Job 32 Cross References - Bishops

¹ So these three men ceassed to aunswere Iob, because he held him selfe a righteous man ² But Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, because he called hym selfe iust before God ³ And with Iobs three friendes he was angry also, because they had founde no reasonable aunswere, and yet condempned Iob ⁴ Nowe taried Elihu, till they had ended their comunication with Iob: for why? they were elder then he ⁵ So when Elihu sawe that these three men were not able to make Iob aunswere, he was miscontent 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 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 ¹⁴ He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done ¹⁵ For they were so abashed, that they coulde not make aunswere, nor speake one worde ¹⁶ When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stoode still and aunswered no more: ¹⁷ Then aunswered I in my turne, and I shewed myne opinion ¹⁸ For I am full of matter, and the spirite within me compelleth me ¹⁹ Beholde, my belly is as the wine, whiche hath no vent, lyke the newe bottels that bruste ²⁰ [Therfore] will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere ²¹ I will regarde no maner of person, no man will I spare ²² For if I woulde go about to please men, I knowe not howe soone my maker would take me away

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

² I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me

⁷ Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande

¹⁵ Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight

⁷ There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge

⁴ My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite ⁵ God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie ⁶ My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes

¹¹ When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me ¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym ¹³ The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne ¹⁵ I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame ¹⁶ I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently ¹⁷ I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth

¹ I made a couenaunt with myne eyes: why then should I loke vpon a mayden ² For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye ³ Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie ⁴ Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges ⁵ If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue ⁶ Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie ⁷ If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes ⁸ Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out ⁹ If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore ¹⁰ Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished ¹² Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase ¹³ If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me ¹⁴ When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies ¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne ¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment ²⁰ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe ²¹ If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate ²² Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen ²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence ²⁵ Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much ²⁶ Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation ²⁷ Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande ²⁸ (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. ²⁹ Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? [Oh, no. ³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule ³¹ Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe ³² The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way ³³ Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd ³⁴ Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me: so I kept scilence, and went not out of the doore ³⁵ O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me ³⁶ Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head ³⁷ I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince ³⁸ But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt ³⁹ If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof ⁴⁰ Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye

⁹ I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me

²¹ Hus his eldest sonne, and Buz his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians

³ Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly

² As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement, and the almightie that hath vexed my minde

⁵ God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie

²¹ Thou art become myne enemie, and with thy violent hande thou takest part against me

⁵ [And why?] Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement ⁶ In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault

¹⁷ May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly ¹⁸ Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes

² Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God

⁸ Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous

⁹ (69:8) For the zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me: and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me

⁵ And when he had loked rounde about on them with anger, mournyng for the hardnesse of their heartes, he sayth to the man: stretch foorth thyne hande. And he stretched it out: And his hande was restored, euen as whole as the other

²⁹ But he, wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe, said vnto Iesus: and who is my neighbour

²⁶ Be ye angry, and sinne not, let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath

⁶ If thou wouldest liue a pure and godly life: shoulde he not awake vp vnto thee immediatly, and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous

³⁴ For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes

⁵ Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable ⁶ For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing ⁷ To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie ⁸ But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it ⁹ Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken ¹⁰ Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare ¹¹ Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee ¹² Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are ¹³ Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude ¹⁴ Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen ¹⁵ Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked ¹⁶ Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer ¹⁷ Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them ¹⁸ He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me ¹⁹ The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne ²⁰ Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed ²¹ Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well ²² Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart ²³ For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling ²⁴ Thou shalt lay vp golde [as plentyful] as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers ²⁵ Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer ²⁶ Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God ²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises ²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes ²⁹ When [the wicked] be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person ³⁰ The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes

²⁵ Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God

² Is there power and feare with him aboue, that maketh peace sitting in his hyghnesse ³ Is there any number of his armies, and vpon whom shal not his light arise ⁴ But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman ⁵ Beholde, the moone shyneth nothing in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight ⁶ Howe much more then man that is but corruption, and the sonne of man which is but a worme

