Job 18 Cross References - Great

¹ Then answered Baldad the Suhite, and sayde: ² when wyll ye make an ende of youre wordes? Marcke well, and then we wyll speake. ³ Wherfore are we counted as beastes, & reputed so vyle in youre sight? ⁴ He destroied him selfe with his anger? Shal the earth be forsaken, or any stone remoued out of his place because of the? ⁵ Yee, the light of the vngodly shall be put out? and the sparke of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him. ⁷ His presumpteous goinges are kepte in, and his awne councell shall cast him downe. ⁸ For his fete are taken as it were in the nett, and he is at his wittes ende. ⁹ His fote shalbe holden in the snare, and it shall catch them that be thyrsty of bloude. ¹⁰ The snare is layed for him in the grounde, and a pytfall in the waye. ¹¹ Fearfulnesse shall make him afrayed on euery syde, that he shall not knowe, where to get out. ¹² Honger shalbe his strength: mysfortune shall hange vpon him. ¹³ He shall eate the strength of his awne skynne, euen the fyrst borne of death shall eate his strength. ¹⁴ His hope shalbe roted out of his dwellynge, very ferfulnesse shall bringe him to the kyng. ¹⁵ Other men shal dwell in his house (but shalbe none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacyon. ¹⁶ His rotes shalbe dried vp beneth, and aboue shall his braunch be cutt downe. ¹⁷ His remembraunce shall perysshe from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the strete: ¹⁸ they shall dryue him from the light into darcknesse, and cast him cleane out of the worlde. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his dwellinges. ²⁰ They that come after hym, shalbe astonied at his daye, and they that go before, shall be afrayed. ²¹ Soch are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this is the place of hym that knoweth not God.

¹¹ Now when Iobs frendes hearde of all the trouble, that happened vnto hym, there came thre of them, euery one from hys awne place: namely, Eliphas the Themanite, Bildad the Suhite, & Zophad the Naamathite. And they were agreed together to come, to shewe their compassion vpon him, and to comforte hym.

¹ Then answered Baldad the Suhite, and sayde:

¹ Then answered Baldad the Suhite, and sayde.

⁷ Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it fortuned, that the Lord sayde vnto Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with the, and thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken of me the thynge that is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. ⁸ Therfore, take you now seuen oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offre vp for youre selues a brent offeringe: and my seruaunt Iob shall praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, and not deale wyth you after youre folyshnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thinge whych is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. ⁹ So Eliphas the Themanite, and Bildad the Suhite & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordyng as the Lord commaunded them, The Lord also accepted the personne of Iob,

⁵ but let it be stayned with darcknesse, and the shadowe of death. Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it, and lett it be lapped in with sorowe on the daye tyme. ⁶ Let the darcke storme ouercome that nyght, and lett it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeare, ner counted in the monethes.

¹⁷ There must the wycked ceasse from theyr tyrannye, and ther soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest:

² How longe wilt thou talke of soch thynges? how longe shall thy mouth speake so proude wordes?

² Shulde not he that maketh many wordes, be answered? Shuld he that bableth moch, be commended therin?

⁵ Wold God ye kepte your tonge, for then myght ye be taken for wyse men. ⁶ Now heare my chydyng, and pondre the sentence of my lyppes.

² I haue oft tymes hearde soch thynges. Myserable geuers of conforte are ye, all the sorte of you. ³ Shall not vayne wordes come yet to an ende? Or, hast thou yet eny more to saye?

² O heare my wordes, and that shalbe my comfort of you.

¹ Wherfore, heare my wordes (O Iob) and herken vnto me all that I will saye:

¹³ He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, is a foole, and worthy to be confounded.

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

⁷ Aske the catell, and they shall infourme the: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell the. ⁸ Or the increace of the earth, and it shall shewe the. Or the fysshers of the see, and they shall certifye the.

⁴ For thou hast with holden their hertes from vnderstandynge, therfore shalt thou not sett (them) vp on hye.

