Job 4 Cross References - Great

¹ And Eliphas the Themanyte answered, and sayde: ² Yf we begynne to commen with the, wylt thou be discontent? but who can withhold him selfe from speakinge? ³ Behold, thou hast bene a chastener of many, and hast comforted the weery handes. ⁴ Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake, knees. ⁵ But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou art greued: now that it hath touched thy selfe, thou art faynt harted. ⁶ Is not this thy feare, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy wayes? ⁷ Consydre (I praye the) whoeuer perysshed beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed? ⁸ For (as I haue proued by experience) they that plowe iniquytie, & sowe wretchednesse, reape the same. ⁹ With the blast of God they perish, and with the breth of hys nastrels are they consumed awaye. ¹⁰ The roaryng of the lyon, and the voyce of the lyon, & the teeth of the lyons whelpes are pulled out. ¹¹ The lyon perissheth for lacke of praye, and the lyons whelpes are scatered abrode. ¹² And vnto me came the worde secretly, & myne eare hath receaueth a lytell therof. ¹³ In the thoughtes and visyons of the night (when slepe commeth on men) ¹⁴ feare came vpon me, and drede, which made all my bones to shake. ¹⁵ The wynde passed by, before my presence, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp. ¹⁶ He stode there, and I knew not hys face, an ymage ther was before myne eyes, and in the stylnesse hearde I a voyce. ¹⁷ Shall man be more iust than God? Or shall a man be purer than hys maker? ¹⁸ Beholde, He founde no treuth in hys seruauntes, and in hys aungels ther was foly. ¹⁹ How moch more in them that dwell in houses of claye, and whose foundacyon is but dust: which shalbe consumed as it were with a Moth? ²⁰ They shalbe smitten from the mornynge vnto the euenyng: yee, they shall perysh for euer, when no man thincketh theron. ²¹ It is not their royaltye gone awaye with them: they shal dye trulye, and not in wysdome.

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 After this opened iob his mouth and cursed hys daye. ² And Iob answered, and sayde:

¹ Iob answered also, & sayde:

¹ Then answered Baldad the Suhite, and sayde:

¹ Then answered Eliphas the Themanite, and said:

¹ So Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere, and sayde:

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,

¹⁸ For I am full of wordes, and the sprete that is within me, compelleth me. ¹⁹ Beholde, my belly is as the wyne, which hath no vente, and bursteth the new vessels in sunder. ²⁰ Therfore will I speake that I may haue a vente: I will open my lyppes, & make answere.

¹¹ And therfore, I am so full of thyne indignacyon, (O Lord) that I maye suffre no longer. But shede it out vpon the chyldren that are without, and vpon all yonge men. Yee, the man must be taken presoner with the wyfe, & the aged wyth the crepel.

⁹ Wherfore, I thought from hence forth, not to speake of him, ner to preache eny more in his name. But the worde of the Lorde was a very burnynge fyre in my hert and in my bones, whiche when I wolde haue stopped, I myght not.

²⁰ For we cannot but speake, that which we haue sene & heard.

⁴ For out of great affliccyon and anguysshe of hert. I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that ye shulde be made sory, but that ye myght perceaue the loue, whych I haue, most specially vnto you. ⁵ If eny man hath caused sorow, the same hath not made me sory, but partely: lest I shulde greue you all. ⁶ It is sufficient vnto the same man, that he was rebuked of many.

⁸ For though I made you sory with a letter, I repent not: though I dyd repent. For I perceaue, that the same epistle made you sorye, though it were but for a ceason. ⁹ But I nowe reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye so sorowed that ye repented. For ye sorowed godly: so that in nothynge ye were hurte by vs. ¹⁰ For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacyon, not to be repented of, contrary wyse, worldely sorowe causeth deeth.

¹⁹ I knowe this also, that he will commaunde his chyldren and hys houshold after him, that they kepe the waye of the Lorde, and do after ryghte and conscyence, that the Lorde maye bringe vpon Abraham all that he hath spoken vnto him.

²⁸ But charge Iosua: and courage him, & bolden him. For he shal go before this people, and he shall deuyde vnto them the lande whyche thou shalt se.

²² and helde the feast of vnleuened bread seuen dayes with ioye: for the Lorde had made them glad, and turned the hert of the kyng of Assur vnto them, to strengthen their handes in the worcke of the house of God, euen the God of Israel.