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 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth

¹ So these three men ceassed to aunswere Iob, because he held him selfe a righteous man

⁵ For we haue founde this man a pestilent felowe, and a mouer of debate vnto all the Iewes in the whole worlde, and a maynteyner of the sect of the Nazarites

¹³ Neither can they proue the thynges wherof they accuse me

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 He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, the same to hym is folly and shame

¹⁹ And assoone as he came nigh vnto the hoast, he sawe the calfe, and the daunsing: and Moyses wrath waxed whot, and he cast the tables out of his handes, and brake them beneath the hyll

² But Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, because he called hym selfe iust before God

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before the hore head, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dreade thy God: I am the Lorde

²⁸ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was angrye with Dauid, & sayde: Why camest thou downe hyther? and with whom hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernes: I know thy pride and the malice of thyne heart, that thou art come downe to see the battel ²⁹ And Dauid sayde: And what haue I nowe done? is there not a cause ³⁰ And he departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner: and the people aunswered him againe, as before

⁷ Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before the hils

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

⁷ Geue to euery man therfore his dutie, tribute to whom tribute, custome to whom custome, feare to whom feare, honour to whom honour [belongeth.

¹ Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren

⁶ Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded

⁵ Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble

⁶ And king Rehoboam toke counsel with the olde men that stoode before Solomon his father, while he yet lyued, and sayd: What counsel geue ye, that I may haue matter to aunswere this people ⁷ And they sayd vnto him: If thou be a seruaunt vnto this people this day, and folowe their mindes, and aunswere them, & speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruauntes for euer ⁸ But he forsoke the counsell that the old men had geuen him, and called vnto his counsel young men, that were growe vp with him and wayted on him

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

¹² Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding

¹¹ Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God ¹² What man is he that listeth to liue: [and] woulde fayne see good dayes

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel ² To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng ³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie ⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse

¹² For when as concernyng the tyme, ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God, and are become such as haue nede of mylke, and not of strong meate

³⁹ And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee

¹² Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee

²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice

²⁹ And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore

¹² But wheras a thing was hyd from me, yet myne care hath receaued a litle therof ¹³ In the thoughtes and visions of the night when sleepe commeth on men ¹⁴ Feare came vpon me & dread, which made all my bones to shake ¹⁵ The winde passed by before my presence, and made the heeres of my fleshe to stande vp ¹⁶ He stoode thereon and I knewe not his face, an image there was before myne eyes, and in the stilnesse hearde I a voyce ¹⁷ Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker ¹⁸ Beholde, he founde not trueth in his seruauntes, and in his angels there was folly ¹⁹ Howe much more in them that dwel in houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth ²⁰ They shalbe smitten from the morning vnto the euening: yea they shall perishe for euer, when no man regardeth them ²¹ Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome

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

¹⁶ He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction

¹¹ Which teacheth vs more the the beastes of the earth, and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen

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

⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng

²⁶ And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde

¹⁷ As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge and vnderstanding in all learning & wysdome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames

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

¹⁰ But God hath reuealed the vnto vs by his spirite: For the spirite searcheth all thinges, yea the deepe thinges of God ¹¹ For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue ye spirite of man which is in hym? Euen so, the thinges of God, knoweth no man, but ye spirite of God ¹² And we haue receaued, not the spirite of the worlde, but the spirite which is of God, that we myght know the thinges that are geuen to vs of God

⁸ For to one is geuen by the spirite, the worde of wisdome, to another the word of knowledge, by the same spirite

¹⁶ All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse

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

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

¹³ A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come

⁵ Therfore will I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke with them, if they knowe the way of the Lord, and iudgementes of their God: But these [in lyke maner] haue broken the yoke, and burst the bondes in sunder

²⁵ At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes

⁴⁸ Doth any of the rulers or of the pharisees beleue on hym

²⁶ Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble [are called. ²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie

⁷ But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie [euen] the hyd [wisedome] which God ordeyned before the worlde, vnto our glorie ⁸ Which none of ye princes of this world knewe: For had they knowen it, they woulde not haue crucified the Lorde of glorie

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

²⁵ Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God

²⁷ Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe

²¹ Unto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with scilence they taried for my counsell

²³ They wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped vpon me, as [the grounde doeth to receaue] the latter shoure

⁴ Nowe taried Elihu, till they had ended their comunication with Iob: for why? they were elder then he

¹⁷ The righteous declareth his owne cause first him selfe, and his neighbour commeth and tryeth hym

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

⁹ The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables ¹⁰ His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth

³ And with Iobs three friendes he was angry also, because they had founde no reasonable aunswere, and yet condempned Iob

⁷ Couetyng to be doctours of the lawe, not vnderstandyng what they speake, neither wherof they affirme

²³ That I wyll not take of all that is thyne so muche as a threede or shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest saye, I haue made Abram ryche

² And the Lord sayd vnto Gedeon: The people that are with thee, are to many for me to geue ye Madianites into their handes, lest Israel make their vaunt against me, and saye: Myne owne hand hath saued me

²¹ And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde

¹⁰ But he sayde vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: shal we receaue good at the hande of God, and not receaue euyll? In all these thinges did not Iob sinne with his lippes

⁹ With the blast of God they perishe, with the breath of his nostrels are they consumed away

⁴ For the arrowes of the almightie are vpon me, the poyson therof hath drunke vp my spirite, and the terrible feares of God are set against me

² Then no doubt ye are the men alone, and wysdome shall perishe with you

⁸ Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee ⁹ What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same ¹⁰ With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father

⁶ Know this then, that it is God which hath ouerthrowe me, and hath compassed me with his net

²¹ Haue pitie vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friendes, for the hande of God hath touched me

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

⁵ Neuerthelesse, I haue euer since the begynnyng shewed thee of thynges for to come, and declared them vnto thee or euer they came to passe: that thou shouldest not say, myne idoll hath done it, my carued or molten image hath shewed it

⁷ And some done of olde tyme, wherof thou neuer heardest before they were brought to passe, that thou canst not say, beholde I knewe of them

²³ Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches

³ Beholde, thou thinkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel, that there is no secretes hyd from thee

⁷ The Lorde shall preserue the tentes of Iuda as afore time, so that the glorye of the house of Dauid and the glory of the citezins of Hierusalem shal not be exalted against Iuda

¹¹ Iesus aunswered: Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me, except it were geuen thee from aboue: Therfore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the more sinne

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 ²¹ For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God, in the wisedome of God: it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue

²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie ²⁸ And vnnoble thynges of the worlde, & thinges which are despysed, hath God chosen, [yea] and thinges which are not, to bryng to naught thynges that are ²⁹ That no fleshe shoulde reioyce in his presence

¹⁸ Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse

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

²² After my woordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them

²³ And then wyll I confesse vnto them, I neuer knewe you: Depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie

²² When they had hearde [these wordes] they marueyled, and left hym, and went their way

²⁶ Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth

³⁴ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Saducees to silence, they came together

⁴⁶ And no man was able to aunswere hym a worde: neither durst any man (from that day foorth) aske hym any mo questions

⁵ Woulde God ye kept your tongue, for then might ye be taken for wise men

²⁸ Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent

¹³ Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time: for it is an euyll time

¹⁹ Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath

¹⁰ Therefore I say, heare me, and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding

¹² Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man

³ For thou sayest: what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee, and what profite shall I haue of my sinne ⁴ Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee, aud to thy companions with thee

³ My heart was hotte within me, and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled: and [at the last] I spake with my tongue

⁹ Wherefore I thought from hencefoorth not to speake of hym, nor to preache any more in his name: but the worde of the Lorde was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones, whiche when I woulde haue stopped, I might not

