Job 13 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Lo, all this haue I sene with myne eye, hearde with myne eare, & vnderstand it. ² Loke what ye knowe, that same do I knowe also, nether am I inferior vnto you. ³ Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the almyghtie, & my desyre is to comen with God. ⁴ As for you, ye are worckmaisters of lyes, and vnprofytable Physicians all together. ⁵ Woulde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye myght be taken for wyse men. ⁶ Therfore heare my wordes, & pondre the sentence of my lyppes. ⁷ Wyll ye make answere for God wyth lyes, and maynteyne hym with disceate? ⁸ Wyll ye accepte the persone of God, and intreate for hym? ⁹ Shall that helpe you, when he calleth you to rekoning. Thynke ye to begyle him, as a man is begyled? ¹⁰ He shall punysh you, & reproue you, yf ye do secretly accepte any persone. ¹¹ Shall he not make you afrayed, when he sheweth hym selfe? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you? ¹² Youre remembraunce shalbe lyke vnto the dust, and youre pride shalbe turned to claye. ¹³ Holde youre tonges now, and let me speake, for there is some thinge come into my mynde. ¹⁴ Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and myne soule in myne handes? ¹⁵ Lo, there is nether conforte nor hope for me, yf he wyll slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his syght, ¹⁶ he is euen the same that maketh me whole: and why? there maye no hypocrite come before hym. ¹⁷ Heare my wordes, and pondre my sayinges with youre eares. ¹⁸ Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde ryghtwes. ¹⁹ What is he, that wyll go to lawe with me? For yf I holde my tonge, I shall dye. ²⁰ Neuerthelesse graunte me two thinges, and then wyll I not hyde my selfe from the. ²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed. ²² And then sende for me to the lawe, that I maye answere for my selfe: or els, let me speake, and geue thou the answere. ²³ Howe greate are my mysdedes and synnes? Let me knowe my transgressions and offences. ²⁴ Wherfore hydest thou thy face, and holdest me for thyne enemye? ²⁵ Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme vnto a flyinge leafe, and folowe vpon drye stubble? ²⁶ That thou layest so sharpely to my charge, and wilt vtterlye vndo me, for the synnes of my youth? ²⁷ Thou hast put my fote in the stockes: thou lokest narowly vnto all my pathes, & markest the steppes of my fete: ²⁸ were as I (notwithstandynge) must consume lyke as a foule carion, and as a cloth that is moth aten.

¹² And vnto me was the worde hydde, and myne eare hathe receyued a lytell therof.

⁹ which doeth thinges, that are vnsearcheable, and marueles without nombre: ¹⁰ Which geueth rayne vpon the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges: ¹¹ whiche setteth vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth prosperite, to those that are in heuinesse: ¹² Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that they are not able to performe the thinges that they take in hande: ¹³ whyche compasseth the wyse in theyr owne craftynesse, and ouerthroweth the councell of the wycked? ¹⁴ In so much that they runne into darcknesse by fayre daye, & grope aboute them at the none daye, lyke as in the nyght. ¹⁵ And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde, from their mouth, and from the hande of the cruell, ¹⁶ that the poore maye haue hope, and that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be stopped.

²⁷ Lo, this is the matter, as we oure selues haue proued by experience. Therfore now that thou hearest it, take better hede to thy selfe.

⁸ Enquere of them that haue bene bofore the, search dylygently amonge thy forefathers: ⁹ Namelye, that we are but of yester daye, and consydre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are but a very shadowe. ¹⁰ They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, ye they wyll gladly confesse the same.

⁹ What is he, but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these? ¹⁰ In whose hande is the soule of euery lyuynge thinge, & the breth of all men. ¹¹ Haue not the eares pleasure in hearinge, & the mouth in tastinge the thinge that it eateth? ¹² Amonge olde personnes there is wysdome, & amonge the aged is vnderstandinge. ¹³ Ye with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath councell and forknowlege. ¹⁴ If he breake downe a thinge, who can set it vp agayne? If he shut a thing, who wyll open it? ¹⁵ Beholde, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp: Yf he let them go, they destroye the earth. ¹⁶ With hym is strength and wysdome: he knoweth bothe the disceyuer & hym that is disceyued. ¹⁷ He caryeth awaye the wyse men, as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wyttes. ¹⁸ He lowseth the gyrdle of kynges, and gyrdeth theyr loynes with a bonde. ¹⁹ He ledeth awaye the Preastes in to captyuyte, and turneth the myghtye vpsyde downe. ²⁰ He taketh the verite from out of the mouth, & disapoynteth the aged of their wysdome. ²¹ He poureth out confusyon vpon Princes, and comforteth them that haue bene oppressed. ²² Loke what lyeth hyd in darcknesse, he declareth it openly: and the very shadowe of death bringet he to lyght. ²³ He bothe increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: He maketh them to multiplye and driueth them awaye. ²⁴ He chaungeth the herte of the Princes and Kynges of the earth and disapoynteth them: so that they go wandringe out of the waye, ²⁵ & grope in the darcke without light, stackeringe to and fro lyke droncken men.