¹⁰ As for you, turne you, and get you hence (I praye you) seynge I cannot fynde one wyse man amonge you:

²² So folysh was I and ignoraunt, euen as it were a beast before the.

¹⁸ I commened with myne awne hert also, concernynge the children of men: how God hath chosen them, & yet letteth them apeare: as though they were beastes:

¹⁰ Be kynd one to another wich brotherly loue. In geuynge honoure, go one before another.

² As for the foolysh man, displeasure kylleth hym, and anger slayeth the ignoraunt

¹⁴ Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and put my soule in myne handes?

¹⁸ The mountaynes fall awaye at the last, the rockes are remoued out of theyr place,

⁹ He is angrye at me, he hateth me and gnassheth vpon me wyth hys teth. Myne enemye skouleth vpon me wyth hys eyes.

⁸ Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? Or wylt thou condemne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made ryghteous?

¹⁰ The mountaynes shall remoue, and the hylles shall fall downe: but my louynge kyndnesse shall not moue, and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from the, sayeth the Lorde thy mercyfull louer.

⁹ Then sayde he vnto me: The wyckednesse of the house of Israel and Iuda is very greate: so that the lande is full of bloude, and the citie full of vnfaithfulnesse: For they saye: Tush the Lorde regardeth not the earth, he seeth vs not.

⁹ And God sayd vnto Ionas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne? And he sayd: yee, very angrie am I, euen vnto the deeth.

³⁵ Heauen & earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.

¹⁸ And whensoeuer he taketh him, he teareth him, and he fometh, and gnassheth with hys teth, and pineth awaye. And I spake to thy disciples that they shuld caste hym out, and they coulde not.

³⁹ and se, a sprete taketh him, and sodenly he cryeth, and tereth hym, that he fometh agayne, and with moch payne departeth from him, when he hath rent him,

⁵ the gladnes of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of ypocrites continued but the twyncklynge of an eye?

¹⁷ How oft shall the candle of the wycked be put out? how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? O what sorowe shal God geue them for their parte in hys wrath?

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknesse: they knowe nott where they fall.

⁹ The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out.

²⁰ Whoso curseth hys father & mother: his lyght shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknes.

²⁰ And why? the wicked shall haue no posterite, and the candle of the vngodly shall be put out.

¹¹ But take hede, ye all kyndle a fyre of the wrath of God, and stere vp the coales: walke on in the glistering of your awne fyre & in the coales that ye haue kindled. This cometh vnto you fro my hande, namely that ye shall slepe in sorowe.

²⁸ Thou also shalt lighte my candelle: the Lorde my God shall make my darcknes to be light.

²³ and the voyce of the brydegrom and of the bryde, shalbe herd no more in the, for thy marchauntes were the gret men of the erth. And wt thyne inchauntment were deceaued al nacions:

³¹ And one tolde Dauid sayenge: Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspired wyth Absalom. And Dauid sayde. O Lorde, turne the councell of Ahithophel into folyshenes.

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: the councell of Husai the Arachite is better, then the councell of Ahithophell. For it was euen the Lordes determinaycon to destroye the good councell of Ahithophel: that the Lorde myght brynge euell vpon Absalom.

¹² He destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that their handes are not able to performe any stedfast thing. ¹³ He compaseth the wyse in their awne craftynes, and ouerthroweth the councell of the wycked.

⁶ Thyne awne mouth condempneth the, and not I: yee, thyne awne lyppes shape an answer agaynst the.

²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde.

¹⁶ Euen so shall he kepe the (yf thou wylt be content) from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth: & yf thou wylt holde the quyete, he shall fyll thy table wyth plenteousnesse.

³⁶ Thou shalt make rowme ynough vnder me for to go, that my fote steppes shall not slyde.

¹⁰ The Lorde bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught, and maketh the deuyces of the people, to be of none effecte.

³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon.

¹² So that yf thou goest therin, there shall no straytenes hynder the: and when thou runnest, thou shalte not fall.