⁵ I shuld comforte you with my mouthe, and release youre payne with the talkyng of my lippes.

²¹ The lyppes of the ryghteous sede a whole multitude, but foles shall dye in their awne folye.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth oute knowledge but the herte of the folysh doth not so.

²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstandynge, shalbe called to councell: and he that can speake fayre, shall haue the more lernynge.

³ And therfore strength the weake handes, and conforte the feble knees.

⁴ The Lorde God hath geuen me a well lerned tonge, so that I can confort them which are troubled: yee, and that in due ceason. He wakeneth myne eare vp by tymes in the mornynge: by tymes in the morninge, I saye, he will waken myne eare, that I myght herken as to the scole masters.

²² Seing that with youre lyes ye discomforte the herte of the ryghteous, whom I haue not discomforted: Agayne: For so moch as ye corage the hande of the wycked, so that he maye not turne from his wicked waye, and lyue:

³² but I haue prayed for the, that thy fayth fayle not. And when thou arte conuerted, strength thy brethren.

⁴³ And ther appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen, confortynge hym.

²⁹ Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of youre mouth: but that which is good to edifye wt all, as oft as nede is that it maye minister grace vnto the hearers.

⁶ Let youre speache be alwayes well sauored & powdred with salt, that ye maye knowe, howe ye ought to answer euery man.

¹² Stretch forth therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees:

¹⁴ The Lorde vpholdeth all soche as fall, & lyfteth vp all those that be downe.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous person prycketh lyke a swerde but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

²³ A wyse hart ordreth hys mouth wysely, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyppes. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, & health of the bones.

³ And therfore strength the weake handes, and conforte the feble knees. ⁴ Saye vnto them that are of a fearefull hert. Be of good chere, and feare not. Beholde, youre God commeth to take vengeaunce: and you shall se the rewarde that God geueth: God commeth his awne selfe, & will delyuer you.

⁶ Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce, and his thoughtes troubled hym, so that the ioyntes of his body shoke, and hys knees smote one agaynst the other.

⁷ So that now contrary wyse, ye ought rather to forgeue him, and comforte him: lest that same persone shuld be swalowed vp wt ouer moch heuynes.

⁶ Neuerthelesse God that conforteth the abiecte, conforted vs by the commynge of Titus.

¹⁴ We desyre you (brethren) warne them that are vnruly, comforte the feble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.

¹¹ But laye thyne hand now vpon hym and touch all that he hath, and he shal curse the to thy face.

⁵ But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touch once his bone and flesh, and he shall curse the to thy face.

²⁵ For the thynge that I feared, is come vpon me: and the thynge that I was afrayed of, is happened vnto me. ²⁶ Was I not happy? Had I not quyetnesse? Was I not in rest? And now commeth soch mysery vpon me

¹⁴ He that is in tribulacyon ought to be comforted of hys neyghbour: but the feare of the Lord is cleane awaye.

²¹ Haue pyte vpon me, haue pyte vpon me (O ye my frendes) for the hand of God hath touched me.

¹⁰ If thou be ouersene and negligent in tyme of nede, then is thy strength but smal.

¹ Therfore, seyng that we haue soch an offyce, euen as God hath had mercy on vs, we go not out of kynde:

¹⁶ Wherfore, we are not weried, But though oure vtwarde man peryshe, yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by daye.

³ Consyder therfore, how that he endured such speakinge agaynst hym of synners lest ye shuld be weryed and faynte in your mindes.

⁵ And haue forgotten the exhortacion, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children? my sonne, despyse not thou the chastening of the Lord, nether faynt, when thou art rebuked of hym:

³ I beseche the nowe, O Lorde, remembre howe I haue walked before the in trueth and with a perfecte herte, and haue done that which is good in thy syght, and Hezekia wepte sore.

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob: & the same was a perfect & iust man, soch a one as feared God & exchued euell.

⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that there is none lyke him in the land? a perfect & a iust man: soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell? ⁹ Sathan answered, and sayde vnto the Lord. Doth Iob feare God for naught? ¹⁰ hast thou not preserued him, & his house, and all that he hath on euery syde? Thou hast blessed the worckes of hys handes, and hys possessyon is encreased in the lande.