¹⁷ I will tell the, heare me: I wyll shewe the a thinge, that I know, ¹⁸ which wyse men haue tolde, & hath not bene hyd from their fathers:

³ For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shalbe knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seyng these thynges are so hye, & passe myne vnderstandynge. ⁴ O herken thou vnto me also, & let me speake: aunswere vnto the thynge that I wyll aske the ⁵ I haue geuen dyligente care vnto the, & nowe I se the with mine eyes. ⁶ Wherfor I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the duste and asshes.

³ Whych we haue herde and knowne, and such as our fathers haue told vs. ⁴ That we shoulde not hyde them from the chyldren of the generations to come: but to shewe the honoure of the Lorde, hys myghte and wonderfull worckes that he hath done.

³ That whyche we haue sene and hearde declare we vnto you, that ye maye haue felowshyp wyth vs, and that our felowshype may be wyth the father and hys sonne Iesus Christ.

³ But I haue vnderstandyng as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Ye who knoweth not these thinges?

⁸ hast thou hearde the secrete councel of God, that all wysdome is to lytle for the? ⁹ What knowest thou, that we knowe not? What vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

³⁵ As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose nor wyselye.

¹⁶ Therfore hath Iob opened hys mouthe but in vayne, and folyshlye hathe he made so many wordes.

² Heare then the sounde of hys voyce, & the noyse that goeth out of hys mouth.

⁴ Beholde, I am to vyle a personne, to aunswere the, therfore wyll I laye my hand vpon my mouth. ⁵ Ones or twise haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more.

⁷ Now when the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, he sayde vnto Elephas the Themanite: I am displeased with the & thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thyng that is right before me, lyke as my seruaunte Iob hath done.

¹ To speake of thinges dedicate vnto Idols, we are sure that we all haue knowledge, knowledge maketh a man swel, but loue edyfyeth. ² If anye man thinke that he knoweth anie thinge, he knoweth nothinge yet as he ought to knowe.

⁴ For yf he that commeth, preache another Iesus then hym whom we preached: or yf ye receyue another spiryte then that whiche ye haue receyued: other another Gospell then that ye haue receyued, ye myght ryghte well haue bene content. ⁵ I impose that I was not behynde the chief Apostles.

¹⁶ I saye agayne, lest anye man thynke that I am folyshe, or els euen nowe take me as a fole, that I maye boaste my selfe a lyttell. ¹⁷ That I speake, I speake it not after the wayes of the Lorde, but as it were folishly, while we are nowe come to bostynge. ¹⁸ Seyng that manye reioyce after the fleshe, I will reioyse also.

¹¹ I am made a fole in bostynge my selfe. Ye haue compelled me: I ought to haue bene commended of you. For in nothynge was I inferyor vnto the chiefe Apostles. Thoughe I be nothynge

³ If he wyll argue with him, he shall not be able to auswere hym vnto one among a thousande.

¹⁴ How shulde I then answere him? or what wordes shulde I fynde out agaynst hym? ¹⁵ Ye though I be rightuous, yet wyll I not geue him one worde agayne, but mekely submytte my self to my iudge.

³⁴ Let him take hys rod awaye from me, ye let him make me no more a frayed of hym, ³⁵ and then shall I answere hym wythout enye feare. For as longe as I am in suche fearfulnesse, I can make no answere: And why?

⁵ O that God woulde speake, and open hys lyppes agaynst the,

¹⁵ Lo, there is nether conforte nor hope for me, yf he wyll slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his syght,

²² And then sende for me to the lawe, that I maye answere for my selfe: or els, let me speake, and geue thou the answere.

