ The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperitie, and they that maliciouslie meddle against God dwell without care, in those thinges that God hath geuen richely with his hande ⁷ Aske the cattaile, and they shall enfourme thee: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell thee ⁸ Or the encrease of the earth, and it shall shew thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall certifie thee ⁹ What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these ¹⁰ In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde ¹¹ Haue not the eares pleasure in hearing? and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth ¹² Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding ¹³ Yea, with [God] is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge ¹⁴ Beholde if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it ¹⁵ Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth ¹⁶ With him is strength and wysdome: both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his ¹⁷ He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes ¹⁸ He taketh away the subiection of the people from their kinges, and girdeth their loynes with a bonde ¹⁹ He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie, and turneth the mightie vpside downe ²⁰ He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason ²¹ He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake ²² Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly, and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light ²³ He [both] increaseth the people and destroyeth them, he maketh them to multiplie, and diminisheth them ²⁴ He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way ²⁵ They grope in the darke without light, and he maketh them to stacker like a drunken man

²⁴ Teache me, and I will hold my tong: and wherin I haue erred; cause me to vnderstande ²⁵ How strong are the wordes of trueth? and which of you can rebuke or reproue them

⁸ Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers ⁹ (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe. ¹⁰ Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart

² Shoulde not [he that maketh] many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin

⁶ That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie

¹² Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man [newe] borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte

² Shall a wyse mans aunswere be as the winde, and fill a mans belly as it were with the winde of the east

⁴ For thou hast withholden their heartes from vnderstanding, therefore shalt thou not set [them] vp on hie

¹⁰ As for al you, turne you and get you hence [I pray you] seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you

³ I haue sufficiently heard the checking of my reproofe, therefore the spirite of myne vnderstanding causeth me to aunswere

⁷ For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome ⁸ Euery man no doubt hath a mynde, but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding ⁹ Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull ¹⁰ Therefore I say, heare me, and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding ¹¹ For when I had wayted till ye made an end of your talking, and hearde your wysdome, what argumentes ye made in your communication ¹² Yea when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Iob, that directly could make aunswere vnto his wordes ¹³ Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man

¹¹ The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough

²¹ Wo be vnto them that are wise in their owne syght, and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandyng

¹⁰ We [are] fooles for Christes sake, but ye [are] wyse in Christe. We [are] weake, but ye [are] stronge. Ye [are] honorable, but we [are] despised

⁵ I speake it to your shame: Is it so that there is not a wyse man among you? no not one that can iudge betwene brother and brother ⁶ That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge ⁷ The thinges that sometime I might not away withel, are nowe my meate for very sorowe

² What ye knowe, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior vnto you ³ Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almightie, and my desire is to commune with God ⁴ As for you, ye are workmaisters of lyes, and vnprofitable phisitians altogether ⁵ Woulde God ye kept your tongue, for then might ye be taken for wise men

² Who hast thou helped? Him that is without strength? sauest thou the arme that hath no strength ³ Where is the counsayle that thou shouldest geue him which hath no wisdome? Hast thou shewed the way of right lyuing ⁴ Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him

⁵ Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles

²¹ I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also ²² They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I ²³ They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft

²⁹ Turne I pray you, be indifferent iudges: turne agayne, and ye shall see myne vngiltinesse

³ Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest [others] shall no man make thee ashamed

¹⁰ They haue opened their mouthes wide vpon me, and smitten me vpon the cheeke dispitefully, they gather the selues together against me

²⁰ My friendes geue me many wordes to scorne, and myne eye powreth out teares vnto God

² Froward men are with me, and myne eye must continue in the bitternesse of them

⁶ He hath made me a byworde of the people, where as afore I was their ioy

³ Suffer me that I may speake, and when I haue spoken mocke on

¹ But nowe they that are younger then I haue me in derision: yea euen they whose fathers I would haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my cattell

⁷ All they that see me, laugh me to scorne: they do make a mowe, and nod their head [at me. ⁸ [Saying] he referreth [all] to God, [loking that God] wyll deliuer him [and] rescue him: for he delighteth only in him

¹⁶ With hypocrites, scoffers, and parasites: they gnashed vpon me with their teeth

¹⁵ He shall call vpon me, and I wyll heare hym: yea I am with hym in trouble, I wyll deliuer hym, and bryng hym to honour