⁶ It shall be brought to the Assirian, for a present vnto kynge Iareb. Ephraim shall receaue full punyshment. Israell shalbe confounded for hys awne ymaginacyons,

¹⁹ For the wysdom of thys worlde is folyshnes with God. For it is wrytten: he compaseth the wyse in theyr craftynes.

⁹ If it please the kynge, let it be wrytten, that they maye be destroyed, & so wyll I weye downe ten thousand talentes of syluer, by the handes of the worckmen, to be brought into the kynges treasure.

¹³ and tolde Zares his wyfe and all hys frendes, euery thing that had happened him. Then sayd his wyse men and Zares his wyfe vnto him: It yf be Mardocheus, of the sede of the Iewes, before whom thou hast begonne to fall, thou shalt not preuayle agaynst hym, but shalt surely fall before him.

⁵ The kynge Ahasuerus answered, and sayde vnto quene Esther: who is he? And where is he, that darre presume in hys mynde, to do after that maner?

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

¹⁰ Therfore art thou compassed aboute with snares on euery syde, and sodenly vexed with feare.

¹⁵ The Heithen are suncken downe in the pytte that they made: in the same nett which they hydd pryuely, is their awne foote taken.

⁸ Let a soden destruction come vpon him vnawares: & hys net that he hath layed priuely, catch hym selfe, that he maye fall into hys awne myschefe.

²² The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped.

⁶ The synne of the wicked is his awne snare, but the ryghteous doth syng & reioyse.

³ Thus sayeth the Lord God: I wyll sprede my net ouer the, namely, a greate multytude of people: these shall dryue the into my yarne,

⁷ He must also haue a good reporte of them whych are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and snare of the euyll speaker.

⁹ They that wylbe ryche, fall into temptacyon and snares, & into many folysshe & noysome lustes, which droune men into perdicyon & destruccyon.

²⁶ and that they maye come to them selues agayne out of the snare of the deuyll, which are holden captiue of hym at hys wyll.

¹⁵ the Sabees came in vyolently, and toke them awaye: yee, they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sweard, and I onely ranne my waye, to tell the.

¹⁷ And whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armyes, and fell in vpon the camels, and haue caryed them awaye, yee, and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I onely am gotten awaye, to tell the.

⁵ Hys haruest was eaten vp of the hungry, & the weapened man spoyled it, and the thurstye droncke vp theyr laboure. It is not the earth that bryngeth forth iniquyte,

¹⁴ For he shall be the holy place to flye to, and stone to stomble at: the rock to fall vpon: a snare and net to both the houses of Israel, and the inhabitours of Ierusalem. ¹⁵ And many shall stomble, fall, and be broken vpon hym: yee, they shalbe snared & taken.

⁶ Upon the vngodly he shall rayne snares, fyre, and brymstone, storme & tempest: thys shalbe theyr porcyon to dryncke.

¹³ My lyne wyll I sprede out vpon hym, and catch him in my net, and cary hym to Babylon, in the lande of the Caldees: which he shall not se, and yet shalt he dye there.

⁹ And Dauid sayth: Let their table be made a snare to take them with all, and an occasyon to fall, and a reward vnto them.

³⁶ And vpon them that are left alyue of you, I wyll sende a fayntnesse into theyr hertes in the lande of theyr enemyes: & the sounde of a shakyng leef, shall chace them, and whan they flee the swerde, they shall fall: no man folowinge vpon them.

⁶ For the Lorde had made the hoste of the Sirians to heare a noyse of charettes and a noyse of horsses, & the noyse of a great hoste. In so moch that they sayde one to another, lo, the kynge of Israel hath hyred agaynst vs the kynges of the Hethites, and the kynges of the Egypcyans, to come vpon vs. ⁷ Wherfore they arose and fled in the nyght, and left their tentes their horsses, and their Asses, and the felde which they had pytched euen as it was, & fled for their lyues.

⁴ For the arowes of the almighty are round about me, whose indygnacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of God are sett agaynst me.

²¹ A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccyon.

⁸ He shall vanysh as a dreame, so that he can no more be founde, and shall passe awaye as a vision in the nyght.