³ O that I might se him, and fynde hym. O that I myght come before his seat, ⁴ to pleat my cause before him, & to fill my mouth wt argumentes. ⁵ That I might know, what answer he would geue me: & that I might vnderstand, what he woulde saye vnto me. ⁶ Wyl he pleate against me with his greate power & strength, or will he leane him selfe vtterly vpon me? ⁷ Oh no, let him not do so with me. But let him geue me lyke power to go to the lawe, then am I sure to winne my matter.

³⁵ O that I had one whiche woulde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. Let the almighty geue me answere: and let hym that is my contrary party, sue me with a lybell.

¹⁸ Nowe go to (sayth the Lorde) we will talke together. Is it not so? Thoughe youre synnes be as reade as scarlet, shal they not be whyther then snowe? And though they were lyke purple, shall they not be lyke white wolle? ¹⁹ Is it not so? If ye be louynge and obedyent, ye shall enioye the best thynge that groweth in the lande. ²⁰ But yf ye be obstynate and rebellyous, ye shalbe deuoured wt the swerde: for thus the Lorde hath promysed wyth hys owne mouthe.

²¹ Stande at your cause (sayeth the Lorde) & brynge forth your stroungest grounde, counceleth the Kynge of Iacob.

¹ O Lorde, thou art more rightuous then that I shulde dyspute with the: Neuertheles, lett me talke wyth the in thynges resonable. How happeneth it, that the waye of the vngodlye is so prosperous: and that it goeth so well with them, which (without eny shame) offende and lyue in wyckednesse? ² Thou plantest them, they take rote, they growe, and brynge forth fruite: They booste moch of the, yet doest thou not punish them.

² O heare the punishment of the Lord, ye mountaynes, & ye myghtie foundacions of the earth: for the Lorde wyll reproue hys people, and reason with Israel:

¹⁶ Thou shalte beare no false witnesse agaynst thy neyghboure.

⁷ Consydre (I praye the) whoeuer peryshed beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroied? ⁸ As I haue sene them that plowe vanity and sowe malicie reape the same. ⁹ With the blast of God dyd they perysh, & with the breth of his anger consumed they awaye. ¹⁰ The roarynge of the lyon, the voyce of the lyonesse, and the teeth of the lyons whelpes are broken ¹¹ The lyon perissheth, for lacke of praye & the lyons whelpes are scatered abrode.

¹ Name me one els, yf thou canst fynde eny: yee loke aboute the, vpon eny of the holye men. ² As for the folyshe man, displeasure kylleth hym, and anger slayeth the ignoraunt. ³ I haue sene my selfe, when the folishe was depe roted, that hys bewty was sodenly destroied, ⁴ that his chyldren were without prosperite or healt: that they were slayne in the dore, and no man to delyuer them: ⁵ that hys haruest was eaten vp of the hungrye: that the weapened man had spoyled it, and that the thurstye had droncke vp his riches. It is not the earth that bringeth forth trauayle,

²¹ Euen so are ye also come vnto me: but now that ye se my misery, ye are afrayed.

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

² I haue oft times heard such thinges. Miserable geuers of comforte are ye, al the sorte of you.

⁵ Shall not the lyght of the vngodly be put oute? yee the flame of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in hys dwellynge, and hys candle shalbe put out with hym. ⁷ His presumptuous goinges shall be kepte in, and his owne councell shal cast hym downe. ⁸ For his fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shall walke in the snare. ⁹ His fote shalbe holden in the gilder, and the thrustie shall catch him. ¹⁰ The snare is layed for him in the grounde, and a pitfall in the waye. ¹¹ Fearfulnesse shall make hym afrayed on euery syde, that he shall not knowe, where to get out. ¹² Honger shalbe his substaunce, and mysfortune shall hange vpon hym. ¹³ He shall eate the strength of his skynne, the fyrste borne of death shall eate hys membres. ¹⁴ All his comforte & hope shalbe roted out of his dwellynge, very fearfulnesse shall bringe hym to the kynge. ¹⁵ Other men shall dwell in his house (which now is none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacion. ¹⁶ Hys rotes shalbe dryed vp beneth, and aboue shall his haruest be cutt downe. ¹⁷ Hys remembraunce shall perish from the earth, & hys name shall not be praysed in the stretes: ¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his countre: ²⁰ yonng & olde shalbe astonished at his death. ²¹ Soche are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.