¹⁵ Lo, though he slaye me, yet wyll I put my trust in hym. But I wil reproue myne awne wayes in his sight,

¹⁷ Howbeit, there is no wyckednesse in my handes, but my prayer is cleane.

¹⁵ What helpeth then my longe taryenge? Or, who hath considred the thynge, that I loke for?

¹¹ My fote doth kepe his path, his hye waye haue I holden, and will not go out of it. ¹² I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte.

⁵ God forbid, that I shulde graunte youre cause to be ryght. As for me, vntyil myne ende come wyll I neuer goo fro myne innocency. ⁶ My ryghtwes dealynge kepe I fast, which I wyll not forsake: my hert shall not reproue me of my dayes.

¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cried, and so did I the fatherlesse and him that had none to holde him. ¹³ He that shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me. ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, which couered me as a garment, and equyte was my crowne. ¹⁵ I was an eye vnto the blynde, and a fote to the lame, ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckte the spoyle out of his teth.

¹ I Made a couenaunt wt myne eyes that I wolde not loke vpon a damsell. ² For how great a porcion shall I haue of God? & what enheritaunce from the almightie on hie? ³ As for the vngodly and he that ioyneth him selfe to the company of wycked doers, shall not destruccion and misery come vpon him? ⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goinges? ⁵ If I haue walked in vanite, or yf my fete haue runne to disceaue: ⁶ let me be weyed in an euen balaunce, that God may se my innocency. ⁷ If so be that I haue withdrawne my fote out of the right waye, and yf my hert hath folowed mine eye sight? If I haue stained or defiled my handes? ⁸ then shal I sowe, and another eate, yee, my generacion and posterite shall be cleane roted out. ⁹ If my hert hath lusted after my neghboures wyffe, or yf I haue layde wayte at his dore? ¹⁰ O then let my wiffe grinde vnto another man and let other men lie with her. ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse and synne, that is worthy to be punisshed, ¹² yee, a fyre that vtterly shulde consume, and rote out all my substaunce. ¹³ Did I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had eny mater agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seinge that God will sytt in iudgment, what shall I do? And for so moch as he will nedes visett me, what answere shall I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapena like in oure mothers bodies? ¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, and compassion fro my mothers wombe. ¹⁹ Haue I sene any man perishe thorow nakednesse and want of clothinge? Or any poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thancked me not, because he was warmed with the wolle of my shepe? ²¹ Dyd I euer lyfte vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yee, in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctorite: ²² then let myne arme fall fro my shulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes. ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punyshement of God, and knewe very well, that I was not able to beare hys burthen. ²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? Or haue I sayde to the fynest golde of all: thou arte my confidence? ²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my power was great, and because my hande gat so moche? ²⁶ Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysynge of the sonne? or had I the goinge downe of the moone in greate reputacyon? ²⁷ Hath my hert medled priuely with any disceate? Or, dyd I euer kysse myne awne hande? ²⁸ that were a wyckednesse worthy to be punished, for then shulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. ²⁹ Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or was I euer glad, that any harme happened vnto him? Oh no. ³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a synne, as to wish him euell. ³¹ Dyd not the men of myne awne houshold saye: who shall let vs to haue oure belly full of his fleshe? ³² I haue not suffred a straunger to lye without, but I opened my dores vnto him, that went by the waye. ³³ Haue I kepte secrete my synne and hyd myne iniquite, as Adam dyd? ³⁴ Haue I feared any great multitude of people: or yf I had bene dispysed of the symple, O then shulde I haue bene afrayed. Thus haue I quyetly spent my lyfe, and not gone out at the dore. ³⁵ O that I had one which wolde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. In the which the almyghty shall answere for me: though he that is my contrary party, hath written a boke agaynst me. ³⁶ Yet wyll I take him vpon my shulder, and as a garlande about my head. ³⁷ I wyll tell him, the nomber of my goinges, and go vnto him as to a Prince. 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: ⁴⁰ then let thystles growe in steade of my wheate, & cockle for my barleye. Here ende the wordes of Iob:

²⁶ For the Lorde shall stonde by thy syde, and kepe thy fote, that thou be not taken.

²⁶ The feare of the Lorde is a stronge holde, and hys chyldren are vnder a sure defence.