² He that walketh vpryghtlye, feareth the Lorde: but he that turneth hym selfe from his wayes, dispiseth hym

³ Crye vnto me, and I wyll aunswere, and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee

⁷ Neuerthelesse, I wil looke vp vnto the Lorde, I will patiently abyde God my sauiour: my God shall heare me

²⁹ And platted a crowne of thornes, and put vppon his head, and a reede in his right hande, and bowed the knee before hym, and mocked hym, saying: Hayle kyng of the Iewes

⁴⁰ And they laught hym to scorne: But he put them all out, and taketh the father and the mother of the damsell, and them that were with hym, and entreth in where the damsell laye

¹⁴ All these thynges heard the pharisees also, which were couetous, and they mocked hym

³² And when they hearde of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, we wyll heare thee agayne of this matter

³⁶ And others were tryed with mockynges, and scourgynges: Yea, moreouer with bondes and prisonment

³⁵ Uengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde, their feete shall slyde in due tyme: For the day of their destruction is at hande, and the thynges that shall come vpon them, make haste

⁵ Doth the wild asse rore when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder [inough

⁴ I coulde speake as ye do also: but would God that your soule were in my soules steade, then could I frame wordes for you, and shake my head at you

⁵ Yea, the light of the vngodly shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine

⁵ O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes: that my footesteppes slyp not

¹⁸ But when I sayde my foote hath slypped: thy mercy O God helde me vp

³ Haue mercy vpon vs O God, haue mercy vpon vs: for we haue suffered enough of dispite ⁴ Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy: and with the dispitefulnes of the proude

⁹ The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull: but the candell of the vngodly shalbe put out

²⁰ Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse

¹⁶ Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death

¹ Wo to them that are at ease in Sion, and trust in the mountayne of Samaria, which were famous at the beginning of the nations, & the house of Israel came to them ² Go you vnto Calneh, and see, and from thence go you to Hemath the great, then go downe to Gath of the Philistines: be they better then these kingdomes? or the border of their lande greater then your border ³ Ye that put farre away the euyll day, and approche to the seate of iniquitie ⁴ They lye vpon beddes of yuorie, and stretche them selues vpon their couches, and eate the lambes out of the flocke, and the calues out of the stall ⁵ They sing to the sounde of the viole, they inuent to them selues instrumentes of musicke, like Dauid ⁶ They drinke wine in bowles, and annoynt them selues with chiefe ointmentes: but no man is sorie for the affliction of Ioseph

⁸ So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out

¹⁹ And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp [in store] for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery

¹⁹ Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores

²⁴ As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he [that can shewe the contrarie?

⁷ Wherefore do wicked men liue, come to their olde age, and increase in richesse ⁸ Their children lyue in their sight, and their generation before their eyes ⁹ Their houses are safe from all feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them ¹⁰ Their bullocke gendreth and that not out of time, their cowe calueth and is not vnfruitfull ¹¹ They sende foorth their children by flockes, & their sonnes [leade the] daunce ¹² They beare with them tabrets and harpes, and reioyce in the sounde of the organs ¹³ They spend their dayes in wealthines, but sodainely they go downe to the graue ¹⁴ They say also vnto God: Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes ¹⁵ Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him

¹⁸ He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me

¹⁴ Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes

¹ Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers

³⁵ I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree

¹¹ And they say, howe shoulde God perceaue it? is there knowledge in the most hyghest ¹² Lo these vngodly and fortunate in the worlde: do possesse riches

²⁷ And like as a nette is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falshood and deceipt: Hereof commeth their great substaunce and riches

²⁹ Haue ye not asked them that go by the way? Doubtlesse ye cannot denie their tokens ³⁰ That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and the vngodly shalbe brought foorth to the day of wrath

⁶ Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse

³ The oxe hath knowen his owner, and the asse his maisters cribbe: [but] Israel hath not knowen, my people hath geuen no heede

⁷ The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme, the Turtle doue, the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle: but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde

¹⁷ Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce ¹⁸ But remember the Lorde thy God, for it is he whiche geueth thee power to get substaunce, for to make good the promise whiche he sware vnto thy fathers, as appeareth this day

⁷ The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye

³ But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges

²⁰ All this do I, that they altogether may see and marke, perceaue with their heartes and consider that the hande of the Lorde maketh these thinges, and that the holy one of Israel bringeth them to passe