²⁷ But I knowe what ye thincke, yea and what ye ymagin against me vnrighteously. ²⁸ For ye saye: where is the Princes palace? where is the dwellinge of the vngodly? ²⁹ Aske any man that goeth by the way, and (yf ye wyll not regarde their tokens and dedes) he shal tel you, ³⁰ that the wicked is kept vnto the daye of destruccion, and that the vngodly shalbe broughte forthe in the daye of wrath. ³¹ Who darre reproue him for his waies to hys face? who rewardeth him for the vngracyousnesse that he doth? ³² Yet shall he be brought to his graue, and watche amonge the heape of the deade. ³³ Then shall he be faine to be buryed amonge the stones by the broke syde. All men must folow him, and there are innumerable gone before him. ³⁴ O how vayne is the comforte that ye geue me? Are not youre answeres cleane contrary to right and truthe.

⁶ thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for nought and robbed the naked of their clothing. ⁷ To suche as were wery, hast thou geuen no water to drincke, thou hast withdrawen bread from the hungry. ⁸ Shoulde suche one then as vseth violence, wrong and oppression (doing al thing of parcialite, and hauinge respecte of personnes) dwel in the lande? ⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes away emptye and oppressed the poore fatherlesse. ¹⁰ Therfore art thou compased aboute wyth snares on euery side, and sodenly vexed with feare. ¹¹ Shouldest thou then se no darckenesse? Should not the water floude runne ouer the? ¹² Now because that God is hyer then the heauens, & because thou seyst that the starres are so hye ¹³ wilt thou therfore saye: Tush, how shoulde God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the cloudes: ¹⁴ Tush, the cloudes couer him, that he may not se, for he dwelleth in heauen. ¹⁵ Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye, that all wicked men haue gone: ¹⁶ bothe olde and young, whose foundacyon is a runninge water, ¹⁷ whiche say vnto God: go from vs, and after this maner: Tush, what wyll the Almyghty do vnto vs? ¹⁸ where as he (notwithstandinge) fylleth their houses wyth all good Whyche meanyng of the vngodly be farre from me. ¹⁹ For with ioy shall the godly, and with gladnesse shall the innocent se, ²⁰ that their encrease shall be hewen doune, and their posteryte consumed wyth fyre. ²¹ Therfore reconcile the vnto God, and be content, so shall all thinges prospere wyth the ryghtwell. ²² Receyue the lawe at his mouth, & laye vp his wordes in thine hert. ²³ For yf thou wilt turne to the Almighty, thou shalt stande fast, & al vnrighteousnesse shalbe farre from thy dwellinge: ²⁴ He shall geue the an haruest, whiche in plenty & aboundance shall exceade the dust of the earth, and the gould of Ophir lyke riuer stones ²⁵ Yea, the almighty his own self shalbe thine haruest, and the heape of thy moneye. ²⁶ Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Almighty, & lift vp thy face vnto God. ²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto hym, and he shal heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promises. ²⁸ Then loke what thou takest in hand he shall make it to prospere with the, and the light shall shyne in thy wayes. ²⁹ For who so humbleth hym selfe, him shall he set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed. ³⁰ Yf thou be innocent, he shall saue the: and thorow the vngyltinesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered.

⁶⁹ The proud ymagyn lyes vpon me, but I kepe thy commaundementes with my whole herte.

¹⁴ And besyde that, they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes, sayinge: peace peace, when there is no peace at all.

²² for there is no more Tryacle at Galaad, & there is no Physycyen, that can heale the hurte of my people.

³² Beholde, here am I (sayeth the Lorde) agaynst those prophetes, that darre prophecye lyes, and dysceyue my people with their vanities, and myracles, whom I neuer sent, ner commaunded them. They shall do thys people greate harme, sayeth the Lorde.

¹³ There is no man to medle with thy cause, or to bynde vp thy woundes: there maye no man helpe the.

¹¹ Go vp (O Galaad) and bringe tryacle vnto the doughter of Egipte. But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery, for thy wounde shall not be stopped.

⁴ The weake haue ye not holden vp, the sicke haue ye not healed: the broken haue ye not bounde together, the oute castes haue ye not brought agayne: the lost haue ye not soughte, but churlishly and cruellye haue ye ruled them.