¹³ Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre mynde, be sober, & trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you (by the declaryng of Iesus Chryst)

¹⁷ And yf so be that ye call on the father, which wythout respect of person iudgeth according to euery mannes worke, se that ye passe the tyme of youre pilgremage in feare.

²⁰ Behold, God will not cast awaye a vertuous man, nether wyll he helpe the vngodly.

²² One thyng it is and therfore I sayed. He destroyeth both the righteous and vngodly. ²³ And though he staye sodenly with the scourge, yet wyll he laugh at the punyshement of the innocent.

⁷ He shall turne hys eyes awaye from the ryghteous, but as kynges shall they be in theyr trone, he shall stablysh them for euer, & they shalbe exalted.

²⁵ I haue bene yonge, and nowe am olde: & yet sawe I neuer the rightuous forsaken, ner his sede begginge theyr bread.

¹⁵ All thinges haue I considred in the tyme of my vanite: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnes sake, & the vngodly lyueth in hys wyckednesse.

¹ For all these thinges purposed, I in my mynde to seke out. The ryghteous and wyse, yee and theyr seruauntes also, are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether loue or hate, but all thynges are before them. ² It happeneth vnto one as vnto another: it goeth with the ryghteous as with that the vngodly: with the good and cleane as wyth the vncleane: wyth hym that offereth as with him that offereth not: lyke as it goeth wyth the vertuous, so goeth it also with the synner: As it happeneth vnto the periured, so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be forsworne.

⁴ When the straungers sawe the beast hange on hys hande, they sayde amonge them selues: no doute thys man is a mortherer: Whom (though he haue escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue.

⁹ The Lorde knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of temptacyon, and to reserue the vniuste vnto the daye of iudgement for to be punysshed:

³⁵ He conceaueth trauayle, and beareth vanyte, and theyr bodye bryngeth forth disceate.

¹⁴ Beholde he trauayleth with myschefe, he hath conceaued sorow, and brought forth vngodlynesse. ¹⁵ He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte, & is fallen hym selfe into the destruccyon that he made (for other.) ¹⁶ For his trauayll shall come vpon his awne head & his wickednes shall fall vpon hys awne pate.

⁸ He that soweth wyckednesse shall reape sorowe: and the rodde of hys crueltye shall peryshe.

¹⁸ Thy wayes and thy thoughtes, haue brought the vnto this, suche is thyne owne wyckednesse and disobedyence: and bycause it is a bytter thing, it hath striken the to the hert

⁷ They haue sowne wynde, therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shall beare no corne, there shall no meale be made of theyr increase: though they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp.

¹² Sowe vnto ryghteousnes, and reape the frutes of weldoinge: plowe vp your freshe lande, for it is tyme to seake the Lorde tyll he come and rayne rightuousnesse vpon you. ¹³ But you haue plowed vngodlynes: ye haue reped iniquytie, you haue eaten the frute of lyes. Seynge thou puttest thy confydence in thyne awne wayes, and leauest to the multitude of thy worthyes:

⁶ This yet I saye: he which soweth lytell, shal reape lytell: & he that soweth (in geuyng) largelye and frelye, shall reape plenteouslye:

⁷ Be not deceaued, God is not mocked. For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape. ⁸ For he that soweth in his flesshe, shall of the flesshe reape corrupcyon. But he that soweth in the sprete, shall of the sprete reape lyfe euerlastynge.

⁸ Thorowe the winde of thy nastrels the water gathered together, the floudes stode styll as an heape, and the depe water congeled together in the hert of the see.

¹⁰ Thou blewdest wt thy wynde, the see couered them, they sancke as leed in the mightye waters.

⁷ Beholde, I will put him in another mynde, and he shall heare tydinges, and so returne to hys awne lande: And I will bringe to passe, that he shall fall vpon the swerde euen in his awne lande.

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.

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.

¹³ cast them downe into the dust, and couer their faces with darcknesse:

¹⁵ The sprynges of waters were sene, & the foundacions of the round worlde were discouered at thy chydinge, O Lorde, at the blastynge of the breth of thy displeasure.

⁴ but wt ryghteousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with holynes shal he refourme the simple of the worlde. He shall smyte the worlde with the rodd of hys mouth, & wt the breath of hys mouth shall he staye the vngodly.