⁵ I am he that made the earth, the men, and the cattell that are vpon the grounde with my great power & stretched out arme, and haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me ⁶ And nowe wyll I deliuer all these landes into the power of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon my seruaunt: the beastes also of the fielde shall I geue hym, to do hym seruice

¹⁸ O thou king, the most high god gaue vnto Nabuchodonozor thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and honour, & glorie

¹⁷ Now therefore O our God heare the prayer of thy seruaunt, and his intercession: O let thy face thine ouer thy sanctuarie that lyeth waste, for the Lordes sake

³⁵ And when the towne clarke had pacified the people, he sayde: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it that knoweth not how that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana, and of the [image] whiche came downe from Iupiter

³⁶ For of hym, and through hym, and for hym, are all thynges: To whom be glory for euer. Amen

⁵ Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym ⁶ But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates ⁷ Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named

⁷ The Lorde God also dyd shape man, [euen] dust fro of the grounde, & breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe, and man was a lyuyng soule

¹⁷ And beholde, I, euen I do bryng a fludde of waters vpon the earth, to destroy all fleshe wherin is the breath of lyfe vnder heauen, and euery thyng that is in the earth shall perishe

²² And they fell vpon their faces, and sayde: O God, the God of spirites of all fleshe, hath not one man sinned? Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude

³ Whyle my breath is in me, and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels

⁴ The spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe

¹⁴ If he set his heart vpon [man] and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath ¹⁵ All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust

²⁹ When thou hydest thy face, they are troubled: when thou takest away their spirite, they dye, and are turned agayne to their dust

³ His spirite shall depart out of hym, he shall turne agayne to his earth: at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe ⁴ Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde

²³ But hast lift vp thy selfe against the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee, that thou and thy princes, with thy wyues and concubines, might drinke wine thereout: and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse and iron, of wood and stone, which neither see, heare, nor vnderstand: As for the God in whose hande consisteth thy breath and all thy wayes, thou hast not glorified him

⁶ That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite

²⁵ Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed of any thing, seing he him selfe geueth life and breath to all, euery where

²⁸ For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng

³⁰ whether there be any vnrighteousnes in my tongue, or vayne wordes in my mouth

³ For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates

¹⁵ I speake as vnto them which haue discretion, iudge ye what I say

¹⁰ That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe

¹⁴ But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll

³ If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is

⁸ Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers

¹⁰ With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father

⁷ For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome

⁴ He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered

¹⁶ With him is strength and wysdome: both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his

²⁰ Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding ²¹ She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre ²² Destruction and death say, We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares ²³ But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place ²⁴ For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen ²⁵ When he wayed the windes and measured the waters ²⁶ When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder ²⁷ Then dyd he see her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knewe her ²⁸ And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding

⁶ Therfore Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite aunswered, and sayde: [Considering that] I am young, and ye be men of age, I was afrayde, and durst not shewe foorth my mynde ⁷ For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome ⁸ Euery man no doubt hath a mynde, but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding ⁹ Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull

⁵ Beholde, the great God casteth away no man, for he him selfe is mightie in power and wysdome

³⁶ Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding

⁵ Great is our Lorde, and great is his power: his vnderstandyng is infinite

⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁷ He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly

¹⁴ Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength

¹³ Who hath directed the spirite of the Lorde? or who gaue hym counsayle, and shewed hym ¹⁴ Who is of his counsayle, and geueth hym vnderstandyng, and hath taught hym the path of iudgement? who taught hym cunnyng, and opened to hym the way of vnderstandyng

¹⁰ In the beginning of a thing I shewe the ende therof, & I tell before thinges that are not yet come to passe: My deuise standeth stedfastly stablished, and I fulfill all my pleasure

¹² But [as for our God] he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens

²⁰ Daniel also aunswered, and said: The name of God be praysed for euer & euer: for wysdome and strength are his

¹⁵ For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist

³⁴ For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde? Or who hath ben his councellour

²⁴ But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes [we preache] Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God

⁸ Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence

¹¹ In whom also we are chosen, beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll

³ In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge

⁵ If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym

⁴⁶ This day shal the Lorde close thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee, & take thyne head from thee, & will geue the carkases of the hoast of the Philistines this daye vnto the foules of the ayre, & to the beastes of the earth, that all they which be in the worlde, maye knowe that there is a God in Israel