¹³ When Ephraim saw his syckenesse, and Iuda hys dysease: Ephraim wente vnto Assur, and sent vnto kinge Iareb: yet coulde not he helpe you, nor ease you of youre payne.

¹⁷ When Iesus heard that, he sayde vnto them: The whole haue no nede of the phisicyon, but the sicke. I came not to call the righteous, but the synners to repentaunce.

²⁶ and had suffred many thynges of many phisicions, and had spent all that she had, and felte none amendement at all, but wexed worse & worse.

³ Should men geue eare vnto the only? Thou wylt laugh other men to scorne, and shal no body mocke the agayne?

¹³ Holde youre tonges now, and let me speake, for there is some thinge come into my mynde.

³ Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende? Or, hast thou yet eny more to saye?

² when wyll ye make an ende of your wordes? Marcke well, and consydre, we wyll speake also.

² howe longe wil ye vexe my mynde, & trouble me wyth wordes?

² O heare my wordes, and amende youre selues. ³ Suffre me a litle that I may speake also, and then laugh my wordes to scorne, yf ye wyll.

¹ So these thre men would stryue no more wyth Iob, because he helde him selfe a ryghteous man.

²⁸ Yea a verye foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstandinge, when he shutteth his lyppes.

³ For where muche carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: and where many wordes are, there men may heare fooles.

¹³ Therfore the wyse muste nowe be fayne to holde hys tunge, so wicked a time is it.

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euerye man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, and slow to wrath.

⁷ And when it was tolde Ioatham, he went & stode in the toppe of mount Garizim, & lyfte vp hys voyce & called, & sayd vnto them: Herken vnto me you citezens of Sichem, that God may herken vnto you.

¹ Wherfore heare my wordes (O Iob) and herken vnto me all, that I wyll saye: ² Beholde, I wyl open my mouthe, and my tonge shall speake out of my chawes. ³ My herte shall ordre my wordes a ryghte, & my lyppes shall talke of pure wysdome.

² Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye that haue vnderstandynge.

⁶ Geue eare, for I will speake of great matters, and open my lyppes to tell thinges that be right. ⁷ For my throte shalbe talking of the trueth, & my lyppes abhorre vngodlinesse.

⁷ Consydre (I praye the) whoeuer peryshed beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroied?

² Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Shoulde he that bableth much, be commended therin? ³ Should men geue eare vnto the only? Thou wylt laugh other men to scorne, and shal no body mocke the agayne? ⁴ Wylt thou saye vnto God: The thynge that I take in hande is perfecte, and I am clene in thy syght?

⁵ He promyseth hys frendes parte of hys good, but his owne chyldren spende it.

⁴ whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels.

²¹ I wyll regarde no maner of person, no man wyll I spare. ²² For yf I wolde go aboute to please men, I knowe not, how sone my maker wolde take me awaye.

⁴ True are my wordes, & no lye: & the knowledge where with al I argue against the, is perfect.

² They shall excommunicate you: ye the tyme shall come, that whosoeuer kylleth you, wil thinke that he doeth god seruice.

⁵ If our vnryghtuousnes make the ryghtuousnes of God more excellent: what shall we saye? Is God vnrightuous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men, ⁶ God forbyd. For how then shall God iudge the worlde? ⁷ Yf the veritie of God appeare more excellent thorow my lye, vnto hys praise why am I hence forth iudged as a synner? ⁸ & saye not rather (as men euyl speake of vs, and as some affyrme that we saye) let vs do euyll that good maye come thereof. Whose damnacyon is iuste.

² but haue caste from vs the clokes of vnhonestye, and walke not in craftynes, neyther corrupte we the word of God: but walke in open trueth, & reporte our selues to euerye mans conscience in the syght of God.

² Thou shalt not folowe a multitude to do euell: neyther answere in a matter of plea that thou (wouldest to folow manye) turne asyde from the trueth, ³ neither shalt thou paint a pore mans cause.

¹⁵ Ye shall do no vnryghteousnes in iudgement. Thou shalt uot fauoure the poore nor honoure the myghtye, but shalt iudge thy neygebour ryghteously.

²¹ I wyll regarde no maner of person, no man wyll I spare.

¹⁹ Vngodly men are ye. He hath none respecte vnto the personnes of the lordlye, and regardeth not the ryche more then pore. For they be al the worcke of hys handes.