³³ For the fyer of payne is ordeyned from the begynning: yee, euen for kynges is it prepared. Thys hath the Lorde set in the depe, and made it wyde: the burninge wherof is fyer and muche wodde. The breth of the Lorde, which is a ryuer of brymstone, doth kyndle it.

⁸ And then shall that wycked be vttered, whom the Lorde shall consume with the sprete of his mouth, and shall destroye wyth the appearaunce of hys commynge

¹⁶ But be conuerted, or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly, and wyll fight agaynst them with the swearde of my mouth.

¹⁵ He shall delyuer the pore from the sweard, and from the threatenynges of the vngodly, and from the violence of the myghty.

¹⁷ I brake the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckte the spoyle out of his teth.

⁷ Up Lorde, & helpe me, O my God, for thou smyttest all myne enemyes vpon the cheke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly.

⁴ My soule is among lyons and I lye euen amonge the chyldren of men (that are sett on fyre) whose tethe are speares and arowes, and their tonge a sherp swearde.

⁶ Breake theyr teth (O God) in their mouthes, smyte the chawe bones of the lyons (O Lorde:)

¹⁴ There is a generacion whose teth are swerdes, & with theyr chaw bones they consume & deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge men.

⁹ Iuda is a lyons whelpe, From thy spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye. He layde hym downe and couched hym selfe as a lyon, and as a lionesse. Who wyll stere hym vp?

²⁴ Beholde, the people shal ryse vp as a lyonesse, and heue vp hym selfe as a lyon. He shall not lye downe, vntill he eate of the praye, and drynke the bloude of them that are slayne.

⁹ He couched hym selfe, and laye doune as a lyon, and as a lyonesse, who shall sterre hym vp? blessed is he that blesseth the, & cursed is he that curseth the.

³ Doth God peruerte the thynge that is laufull? Or doth the almyghtye destroye the thynge that is ryght? ⁴ For seyng that thy sonnes synned agaynst hym, dyd not he punysh them for theyr wyckednesse?

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.

³⁹ Wylt thou hunt the praye from the lyon, or fede hys whelpes

² Lest he deuoure my soule lyke a lyon, and teare it in peces, whyle there is none to helpe.

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

⁷ For the spoyler of the Gentyles is broken vp from his place, as a lyon out of his denne, that he maye make thy lande waste, and destroy the cyties, so that no man maye dwel therin.

¹⁰ The Lorde roareth lyke a lyon, that they maye folowe hym: yee, as a lyon roareth he, that they maye be afrayed lyke the chyldren of the see:

¹⁷ Not wythstandynge the Lorde, assysted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachynge shulde be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the Gentyls shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon.

¹⁴ Lo, this is nowe a shorte summe of his wayes. But who is able sufficiently to rehearse hys workes? Who can perceaue and vnderstande the thondre of hys power?

¹¹ God spake once and twyse: I haue also herde the same: that power belongeth vnto God.

¹² Nowe we se in a glasse, euen in a darcke speakyng: but then shall we se face to face. Nowe I knowe vnperfectly: but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen.

²¹ The Lorde God also caused a slomber to fall vpon Adam, and he slept. And he toke one of hys ribbes, & closed vp the flesh in stead therof.

¹² And when the sunne was downe, ther fell a slomber vpon Abram. And loo, a darke and great feare fell vpon hym.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dreame in the nyght and sayde to hym: Se, thou shalt dye for the womans sake which thou hast taken awaye, for she is a mans wyfe.

¹² And he dreamed: and beholde, there stode a ladder vpon the erth, and the topp of it reached vp to heauen. And se, the angels of God went vp and downe vpon it,

²⁴ And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night, & sayd vnto hym: take hede, that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.

² And God spake vnto Israel in a visyon by nyght sayenge: Iacob, Iacob. And he answered: here am I.

⁶ And he said: heare my wordes. If there be a prophete of the Lordes amonge you, I wylbe knowne of him in a visyon: and wyll speake vnto him in slepe.

¹⁹ Nowe therfore tarye ye here thys nyghte: that I maye wete, what the Lorde wyll saye vnto me moare. ²⁰ And God came vnto Balaam by nyghte, & sayde vnto him: If the men come to call the, ryse vp and go with them: but loke what I saye vnto the, that shalt thou do.