²⁵ The arowe is taken forth, and gone out of the quyuer, & a glystering sweard thorowe the gall of him, feare shall come vpon hym.

⁵ They were afraied, where no feare was: for God hath broken the bones of hym that beseged the: thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despysed them.

¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perysh, and come to a fearfull ende?

¹ The vngodly flyeth whan no man chaseth hym, but the ryghteous standeth styf as a lyon.

²⁵ Let no man go forth into the felde, let no man come vpon the hye strete: for the swearde and feare of the enemy is on euery syde.

³ The nexte daye folowynge Phashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne. Then sayd Ieremy vnto him. The Lorde shall call the nomore Phashur (that is excellent and increasynge) but Magor (that is fearfull & afrayed) euery where. ⁴ For thus sayeth the Lorde: beholde, I wyll make the afrayed, euen thy selfe, & all that fauoure the: which shall perish with the swearde of their enemies, euen before thy face. And I wyll geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kynge of Babylon, which shal carye some vnto Babylon presoners, & slaye some with the swearde.

⁵ But alas, howe happeneth it, that I se you so afrayde? why shryncke ye backe? Theyr worthyes are slayne. Yee, they runne so fast awaye, that none of them looketh behynde him. Fearfulnes is fallen vpon euerychone of them, sayth the Lorde.

²⁹ Theyr tentes and theyr flockes shall they take awaye: yee, their hangynges and their vessels. Their camels also shal they carye awaye with them. They shall crye to them: Feare is on euery syde.

¹¹ Seynge then that we knowe, how the Lorde is to be feared, we fare fayre wyth men. For we are knowen well ynough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in youre consciences.

¹⁵ And the kynges of the erth, and the gret men, and the ryche men, and the chefe captaynes, & the myghty men, & euery bondman, and euery free man, hyd them selues in dennes, and in rockes of the hylles: ¹⁶ and sayde to the hylles and rockes: fall on vs, & hyde vs from the presence of hym that sytteth on the seate, and from the wrath of the lambe:

⁵ They that were full, haue hired out them selues for breed, & they that were hongrye, ceasse so to be, tyll the baren hath borne seuen: & she that had many chyldren, is waxed feble.

³⁶ And they that are left in thyne house, shall come, and crouch to him for a lytle pece of syluer & a cake of bread, & shall saye: put me (I praye the) in one offyce or other amonge the prestes, that I maye eate a morsell of bread.

²³ When he goeth forth to get his lyuying, he seeth plainely, that the daye of darcknesse is at hande. ²⁴ Sorowe and carefulnesse wyll make hym afrayed, and compasse hym rounde aboute, lyke as it were a kynge with hys hoost ready to the batayll.

¹² God is a ryghtewes iudge, and God is prouoked euery daye. Yf a man will not turne, he wyll whet his swerde: he hath bent his bowe and made it ready. ¹³ He hath prepared hym the instrumentes of deeth: he ordeyneth hys arowes agaynst the persecutours. ¹⁴ Beholde he trauayleth with myschefe, he hath conceaued sorow, and brought forth vngodlynesse.

¹⁰ The lyons do lacke, & suffre hunger but they which seke the Lorde: shall want no maner of thynge that is good.

¹⁰ Let the extorcioner consume all that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his laboure.

²¹ If he do not thys, he stombleth and suffreth hunger. And yf he suffre hunger he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his kyng & his God. Then loketh he vp warde, & downe warde to the earth,

³ For when they shall saye, peace and all thynges are safe, then shall soden destruccyon come vpon them (as sorowe commeth vpon a woman traualynge with chylde) & they shall not scape:

³ and thorow coueteousnes shall they wyth fayned wordes make marchandyse of you, whose iudgement is now not farre of, and their damnacyon slepeth not.

³ Ruben myne eldest sonne, thou art my myghte and the beginnynge of my strength, the noblenesse of dignyte, and the noblenesse of power.

¹⁶ All that I haue, shall go downe into the pytt, and lye with me in the dust.