²³ These are also the sayenges of the wyse. it is not good, to haue respect ofe any person in iudgment.

⁹ Therfore wil I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputacion among al the people, because ye haue not kepte my wayes, but bene parcial in the lawe.

¹⁶ With hym is strength and wysdome: he knoweth bothe the disceyuer & hym that is disceyued.

² I haue disceyued no man, yet must myne eye continue in heuynesse.

³⁶ O father, let Iob be well tryed, because he hath turned hym self to the wycked:

²¹ Should not God fynde it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the herte.

²³ Trye me, O God, and seke the grounde of myne herte: proue me, and examen my thoughtes.

²² And therfore make no mockes at it, that youre captiuite increase not: for I haue hearde the Lorde of Hostes saye, that there shall come a soden destruccyon & plage vpon the whole earthe.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde search out the grounde of the herte, & trye the reynes, and rewarde euery man accordinge to hys wayes, and acordynge to the fruyte of his councels.

⁷ Be not deceyued, God is not mocked. For what soeuer a man soweth, that shal he reape. ⁸ He that soweth in hys fleshe: shall of the fleshe reape corrupcion. But he that soweth in the spyryte, shall of the spyryte reape lyfe euerlastynge.

⁷ Now when the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, he sayde vnto Elephas the Themanite: I am displeased with the & thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thyng that is right before me, lyke as my seruaunte Iob hath done. ⁸ Therfore take .vij. oxen & .vij. rammes, and go to my seruaunte Iob: offre vp also for your selues a brentofferynge: & let my seruaunte Iob praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, & not deale with you after youre folishnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thynge whiche is right, like as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

²¹ This thou doest, whyle I holde my tonge and thynkest me to be euen suche one as thy self: but I wyll reproue the, and set my selfe agaynst the. ²² O considre this, ye that forget God: lest I plucke you awaye, and there be none too delyuer you.

² How long will ye geue wrong iudgement, and accept the personnes of the vngodly? Selah.

⁹ But yf ye regarde one personne more then another, ye commytte sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours.

¹⁶ Let feare and dreade fall vpon them thorow the greatnesse of thyne arme, & let them be as styll as a stone: whyle thy people passe thorow o Lord, whyle the people passe thorowe, whych thou hast gotten.

²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed.

²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce & punishement of God, & knew very wel, that I was no able to beare his burthen.

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

¹³ but sanctifye the Lorde of hostes, let him be youre feare and drede.

²² Feare ye not me, sayeth the Lorde? Are ye not ashamed, to loke me in the face? which bynde the sea wyth the sande, so that it can not passe hys boundes: For thoughe it rage, yet can it do nothynge, and thoughe the waues thereof do swell, yet maye they not go ouer.

¹⁰ But the Lorde is a true God, a lyuynge God, and an euerlastinge kyng. Yf he be wroth, the earthe shaketh: all the Gentiles maye not abyde his indygnacyon.

²⁸ And feare ye not them which kil the body, and be not able to kill the soule. But rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule & body into hell.

³ and they songe the songe of Moises the seruaunt of God, & they songe of the lamb, sayinge: Great & maruelous are thy workes Lorde God almighty, iuste & true are thy wayes kynge of sainctes. ⁴ Who shal not feare. O Lorde, & glorify thy name? For thou only arte holy and al Gentyls shal come and worshippe before the for thy iudgementes are made manifeste.

⁷ Then the Lord God shope man, euen of the mould of the erth, & brethed into his face the breth of lyfe. So man was made a lyuyng soule.

²⁷ And Abraham answered & sayd: behold I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the Lord, & yet am but dust and asshes.

¹⁴ And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses, write thys for a remembraunce in a boke and tell it vnto Iosua, for I wyll put out the remembraunce of Amelech from vnder heauen.

¹⁹ How moche moare in them that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth, which shalbe consumed by the Moth.

¹⁷ Hys remembraunce shall perish from the earth, & hys name shall not be praysed in the stretes:

¹⁶ But the face of the Lorde beholdeth them that do euell, to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth.

¹² But thou O Lord, endurest for euer, and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacyons.

¹⁵ Let them alway be before the Lorde, but as for the memoryall of them selues, let it perysh from out of the earth.

⁷ The memoryall of the iust shall haue a good reporte but the name of the vngodly shal styncke.