¹⁴ For when God doth once commaunde a thynge, there shulde no man be curyous, to searche whether it be ryght. ¹⁵ In dreames and visyons of the nyght (when slombring commeth vpon men, that they fall a slepe in their beddes) ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the eares, he infourmeth them, and sheweth them playnely,

¹⁹ Then was the mystery shewed vnto Daniel in a visyon by nyght. And Daniel praysed the God of heauen.

²⁸ Only God in heauen can open secretes, and he it is, that sheweth the kynge Nabuchodonosor, what is for to come in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, & that which thou hast sene in thyne head vpon thy bed, is this: ²⁹ O kynge thou dydest cast in thy mynde, what shulde come herafter. So he that is the opener of mysteries, telleth the, what is for to come.

⁵ sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed: & the thoughtes that I had vpon my bedd, with the visyons of myne head, troubled me.

¹⁸ Now as he was speakynge vnto me, I waxed faynte, so that I suncke downe to the grounde. But he toke holde vpon me, and sett me vp agayne,

⁹ Yet hearde I the voyce of hys wordes: and as soone as I hearde it, fayntnesse came vpon me; and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my face.

¹⁴ Then troublest thou me with dreames, and makest me so afrayed thorow visions,

¹⁹ He chasteneth hym wyth sycknesse, and bryngeth hym to his bed: he layeth sore punyshement vpon hys bones,

¹²⁰ My fleshe trembleth for feare of the, and I am afrayed of thy iudgementes.

⁵ Then I sayde, O wo is me For I am lost in asmoch as I am a man of vncleane lyppes, & dwell amonge people that hath vncleane lyppes also: for myne eyes haue sene the Kynge and Lorde of Hoostes.

¹¹ sayinge vnto me. O Daniel, thou well beloued man: take good hede of the wordes, that I shall saye vnto the, and stande ryght vp, for vnto the am I nowe sent. And when he had sayde these wordes, I stode vp tremblynge.

¹⁶ When I heare this, my body is vexed, my lyppes tremble at the voyce therof, my bones corrupte, I am afraied where I stande. O that I myght rest in the daye of trouble, that I myght go vp vnto our people, which are alredy prepared.

¹² And when Zacharias sawe him, he was abashed, & feare cam on him.

²⁹ When she sawe him, she was abasshed at his sayinge: and cast in her mynde, what maner of salutacion that shulde be.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his fete. euen as deed. And he layde his ryghte hande vpon me, saying vnto me: feare not. I am the fyrst & the laste,

⁴ He maketh his angels spretes, and his mynisters a flamynge fyre.

⁸ they shall stande in feare, carefulnesse and sorow shall come vpon them, & they shall haue payne, as a woman that trauayleth with childe. One shall be abasshed of another, and their faces shall burne lyke the flamme of fyre.

³ Therfore are my loynes fylled with sorow, heuynes, hath taken holde vpon me, as the panges of a woman that is traueyling. It made me stoupe when I herde it, & it vexed me whan I sawe it. ⁴ My hart panted, fearfulnes came vpon me. The nyght of my volupteousnes hath he turned agaynst me into feare.

²⁶ And when the disciples sawe hym walkynge on the see, they were troubled, sayinge: it is some sprite, & they cryed out for feare.

³⁷ But they were abasshed and afrayde, & supposyd that they had sene a sprete. ³⁸ And he sayde vnto them: why are ye troubled, and why do thoughtes aryse in youre hertes? ³⁹ Beholde my handes and my fete, that it is euen I my selfe. Handle me and se: for a sprete hath not flesshe and bones, as ye se me haue.

⁷ And vnto the angels he sayth. He maketh hys angels spretes, and hys minystres a flamme of fyre.

¹⁴ Are they not all minystrynge spretes, that are sent to minyster, for theyr sakes whych shalbe heyres of saluacyon?

¹² And after the erthe quake, came fire: but the Lord was not in the fyre. And after the fyre, came a small styll voyce.

²⁵ That be farre from the, that thou shuldest do after thys sayinge, & sley the ryghtwes with the wicked, & that the ryghtwes shulde be as the wicked, that be farre from the. Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordynge to ryghte?

³ Doth God peruerte the thynge that is laufull? Or doth the almyghtye destroye the thynge that is ryght?