¹⁸ And thou hast shewed this day, howe that thou hast dealt wel with me: forasmuch as when the Lorde had closed me in thyne handes, thou killedst me not

⁸ Then saide Abisai to Dauid, God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day: Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth, & I will not smite him the second tyme

¹² If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou ¹³ God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym

¹⁰ Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose

¹¹ God hath shut me vp with the vngodly, and deliuered me into the handes of the wicked

¹⁰ He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am gone: my hope hath he taken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote

⁷ With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his workes

²³ I wyll geue it to the Otters, and wyll make water puddels of it, and I wyll sweepe them out with the besome of destruction saith the Lorde of hoastes

²² And the key of the house of Dauid wyll I lay vpon his shoulder: so that he shall open and no man shut, he shall shut and no man open

² Thou hast made a citie a heape of stones, and brought a strong towne into decay: the habitation of straungers hast thou made to be no citie, neither shall it be buylded any more

⁵⁸ Moreouer, thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, The thicke wall of Babylon shalbe broken, and her hye gates shalbe burnt vp, & the thyng that the Gentiles & the people haue wrought with great trauayle & labour, shall come to naught, and be consumed in the fire

⁶⁴ And say, Euen thus shall Babylon sincke, & be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I wyll bryng vpon her: so that she shall neuer come vp agayne. Thus farre are the preachynges of Ieremie

⁴ Though Edom say, We are impouerished, but we wil returne and builde the desolate places: yet saith the Lorde of hoastes, They shal builde, but I wil destroy: & they shal cal them, The border of wickednes, & the people with whom the Lorde is angry for euer

³² For God hath wrapped all [nations] in vnbeliefe, yt he myght haue mercie on al

⁷ And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth

¹³ And God sayd vnto Noah: the ende of all fleshe is come before me, for the earth is fylled with crueltie through them, and beholde I wyl destroy them with the earth

¹¹ In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe, in the seconde moneth, the seuenteene day of ye moneth, in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened

¹⁷ And then the Lorde beyng wroth agaynst you, shut vp the heauen that there be no rayne, and that your lande yelde not her fruite, and lest ye perishe quickly from of the good lande whiche the Lorde geueth you

³⁵ If heauen be shut vp, and there be no rayne, because they haue sinned against thee: yet if they pray in this place, and knowledge vnto thy name, and turne from their sinne through thy scourging of them ³⁶ Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercyfull vnto the sinnes of thy seruauntes, and of thy people Israel, that thou shewe them a good way to walke in, and geue rayne vpon the lande that thou hast geuen to thy people to inherite

¹ And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde

¹⁰ In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde

⁷ At thy rebuke they flee: at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace ⁸ The hilles mount aloft: and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them ⁹ Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe: neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth

²² Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges

⁸ He maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name

⁴ He rebuketh the sea and dryeth it vp, all the riuers also he maketh drye: Basan and Carmel are destroyed, the spring also of Libanon is destroyed

²⁵ But I tell you of a trueth, many wydowes were in Israel, in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shutte three yeres & sixe monethes, when great famishment was throughout all ye lande

¹⁷ Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes ¹⁸ And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite

⁶ These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll

²² And he sayde: I will go out, and be a false spirite in the mouth of all his prophetes. He sayde, Thou shalt persuade him and preuayle: Go foorth then, & do euen so ²³ Nowe therefore beholde the Lorde hath put a lying spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophetes, and the Lorde hath spoken euyll towarde thee

¹³ Yea, with [God] is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge

⁷ Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods [defence] and talke deceitfully for his [cause?

⁹ Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to reckening? For as one man mocketh an other, so do ye mocke him

⁹ And if that prophete be deceaued when he telleth a thing, then I the Lorde my selfe haue deceaued that prophete, and wyll stretche out my hande vpon him, to destroy him out of my people of Israel

¹³ And leade vs not into temptation, but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer. Amen

³¹ And one tolde Dauid, saying: Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspired with Absalom. And Dauid sayde: O Lorde I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnes

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: The counsel of Husai the Arachite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel. For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom

²³ And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsel was not folowed, he sadled his Asse, and arose and gate him home to his owne house, and to his owne citie, & put his housholde in order, and hanged him selfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father

¹⁴ Lyke as the kinges and lordes of the earth, which haue buylded them selues speciall places