¹⁴ The malycyous Tyrauntes when they dye, are nether in lyfe nor in the resurreccyon, for thou vysytest them and rootest them oute, and destroyest all the memory all of them.

¹ We knowe surelye yf oure earthy mansyon wherin we nowe dwell were destroyed, that we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an habitacyon not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

⁹ That he woulde begynne And smyte me: that he woulde let hys hande go, and hewe me doune. ¹⁰ Then shoulde I haue some comforte: ye I woulde desyre him in my payne, that he shoulde not spare, for I wyll not be agaynst the wordes of the holy one.

¹¹ Therfore I wyll not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my sprete, in the bytternesse of my mynde wyll I talke.

¹⁵ that my soule wyssheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be deed. ¹⁶ I can se no remedy, I shall loue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne

¹ it greueth my soule to lyue. Neuerthelesse, nowe wyll I put forth my wordes: I will speake out of the very heuinesse of my soule,

⁵ Woulde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye myght be taken for wyse men.

³ Suffre me a litle that I may speake also, and then laugh my wordes to scorne, yf ye wyll.

³ And when I sawe that ye delyuered me not, I put my lyfe in my handes & went vpon the chyldren of Ammon, And the Lorde delyuered them into my handes. Wherfore then are ye come vpon me to fyght wyth me.

⁵ For he dyd put hys lyfe in hys hande and slue the Philistine, and the Lorde gaue a great vyctorye to all Israell. And thou sawest it, & thou reioysedest, wherfore then shouldest thou sinne agaynst innocent bloude, and slee Dauid for nought?

²¹ And the woman came vnto Saul and sawe that he was sore troubled, and said vnto him Se, thyne handmayde hath obeyed thy voyce and haue put my soule in my hand, and haue harkened vnto thy wordes whyche thou saydest vnto me.

⁴ Why destroyest thou thy selfe with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones remoued oute of their place because of the?

¹⁰⁹ My soule is alwaye in my hande, yet do not I forget thy lawe.

⁵ The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp hys owne flesh.

²⁰ Yf a man do turne him to the ryght hande, he shall famishe, or to the lefte hande to eate, he shall not haue ynough. Euery man shall eate the fleshe of his owne arme.

²⁶ And wyl fede thyne enemyes with their owne fleshe, and make them dryncke of theyr owne bloude, as of swete wyne. And all fleshe shall knowe (O Iacob) that I am the Lorde thy Sauyoure & stronge auenger.

⁶ my dayes passe ouer more spedelye, then a weeuer can weeue out his webbe: and are gone, or I am a warre.

⁷ where as (notwithstandynge) thou knowest that I am no wycked person, and that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thyne hande.

¹⁸ Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde ryghtwes.

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

²¹ Though a body myght pleate with God, as one man doth with another,

²⁵ For I am sure, that my redemer liueth & that I shal ryse out of the earth in the latter day: ²⁶ that I shal be clothed againe wyth thys skynne, & se God in my fleshe. ²⁷ Ye I my selfe shal beholde hym, not wyth other but wyth these same eyes. My reynes are consumed within me, ²⁸ when ye saye: Why do not we persecute him? we haue founde an occasyon against hym.

¹⁰ But as for my way, he knoweth it: & tryeth me as the goulde in the fyre.

⁵ God forbidde, that I should graunt your cause to be ryght. As for me, vntil mine ende come, will I neuer go from mine innocencye.

³¹ Yet they of mine owne housholde saye: who shall let vs to haue oure belly full of hys fleshe? ³² I haue not suffred a straunger to lye withoute, but opened my dores vnto him. ³³ Haue I euer done any wicked dede where thorow I shamed my selfe before men: or any abhominacion, that I was fayne to hyde it? ³⁴ For yf I had feared any greate multitude of people, or yf I had bene dispysed of the symple, O then shoulde I haue bene afrayed. Thus haue I quyetly spent my life, and not gone oute at the dore. ³⁵ O that I had one whiche woulde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. Let the almighty geue me answere: and let hym that is my contrary party, sue me with a lybell. ³⁶ Then shal I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande about my heade. ³⁷ I haue tolde the nombre of my goynges & delyuered them vnto hym as to a Prynce.

² Can he that stryueth with the almightye, be at reste? Shulde not he whiche disputeth with God, geue hym an aunswere?