³⁰ But the fyrst borne of the poore shalbe fed, & the symple shal dwel in safetye. Thy rote also will I destroye wt honger, & it shal slaye thy remnaunt.

⁶ The waters compased me, euen to the very soule: the depe laye aboute me, & the wedes were wrapte aboute myne head.

¹² This shalbe the plage, wherwith the Lorde will smyte all pleople, that haue fought agaynst Ierusalem. Namely, their flesh shall cosume awaye, though they stande vpon their fete, their eyes shalbe corrupt in their holes and their tunge shal consume in their mouth.

⁸ & I looked. And behold a pale horsse: & his name that sate on him was deeth, & hell folowed after hym, & power was geuen vnto them ouer the fourth parte of the erth, to kyll wyth swearde, & wyth honger, & wyth deeth that commeth of vermen of the erth.

¹⁴ Hys confydence shalbe destroyed, and hys trust shalbe a spiders webbe.

²² They also that hate the, shalbe confounded, and the dwellinge of the vngodly shall come to naught.

²⁰ As for the eyes of the vngodly, they shalbe consumed, and not escape: theyr hope shalbe misery and sorow of mynde.

¹⁷ For as soone as the daye breaketh, the shadowe of death commeth vpon them, and they go in horrible darcknesse.

³⁴ If a man wyll consydre all hye thynges, thys same is a kynge ouer all the chyldren of pryde.

⁴ Fearfulnes and trembling are come vpon me, and an horryble drede hath ouerwhelmed me.

¹⁰ The vngodly shall se it, and it shall greue him: he shall gnash with his teeth, & consume awaye: the desyre of the vngodly shall perysh.

²⁸ The pacient abydinge of the ryghteous shalbe turned to gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe.

³² The vngodly is cast awaye for hys iniquitye, but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death.

²⁶ And euery one that heareth of me these wordes, and doth them not shalbe likened vnto a folysh man, which built his house vpon sande: ²⁷ and a shower of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blew, and bet vpon that house, and it fell, and greate was the fall of it.

⁵⁵ Deeth is swalowed vp in victory: Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory? ⁵⁶ The stynge of deeth is synne: and the strength of synne is the lawe.

¹⁵ and that he myght delyuer them, which thorowe feare of deeth were all there lyfe tyme subdued vnto bondage.

²⁴ Than the Lorde rayned vpon Sodome & Gomorra, brymston & fyre from the Lorde out of heauen,

²³ howe all the lande is burnt vp with brymstone & salt, & that it is nether sowen nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, lyke as in the place of the ouerthrowynge of Sodome, Gomor, Adama, & Zeboim: whych the Lorde ouerthrewe in hys wrath and angre:

¹² Honger shalbe his strength: mysfortune shall hange vpon him. ¹³ He shall eate the strength of his awne skynne, euen the fyrst borne of death shall eate his strength.

¹⁸ The thing that other men haue laboured for, shall he restore agayne, and shall not eate it vp. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, & not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, & not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coulde neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perishe in hys coueteousnesse. ²¹ There shall none of hys meats be left behinde, therfore shall no man loke for hys prosperite.

³⁸ But yf case be that my lande crye agaynst me, or that the forowes therof make any complaynte: ³⁹ yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, yee yf I haue greued any of the plowmen:

⁹ And his floudes shalbe turned to pytch, and his earth to brimstone: & there with shall the land be kindled, ¹⁰ so that it shall not be quenched daye ner nyght: but smoke euermore, and so forth to lye waste. And no man shall go thorowe it for euer.

¹³ Wo worth him, that buyldeth hys house with vnrighteousnes, and his parlers with the good that he hath gotten by vyolence: which neuer recompenseth his neyghbours laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.

⁶ But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, & mocke him with a byworde, & saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe will he lade hym selfe with thicke claye? ⁷ O how sodenly wyll they stande vp, that shal byte, & awake, that shal teare the in peces? yee, thou shalt be their praye? ⁸ Seinge thou hast spoyled many Heathen, therfore shal the remnaunt of the people spoyle the: because of mens bloude, & for the wronge done in the lande, in the citye and vnto all them that dwell therin. ⁹ Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes into his house: that he maye set hys nest an hye, to escape from the power of misfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed the shame of thine awne house, for thou hast slayne to moch people, and hast wilfully offended: ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shal crie out of it, and the tymbre that lyeth betwyxte the ioyntes of the buylding shall answere.