¹² Where are thy wise men? Let them tell thee yf they can, what the Lorde of hoastes hath deuised vpon Egypt ¹³ The princes of Zoan are become fooles, the princes of Noph are deceaued, they haue deceaued Egypt, euen they that were taken for the chiefe stay therof ¹⁴ In the middest of it hath the Lorde powred the spirite of wickednesse: and they haue deceaued Egypt in euery worke therof, euen as a drunken man staggereth in his vomite

¹⁴ Therefore wyll I do marueyles among this people, euen marueylous thinges [I say] and a wonder: For the wysdome of their wyse men shall perishe, and the vnderstanding of their wittie men shall hyde it selfe

¹⁹ For it is written, I wyll destroye the wisedome of the wyse, and wyll cast away the vnderstandyng of the prudent ²⁰ Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse

¹¹ Wherfore the Lord brought vpon them the captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians, whiche toke Manasse in holde, and bounde him with chaynes, and caried him to Babylon ¹² And when he was in tribulation, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers ¹³ And made intercession to him: and God was intreated of him, and hearde his prayer, and brought him againe to Hierusalem into his kingdome: and then Manasse knewe that the Lorde was God ¹⁴ After this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid on the west side of Gion, in the valley, as they came to the fishe gate, and round about Ophel, & brought it vp of a very great heyght, and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cities of Iuda

¹⁶ (116:15) It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder

³¹ In the thirtie and seuenth yere after that Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda was caryed away, in the fiue and twentith day of the twelft moneth, Euilmerodach kyng of Babylon (the same yere that he raigned) gaue Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda his pardon, and let hym out of prison ³² And spake louyngly to hym, and set his throne aboue the thrones of the other kynges that were with hym in Babylon ³³ He chaunged also the clothes of his prison, yea and did eate with hym all his life long ³⁴ And he had a continuall lyuyng geuen hym of the kyng of Babylon, euery day a certayne thyng alowed hym, all the dayes of his life, vntyll he dyed

²¹ He chaungeth the times and seasons, he taketh away kinges, he setteth vp kinges: he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse, and vnderstanding to those that vnderstande

¹⁶ And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes

²⁴ And when they brought out those kinges vnto Iosuah: Iosuah called for all the men of Israel, and saide vnto the chiefe of the men of warre which went with him: Come neare, & put your feete vpo the neckes of these kinges. And they came neare, and put their feete vpon the neckes of them

⁴² And all these kinges and their lande dyd Iosuah take at one time: because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel

⁴⁵ Then sayde Dauid to the Philistine: Thou commest to me with a sword, a speare, & a shielde: But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hoastes, the God of the hoast of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon ⁴⁶ This day shal the Lorde close thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee, & take thyne head from thee, & will geue the carkases of the hoast of the Philistines this daye vnto the foules of the ayre, & to the beastes of the earth, that all they which be in the worlde, maye knowe that there is a God in Israel

²² He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe

²⁸ Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble

⁹ They which are oppressed crye out vpon the multitude, yea they crye out for the power of the mightie

³⁶ Thus the angell of the Lorde went foorth, and slue of the Assyrians hoaste an hundred fourescore and fiue thousande: and when men arose vp early in the mornyng, beholde they were slayne, and all lay full of dead bodyes ³⁷ So Sennacherib the kyng of the Assyrians brake vp & dwelt at Niniue ³⁸ Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde, and fled into the lande of Armenia: and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede

¹ Thus saith the Lorde vnto Cyrus his annointed, who I haue taken by the right hande, to subdue nations before hym: I wyl loose the loynes of kinges, and I wyl open the gates before his face, and the gates shall not be shut

¹⁴ These shall fyght with the lambe, and the lambe shall ouercome them: For he is Lorde of Lordes, and Kyng of Kynges, and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen, and faythfull

¹⁹ And I sawe the beast, and the kinges of the earth, and their warryers gathered together, to make battayle agaynst hym that sate on the horse, and agaynst his souldyers ²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with hym that false prophete that wrought miracles before hym, with which he deceaued them that receaued the beastes marke, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast quicke into a ponde of fire, burnyng with brymstone ²¹ And the remnaunt were slayne with the sworde of hym that sate vppon the horse, whiche sworde proceaded out of his mouth, and all the fowles were fylled with their fleshe

²⁴ He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of ye people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way

⁹ Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull

¹⁷ And that because God hath taken wysdome from her, & hath not geuen her vnderstanding