² I know it is so of a treuthe: For how maye a man (compared vnto God) be iustifyed?

³⁰ If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane, at the wel, ³¹ yet shalt thou dyppe me in the myer: and myne awne clothes shall defyle me.

⁴ Who can make cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thynge? Nobody.

¹⁴ What is man, that he shulde be cleane? what hath he (which is borne of a woman) wherby he myght be righteous?

⁴ But how maye a man compared vnto God, be iustifyed? Or how can he be cleane, that is borne of a woman?

² Thynkest thou it ryght, that thou sayest: I am ryghtuous before God?

¹⁰ For soche a one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? & that geueth vs occasion to prayse him in the night?

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

² And entre not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy sight shall no man lyuinge be iustifyed.

¹⁷ The Lorde is ryghteous in all his wayes, and holy in all hys worckes.

²⁰ for there is not one iust vpon earth, that doth good, and synneth not.

¹ O Lorde, thou art more ryghteous, then that I shulde dispute wt the. Neuertheles, lett me talke with the in thynges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye of the vngodly is so prosperous? & that it goeth so well with them, whych (wythout any shame) offende & lyue in wickednes?

⁹ Amonge all thynges, man hath the most disceatfull and stubberne herte. Who shall then knowe it?

²⁰ And he sayde: that whych commeth out of a man ²¹ defyleth the man. For from wyth in, euen out of the herte of men proceade euyll thoughtes, aduoutry, fornicacyon, murther, ²² theft, couetousnes, fraude, deceyte, vnclennes, a wycked eye, blasphemyes, pryde, folyshnes: ²³ all these euyll thynges come from wt in, and defyle a man.

⁵ But thou after thy stubburnesse, and herte that cannot repent, heapest vnto thy selfe wrath agaynst the daye of vengeaunce, when shalbe opened the ryghtewes iudgement of God,

⁴ God forbyd Let God be true, and euery man a lyar, at it is wrytten: that thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinges, and ouercome, when thou art iudged. ⁵ But yf oure vnryghtewesnes make the ryghtewesnes of God more excellent: what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous, which taketh vngeaunce? I speake after the maner of men: ⁶ God forbyd. For how then shall God iudge the worlde? ⁷ For yf the trueth of God appeare more excellent thorow my lye, vnto his prayse, why am I hence forth iudged as a synner:

²⁰ But O man, what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the worcke saye to the worke man: why hast thou made me on this fassyon?

³³ O the depnes of the ryches both of the wysdome and knowledge of God: how vnsercheable are his iudgementes, & his wayes past fyndynge out;

⁸ And the foure beastes had eche one of them .vi. wynges about hym, & they were full of eyes wt in. And they had no rest daye nether nyght saying. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almyghty, whych was, and is, and is to come.

¹⁵ Behold, he doth not trust hys saynctes: yee, the very heauens are not cleane in hys syght. ¹⁶ Howe moch more then an abhomynable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse lyke water?

⁵ Beholde, the Moone shyneth nothynge in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight. ⁶ How moche more then man, that is but corrupcion: and the sonne of man, which is but a worme?

²⁰ O prayse the Lorde ye angels of his, ye that excell in strength: ye that fulfyll his commaundement, & herken vnto the voyce of his wordes. ²¹ O prayse the Lord all ye his Hostes, ye seruauntes of his, that do his pleasure.

² And aboute him stode the Seraphins, wherof euery one had sixe winges. With twayne eche couered his face, wt twayne hys fete, and with twayne dyd he flye, ³ They cried also eche one to ather on thys maner: holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hostes. The whole worlde is full of his glory.

⁴ For yf God spared not the angels that synned, but cast them downe into hell, and delyuered them into chaynes of dercknes to be kept vnto iudgement:

⁶ The angels also which kept not their fyrst estate, but lefte their awne habitacion, he hath reserued in euerlastynge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye

⁷ The Lorde God also shope man, euen dust from of the grounde, and brethed into his nastrels the breth of lyfe: and Adam was made a lyuing soule.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eate bread, tyll thou be turned agayne into the grounde, for out of it was thou taken, in asmuch as thou art dust, & into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.

²⁷ And Abraham answerynge: sayde, Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the Lorde, which am but dust and asshes.

⁹ O remembre (I beseke the) how that thou madest me of the moulde of the erth, & shalt bringe me into dust agayne.