⁴ & I wyl brynge it furth (sayeth the Lorde of hostes) so that it shall come to the house of the thefe, & to the house of him, that falsly sweareth by my name: & shall remayne in hys house, & consume it, wt the tymbre and stones therof.

²⁰ And the beast was taken, & with hym that false prophet that wrought miracles before hym, with whych he deceaued them that receaued the beastes marke, & them that worshypped hys ymage. These both were cast quicke into a ponde of fyre burnynge wyth brymstone:

⁸ But the fearfull and vnbeleuynge, and the abhominable, and murdrers, & whormongers, and sorcerers, and ydolaters, and all lyars shall haue theyr parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde death.

³ I haue sene my selfe, when the folysh was depe roted, and sodenly. I cursed hys habitacyon. ⁴ Hys chyldren were without prosperite, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to delyuer them.

³⁰ He shall neuer come oute of darcknesse, the flame shall drye vp hys braunches: with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye.

¹⁹ For my roote was spred out by the watersyde, and the dewe laye vpon my corne.

²⁴ Therfore, lyke as fyre lycketh vp the strawe, and as the flame consumeth the stubble: Euen so theyr rote shalbe as corrupcion: and theyr blossome shall vanysh awaye lyke dust: for they haue cast awaye the lawe of the Lord of Hostes, & blasphemed the word of the holy maker of Israel.

¹⁶ Ephraim is hewen downe, their rote is dryed vp, so that they shall brynge no more frute, yee, and though they brynge forth eny, yet will I slaye euen the best beloued frute of their body.

⁹ Yet destroyed I the Amoryte before them, that was as hye as the Cedre trees, and as stronge as the okes: notwithstandynge I destroyed his frute from aboue and his rote from vnder:

¹ For marck, the daye commeth that shal bnrne as an ouen: and all the proude, yee, and all soch as do wyckednesse, shalbe strawe, & the daye that is for to come, shall burne them vp (saieth the Lord of hostes) so that it shal leaue them nether rote ner braunche.

¹² youre remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke, and youre bodyes lyke the claye.

¹⁶ The countenaunce of the Lorde is agaynst them that do euell, to rote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth.

⁴ They haue sayde: come, & let vs rote them out that they be nomore a people, & that the name of Israel maye be nomore in remembraunce.

¹³ Let the wickednesse of hys fathers be had in remembraunce in the syght of the Lorde, and let not the synne of his mother be done awaye.

²² but the vngodly shalbe roted out of the lande: and the wycked doers shalbe roted out of it.

⁷ The memoryall of the iust shall haue a good reporte, but the name of the vngodly shall stincke.

²⁰ Wherfore is the lyght geuen to hym that is in mysery? and lyfe vnto them, that haue heuy hertes?

¹⁴ In somoche that they runne into darcknes by fayre daye, and grope aboute them at the none daye, lyke as in the nyght.

²² yee, into that darck clowdy land and deadly shadowe, where as is no ordre, but terrible feare as in the darcknesse.

¹⁴ yf thou woldest put awaye the wickednes which thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlynesse dwell in thy house.

²¹ If he do not thys, he stombleth and suffreth hunger. And yf he suffre hunger he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his kyng & his God. Then loketh he vp warde, & downe warde to the earth, ²² & beholde, there is trouble and darckenesse, vexacion is rounde aboute hym, and the cloude of erroure. And out of soch aduersite, shal he not escape.

¹³ Euen lyke many waters shall the people rage. God shall rebuke him, and he shal flye farre of. He shalbe chaced awaye lyke as drye strawe vpon the mountaynes before the wynde, and lyke a thing that turneth before the storme. ¹⁴ At euen beholde, there is trouble: & or euer it be mornyng, lo, he is gone. This is the porcyon of them that oppresse vs, and the lott of them that robbe vs.