²¹ The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie

¹⁹ The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged

²² The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym

¹ For lo, the Lorde God of hoastes doth take away from Hierusalem and Iuda all maner of stay, all stay of meate and drynke ² The captayne and the souldiour, the iudge and the prophete, the prudent and the aged man ³ The captayne of fiftie & the honorable, the senatour, the cunnyng artificer, and the eloquent oratour

² And if thou refuse to let them go, beholde, I wyll smyte all thy borders with frogges

²⁴ And they layed it vp till the morning as Moyses bad: and it did not corrupt, neyther bred there any worme therein

²³ And of Iezabel spake the Lord, saying: The dogges shall eate Iezabel by the wall of Iezrahel ²⁴ And he that dieth of Ahab in ye towne, him shall dogges eate: and he that dieth in the fielde, him shal the fowles of the ayre eate

²⁶ I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth & the blood of his sonnes, sayde the Lord: and I wil quite it thee in this ground sayth the Lord. Nowe therfore take [him] and cast him in the plat of ground, according to ye word of the Lord

³⁴ And when he was come in, he dyd eate and drinke, & sayd: Go and visite I pray you yonder cursed creature, and burie her: for she is a kinges daughter ³⁵ And so when they came to burie her, they founde no more of her then the skull, and the feete, and the palmes of her handes ³⁶ Wherfore they came againe, and tolde him: And he sayd, This is the worde of the Lorde whiche he spake by the hand of his seruaunt Elias the Thesbite, saying: In the fielde of Iezrahel shall dogges eate the fleshe of Iezabel ³⁷ And so the carkasse of Iezabel was euen as dounge vpon the earth in the fielde of Iezrahel, so that no man might say, This is Iezabel

⁴⁰ (107:38) He bringeth princes into contempt: & he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all

²⁷ There shall not be one faynt nor feeble among them, no not a sluggishe nor sleepie person: there shall not one of them put of his gyrdle from his loynes, nor loose the latchet of his shoe

⁵ Righteousnesse shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, and faythfulnesse the gyrding vp of his raynes

²¹ And with thy garmentes wyll I clothe hym, and with thy girdle wyll I strength hym: thy power also wyll I commit into his hande, and he shalbe a father of such as dwell in Hierusalem, and in the house of Iuda

⁹ Euen the Lorde of hoastes hath deuised this, to put downe the pride of all such as be glorious, and to minishe all them that be proude vpon the earth

²¹ And in that day shall the Lorde visite the hoast aboue that is on hye, and the kynges of the worlde that are vpon the earth ²² And they shalbe gathered together as they that be in pryson, and they shalbe shut vp in warde, and after many dayes shall they be visited

³⁸ Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde, and fled into the lande of Armenia: and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede

²¹ He chaungeth the times and seasons, he taketh away kinges, he setteth vp kinges: he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse, and vnderstanding to those that vnderstande ²² He reuealeth the deepe & secrete thinges, he knoweth the thing that lieth in darknesse, for the light dwelleth with him

³² And thou shalt be cast out of mens companie, thy dwelling shalbe with the beastes of the fielde: so that thou shalt eate grasse like oxen, and seuen times shal passe ouer thee, vntil thou knowest that the hyghest hath power vpon the kingdome of men, and geueth it vnto whom it pleaseth hym ³³ The very same houre was this matter fulfilled vpon Nabuchodonozor, so that he was cast out of mens companie, & did eate grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the deawe of heauen, till his heeres were growen as Egles [fethers] and his nayles like byrdes clawes

¹² And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they shoulde not go agayne to Herode, they returned into their owne countrey another way ¹³ When they were departed, beholde, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, saying: Aryse, & take the young chylde and his mother, and flee into Egipte, and be thou there, tyll I bryng thee worde. For it wyll come to passe, that Herode shall seke ye young chylde, to destroy hym

²³ And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost

¹⁰ Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might

¹⁴ Stande therfore, hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth, and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse

¹² And one of his seruauntes sayde, None my lorde O king: But Elisa the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel, yea euen the wordes that thou speakest in thy priuie chamber

⁵ But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death, let the [dimme] cloude fall vpon it, whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day

¹⁷ The morning is to them euen as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death

²⁰ Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding ²¹ She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre ²² Destruction and death say, We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares ²³ But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place

²² There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him

²¹ (44:19b) woulde not God searche it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart

¹² Truely the darknesse shall not darken any thing from thee, and the night shalbe as lyghtsome as the day: darknesse and lyght [to thee] are both a lyke

²² He reuealeth the deepe & secrete thinges, he knoweth the thing that lieth in darknesse, for the light dwelleth with him

²⁶ Feare them not therfore. For there is nothing close, that shal not be opened: & nothing hyd, that shall not be knowen

⁷⁹ To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace

¹⁰ But God hath reuealed the vnto vs by his spirite: For the spirite searcheth all thinges, yea the deepe thinges of God

⁵ Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme, vntyll the Lorde come, who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse, & open the counsels of the heartes, and then shall euery man haue prayse of God

⁷ And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them

²⁰ And God dealt well therefore with the mydwyfes: and the people multiplied and waxed very myghtie

³⁸ (107:36) He blesseth them, so that they multiplie exceedingly: and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease

³ Thou hast multiplied the people, and not increased their ioy: they reioyce before thee, euen as men make merie in haruest, and they be ioyfull as men that do deuide the spoyle [after the victorie.

¹⁵ Thou hast increased the people, O Lorde, thou hast increased the people, thou art glorious, thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth

⁶ The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote, Israel shalbe greene and florishe, and the world shalbe filled with fruite

² Consider Abraham your father, and Sara that bare you, how that I called hym alone, and blessed hym, and encreased hym

²² The youngest and least shall growe into a thousande, and the simplest into a strong people: I the Lorde shall shortlye bryng this thing to passe in his tyme

¹⁹ And out of them shal go thankesgeuing and the voyce of ioy: I wyll multiplie them, and they shal not be fewe, I shall endue them with honour, and no man shall subdue them

²² For like as the starres of heauen may not be numbred, neither the sande of the sea measured: so wyll I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruaunt, and the Leuites my ministers

⁸ I wyll hisse for them, & gather them together, for I wyl redeeme them: they shal encrease, as they encreased afore

²⁰ He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason

⁴ (107:4a) They went astray out of the way in solitarines [and] in wildernes, and found no citie to dwell in

⁹ And he sayd, Go and tell this people: Heare in deede, yet vnderstande not, ye shall playnely see, and yet perceaue not ¹⁰ Harden the heart of this people, stop their eares, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and conuert and be healed

¹ The burthen of Egypt. Beholde, the Lorde rideth vpon a swift cloude, and shall come into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at the presence of hym, and the heart of Egypt shall quake in the middest of her

¹⁶ Let his heart be chaunged from mans [nature] and let a beastes heart be geued vnto hym, and let seuen times be passed ouer hym

³³ The very same houre was this matter fulfilled vpon Nabuchodonozor, so that he was cast out of mens companie, & did eate grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the deawe of heauen, till his heeres were growen as Egles [fethers] and his nayles like byrdes clawes

¹¹ Ephraim is like a doue that is begyled and hath no heart: nowe call they vpon the Egyptians, now go they to the Assyrians

¹¹ And the men that were at the doore of the house they smoke with blyndenesse both small and great, so that they were weryed in sekyng the doore

²⁹ Thou shalt grope at noone dayes as the blinde gropeth in darknesse, & shal not prosper in thy wayes: Thou shalt be oppressed with wrong, & be poulled euermore, & no man shall succour thee

¹⁴ They runne into darknesse by fayre day, and grope at the noone day as in the night

²⁷ (107:25) They reele to and fro, and they do stacker like a drunken man: and their wysdome fayleth them

¹⁴ In the middest of it hath the Lorde powred the spirite of wickednesse: and they haue deceaued Egypt in euery worke therof, euen as a drunken man staggereth in his vomite

²⁰ The earth shall reele to and fro like a drunkarde, and shalbe remoued lyke a tent, and the iniquitie thereof shalbe heauie vpon it, it shall fall, and not rise vp agayne

¹⁰ We grope lyke the blinde vpon the wall, we grope euen as one that hath none eyes, we stumble at the noone day as though it were towarde night, in the falling places, lyke men that are halfe dead

¹¹ And nowe beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blynde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediatly, there fell on hym a myste, and a darcknesse, and he went about, seekyng [them] that shoulde leade hym by the hande

¹¹ He that hateth his brother, is in darknesse, and walketh in darkenesse, & can not tell whyther he goeth, because that darkenesse hath blynded his eyes