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

²⁸ where as I (notwithstandynge) must consume lyke as a foule carion, & as a cloth that is motheaten.

² He commeth vp and is cutt downe lyke a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer contynueth in one state.

¹⁶ Which were cut downe out of tyme, and whose foundacyon was as a runnynge water,

⁶ Beholde, before God am I euen as thou, for I am fashyoned and made euen of the same mould.

¹¹ When thou wyth rebukes dost chasten man for sinne, thou makest his bewtye to consume awaye, like as it were a mothe fretinge a garment. Euery man therfore is but vanite. Selah.

⁵ As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly lyke the grasse, ⁶ In the mornyng it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cut downe and withered. ⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, & are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacyon.

¹⁵ The dayes of man are but as grasse, for he florisheth as a floure of the felde. ¹⁶ For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it is gone, and the place therof shall knowe it nomore.

⁴ Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe, and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God.

⁷ Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye, and or the golden well be broken. Or the pot be broken at the well, and the whele vpon the cysterne:

⁷ But we haue this treasure in erthen vessels, that the excellency of the power myght be Gods, and not oures.

¹ For we knowe that yf oure erthy mancion of this dwellyng were destroyed, we haue a byldinge of God, an habitacyon not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

²⁴ For all flesshe is grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse wyddereth, and the floure falleth awaye,

⁶ And nacyon was destroyed of nacyon, and cytie of cytie: for God dyd moue all aduersitye amonge them.

²⁰ When he beganne to raygne, he was .xxij. yeare olde, and raygned in Ierusalem .viij. yere, & lyued wretchedly: howbeit they buryed hym in the citye of Dauid: but not among the sepulchres of the kynges.

¹⁴ Maye a dead man lyue agayne? All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I waite styll, tyll my chaungynge shall come.

²⁰ Thou preuaylest styl agaynst him, so that he passeth awaye: thou chaungest hys estate, and puttest hym from the.

²² yet the nombre of my yeares is come, and the waye that I must go is at hande, from whence I shall not turne agayne.

¹⁷ His remembraunce shall perysshe from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the strete:

⁷ yet at a turne he perisheth for euer. Insomoch that they which haue sene hym, shall saye. Where is he?

³⁶ I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree:

¹³ Oh spare me a lytle, that I maye recouer my strength, before I goo hence, and be nomore sene.

⁵ As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly lyke the grasse, ⁶ In the mornyng it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cut downe and withered.

⁷ Whan the vngodly are grene as the grasse, & whan all the workes of wyckednes do florish, then shall they be destroyed for euer.

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

¹² Myne age is folden vp together, & taken awaye fro me, lyke a shepherdes cotage: I haue hewen of my lyfe by my synnes, lyke as a weeuer cutteth of hys webb. He wyll with pyninge sycknesse make an ende of me: yee, he wyll make en ende of me in one daye. ¹³ I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morowe, but he brosed my bones lyke a lyon, and in one daye thou wilt make an ende of me.

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

²¹ Soch are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this is the place of hym that knoweth not God.

¹² But yf they wyll not herken, they shall go thorow the swearde, and perysh or euer they be aware.

⁵ Lorde, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certyfied howe longe I haue to lyue.

¹⁴ They lye in the hell lyke shepe, death gnaweth vpon them, and the ryghteous shall haue dominacyon of them in the mornynge: theyr bewtye shall consume in the sepulchre out of theyr dwellynge.

²⁰ Man beynge in honoure hath no vnderstandyng, but is compared vnto the beastes, that peryshe.

³ For when the breth of man goeth forth he shall turne againe to his earth, and then all his thoughtes peryshe. ⁴ Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe, and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God.

²² Feare not ye then any man, whose breth is in hys nostrels. For what is he of reputacion?

¹⁶ They that se the, shall narowly loke vpon the, and thynke in them selues, sayenge: Is thys the man, that brought all landes in feare, and made the kingdomes afrayde?

²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

²² And it fortuned, that the begger died, and was caryed by the angelles into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed. ²³ And beynge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp hys eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in hys bosome,

¹¹ For as the sonne ryseth with heat, & the grasse wydereth, & hys flower falleth awaye, and the beautie of the fassyon of it perissheth: euen so shall the rich man perisshe in his wayes.