³³ The very same houre was thys matter fulfylled vpon Nabuchodonosor: so that he was cast out of mens company, and dyd eate grasse lyke an oxe. Hys body was wet with the dewe of heauen, tyll hys heares were as great as Aegles fethers, and hys nayles lyke byrdes clawes.

²¹ He was shut out from amonge men, hys herte was lyke a beastes herte, and hys dwellynge was with the wylde asses: he was fayne to eate grasse lyke an oxe, & hys body was wet with the dewe of the heauen, tyll he knewe, that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men and setteth ouer them, whom he lyst.

¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the see, fomynge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge sterres, to whom is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer.

¹⁹ and beholde, there came a myghtye greate wynde out of the south, and smote the foure corners of the house: which fell vpon thy children, and they are deed, and I am gotten a waye alone to tell the.

⁴ For seyng that thy sonnes synned agaynst hym, dyd not he punysh them for theyr wyckednesse?

²⁶ There shall no darcknes be able to hyde him An vnkyndled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in hys house, it shall be destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shall declare hys wyckednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst him. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken awaye and peryshe in the daye of the Lordes wrath.

¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the swerde, and his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shall dye and be buried, and no man shall haue pitye of hys wyddowes.

¹³ He had seuen sonnes also & thre daughters. ¹⁴ The fyrst daughter called he Iemima: the second Kezia, and the thirde Kerenhapuch. ¹⁵ In all the land were no wemen found so fayre, as the daughters of Iob, and their father gaue them enheritaunce amonge their brethren. ¹⁶ After thys lyued Iob an hundred and fourty yeares, so that he sawe hys chyldren, & hys chyldrens chyldren into the fourth generacion.

⁸ Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, & bring one lande so nygh vnto another, that the poore can get no more grounde, & that ye maye dwel vpon the earth alone. ⁹ These thynges are in the ears of the Lorde of Hostes: shall not many greater & more gorgyous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them?

²¹ Let there a waye be sought to destroye their children, that he in their fathers wyckednes, that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande, and fyll the worlde full of enemyes. ²² I will stande vp agaynst them (sayeth the lord of hostes) & roote out the name & remnaunt sonne, & sonnes sonne of Babylon (sayeth the Lord)

³⁰ Wryte this man amonge the outlawes, for no prosperite shall this man haue all his lyfe longe. Nether shall eny of his sede be so happie, as to syt vpon the seat of Dauid, and to beare rule in Iuda.

²³ howe all the lande is burnt vp with brymstone & salt, & that it is nether sowen nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, lyke as in the place of the ouerthrowynge of Sodome, Gomor, Adama, & Zeboim: whych the Lorde ouerthrewe in hys wrath and angre: ²⁴ Euen then shall all nacions saye: wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facyon vnto thys lande? O howe fearse is thys great wrath?

⁸ And thys house shalbe taken awaye: so that euery one that passeth by it, shalbe astonyed, and shall hysse, and they shall saye: why hath the Lorde done thus vnto thys lande and to thys house?

¹² So when they lyfte vp theyr eyes a farre of, they knewe him not. Then they cryed, and wepte: & euery one of them rente his clothes, and sprynckled dust vpon theyr heades in the ayre. ¹³ They sat them downe by hym also vpon the grounde seuen dayes and seuen nyghtes. Nether was there any of them that spake one worde vnto hym: for they sawe, that hys payne was very greate.

¹³ He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were of myne acquayntance, are become straungers vnto me. ¹⁴ Myne awne kynsfolkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce. ¹⁵ The seruauntes and maydens of myne awne house toke me for a straunger: and I am be come as an aleaunt in theyr syght. ¹⁶ I called my seruaunt, and he gaue me no answere, no though I prayed him with my mouth. ¹⁷ Myne awne wyfe myght not abyde my breth, I was fayne to speake fayre for the chyldren of myne awne body. ¹⁸ Yee, the children despysed me: And when I was gone from them, they spake euell vpon me. ¹⁹ All soch as were my most familiers, abhorred me: and they whom I loued best, are turned agaynst me.