¹⁴ Nowe when the spirite lift me vp and tooke me away, I went in bitternesse and furie of my spirite: but the hande of the Lorde vpon me was strong ¹⁵ Then I came to the captiues in Thelabib that dwelt by the riuer Chebar, and I sate where they sate, and I remayned there seuen dayes, astonished among them ¹⁶ And when the seuen dayes were expired, the Lorde saide vnto me ¹⁷ Thou sonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt heare the worde at my mouth, and geue them warning from me ¹⁸ When I shall say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely dye, and thou geuest not him warning, nor speakest to admonishe the wicked of his euill way, and so to liue: then shal the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrighteousnesse, but his blood wyl I require of thyne hand ¹⁹ Neuerthelesse, if thou geue warning vnto the wicked, and he yet turne not from his vngodlynesse and from his wicked way: he shall dye in his owne wickednesse, but thou hast deliuered thy soule ²⁰ Nowe if a righteous man go from his righteousnesse and do the thing that is euyll I wyll lay a stumbling blocke before him: and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him warning, dye shall he in his owne sinne, so that his righteousnesse whiche he hath done, shall not be thought vpon: but his blood will I require at thyne hande ²¹ Neuerthelesse, if thou exhortest that righteous that he sinne not, and so the righteous do not sinne: then shall he liue, because he hath receaued thy warning, and thou hast deliuered thy soule ²² And there came the hand of the Lord vpon me, and he sayd vnto me: Stande vp, and go into the fielde, that I may there talke with thee ²³ So when I had risen vp, and gone foorth into the fielde: beholde, the glorie of the Lord stoode there, like the glorie which I sawe by the riuer Chebar: then fell I downe vpon my face ²⁴ And the spirite came into me, whiche set me vp vpon my feete, and spake vnto me, and said vnto me: Go thy way, and shut thy selfe in thyne house ²⁵ Beholde O thou sonne of man, they haue prepared bandes against thee, and they wyll binde thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them ²⁶ And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumbe, and not be as a reprouer vnto them: for they are a rebellious house ²⁷ But when I speake vnto thee, I wyl open my mouth, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God: Whoso heareth, let hym heare, whoso leaueth of, let him leaue: for they are a rebellious house

²⁰ For we cannot but speake that, which we haue seene and hearde

¹³ For yf we be to feruent, to God are we to feruent: Or yf we kepe measure, for your cause kepe we measure ¹⁴ For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead

¹⁷ Neither do men put newe wine into olde vessels: els, the vessels breake, and the wyne runneth out, and the vessels peryshe: But they put newe wyne, into newe vessels, and both are preserued together

¹³ Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shalbe the lesse

¹⁹ What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye

² For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to aunswere, and therefore, make haste

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

⁶ Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right ⁷ For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse

¹⁵ Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour

¹⁷ Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it

¹⁹ Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous

¹⁷ And thyne handmayde sayde: The worde of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: For my lord the king is as an angel of God, in hearing of good & bad: Therfore the Lorde thy God be with thee

²⁰ For to the intent that I shoulde chaunge the fourme of speach, hath thy seruaunt Ioab done this thing: And my lorde is wyse, according to the wisdome of an angel of God, to vnderstande all thinges that are in the earth

⁸ Wyll ye accept the person of him? or wyll ye contende for God

¹⁰ He shall punishe you, and reproue you, if ye do secretly accept any person

¹⁹ God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes

²³ It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement

¹⁶ And they sent out vnto hym their disciples, with the Herodians seruauntes, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the way of God truely, neither carest thou for any man: for thou doest not respect mens persons

²² And the people gaue a shout [saying] It is the voyce of God, & not of a man 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

² And when Paul was called foorth, Tartullus began to accuse hym, saying: Seyng that we obtayned great quietnesse by the meanes of thee, and that many good thynges are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence ³ That alowe we euer, & in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankes

⁵ He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle

² Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes ³ God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: [and] the tongue that speaketh great thinges

⁵ Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete

¹⁰ Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe

⁵ For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God [is] recorde