¹³ The Lord shall laughe hym to scorne, for he hath sene, that his daye is commynge.

⁷ Remembre the chyldren of Edom, O Lorde, in the daye of Ierusalem, how they sayde: downe wt it, downe with it: euen to the grounde.

¹⁶ Where thorowe they haue brought their lande into an euerlastyng wildernesse & scorne. So that whosoeuer trauayleth therby, shalbe abashed, & wagge theyr heades.

²⁷ Slaye all their myghtye souldyers, and put them to death. Woo be vnto them, for the daye and tyme of their visitatyon is at hande.

²⁵ O thou shamefull wicked guyde of Israel whose daye is come: euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue en ende.

¹¹ and that because of the tyme, when thou dydest set thy selfe agaynst hym, euen when the enemyes caryed awaye hys hoost, & when the aleauntes came in at his portes, & cast lottes vpon Ierusalem, and thou thy selfe wast as one of them. ¹² Thou shalt nomore se the daye of thy brother, thou shalt nomore beholde the tyme of hys captiuite: thou shalt nomore reioyse ouer the children of Iuda, in the daye of theyr destruccyon, thou shalt tryumphe nomore in the tyme of theyr trouble. ¹³ Thou shalt nomore come in at the gates of my people, in the tyme of theyr decaye: thou shalt not se theyr misery in the daye of theyr fall. Thou shalt sende out no man agaynst theyr hoost, in the daye of theyr aduersyte: ¹⁴ nether shalt thou stande waytynge any more at the corners of the stretes, to murthur soch as are fled, or to take them presoners, that remayne in the daye of theyr trouble. ¹⁵ For the daye of the Lorde is harde by vpon all the Heathen. Lyke as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealte wythall, yee, thou shalt be rewarded euen vpon thyne head.

⁴² sayinge: If thou haddest knowen those thynges whych belonge vnto thy peace, euen in thys thy daye, thou woldst take hede. But now are they hydde from thyne eyes.

⁴⁴ and make the euen wyth the grounde, and thy chyldren which are in the. And they shall not leaue in the one stone vpon another, because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitacyon.

² And Pharao sayde: who is the Lorde, that I shulde heare hys voyce, & let Israell goo?

¹⁰ And euen so all that generacyon were put vnto their fathers, and there arose another generacyon after them whych nether knewe the Lorde, nor yet the worckes whych he had done for Israel.

¹² But the sonnes of Eli were chyldren of Belial, and knewe not the lord.

⁹ And thou Salomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue hym with a pure hert, and wyth a swete courage. For the Lorde sercheth all hertes, and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacyons of thoughtes. And yf thou seke hym, he wylbe founde of the: But yf thou forsake hym, he wyll cast the of for euer.

¹⁴ They saye also vnto God: go from vs, we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes.

²⁸ For ye saye: where is the princes palace? and where is the dwellynge of the vngodly:

⁶ Poure out thyne indignacion vpon the Heathen that haue not knowne the, and vpon the kyngdome that haue not called vpon thy name.

³ They bende theyr tunges lyke bowes, to shote out lyes. They wax stronge vpon erthe. As for the trueth, they maye nothynge awaye with all in the worlde. For they go from one wyckednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, sayeth the Lorde.

²⁵ Poure out thyne indygnacyon rather vpon the Gentiles, that knowe the not, & vpon the people that call not on thy name. And that because they haue consumed, deuoured and destroyed Iacob, and haue made his habytacyon waist.

²⁸ And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God delyuered them vp vnto a lewde mynde, that they shulde do those thynges whych were not comly,

⁵ and not in the lust of concupiscence as do the hethen which know not God,

⁸ wyth flaminge fyre, whych shall rendre vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God, and that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Christ

¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe God: but with the dedes they denye hym seinge they are abominable and disobedient, & vnapte vnto euery good worcke.