⁸ Wilt thou disanulle my iudgemente? Or wilt thou condempne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made righteous?

⁴ Though I should walke now in the valley of the shadow of death, yet I feare not euel for thou arte with me: thy staffe & thy shepehoke comforte me.

³² The vngodlye is afrayed of euery parel, but the ryghtuous hath a good hope euen in death.

³⁸ Yea and I am sure that neyther death, neither life, neyther angels, nor rule, neythere power, neythere thinges presente, neyther thynges to come, ³⁹ neyther heyght, neyther loweth, neyther any other creature? shall be able to depart vs from the lowe of God, shewed in Christ Iesu our Lord.

²⁰ But if our hertes condempne vs, God is greater then our hertes, and knoweth all thinges.

² The Lorde is my strength & my songe, and is become my saluacion. He is my God and I wyll glorifie hym, he is my fathers God and I wyll lyfte hym vp an hye.

¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrytes hope come to naught.

⁸ What hope hath the ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him ryches after his hertes desire? ⁹ Doeth God hear him the soner, when he crieth vnto him in his necessite? ¹⁰ Hath he suche pleasure and delyte in the Almighty, that he darre alway cal vpon God?

¹³ As for suche as be fayned, dissemblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon him, though they be hys presoners.

¹ Of Dauid. The Lorde is my lyghte and my health: whome then shoulde I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my life, for whom then shuld I be afraied?

⁶ He only is my strength my saluacion, and my defence: so that I shall not fal. ⁷ In God is my helth, my glory, my might, and in God is my trust.

¹⁴ The lorde is my strength, and my songe and is become my saluation.

²¹ I thancke, the that thou hast herd me, and are become my saluatyon.

¹ So that then thou shalt saye: O Lord I thanke the, for thou wast displeased at me, but thou haste refrained thy wrath, & hast mercy vpon me. ² Beholde, God is my health, in whom I trust, & am not afraid. For the Lorde God is my strength and my praise, he also shalbe my refuge.

¹⁴ The synners at Syon are afrayd a sodane fearfulnesse is come vpon the ypocrytes. What is he among vs (saye they) that will dwell by that consumynge fyre whyche of vs maye abyde that euerlastinge heate?

²³ The hylles fal, and al the hye pryde of the mountaynes, but the healthe of Israel standeth onely vpon God oure Lorde.

⁴⁷ For so hath the Lorde commaunded vs: I haue made the a lyghte to the gentyls, that thou be the saluacion to the ende of the worlde.

⁶ Therfore heare my wordes, & pondre the sentence of my lyppes.

² O heare my wordes, and amende youre selues.

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

² As for that, I know it is so of a trueth, that a man compared vnto God, can not be iustified. ³ If he wyll argue with him, he shall not be able to auswere hym vnto one among a thousande.

²⁰ If I will iustifye my self, my awne mouth shall condemne me: yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wycked doer:

⁴ to pleat my cause before him, & to fill my mouth wt argumentes.

⁷ Gyrd vp thy loynes lyke a man, & tell me the thynges that I wyl aske the. ⁸ Wilt thou disanulle my iudgemente? Or wilt thou condempne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made righteous?

²⁶ Put me now in remembraunce (for we wyll reason together) & shew what thou hast for the, to make the quyte.

³³ Who shall laye anye thynge to the charg of Goddes chosen? It is God that iustifieth ³⁴ who then shall condempne? It is Christe whyche is dead, ye rather which is rysen agayne, which is also on the right hande of God, and maketh intercession for vs.

¹² Oure reioysinge is this, the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and Godly purenes, and not in fleshely wysdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersation in the worlde, and moste of all to youwardes.

⁸ Thy handes haue made me, and fashoned me altogether roundabout wilt thou then destroye my sodenlye?

⁵ But yf ye will enhaunce your selues againste me, & accuse me to be a wicked persone, because of the shame that is come vpon me:

⁵ If thou canste, then geue me aunswere: prepare thy selfe to stande before me face to face. ⁶ Beholde, before God am I euen as thou, for I am fashyoned, and made euen of the same moulde. ⁷ Therfore, thou nedest not be afrayed of me, neyther nedest thou to feare, that my auctoryte shalbe to heauye for the.

³² But yf thou hast anything to saye, then aunswere me, and speake, for thy aunswere pleaseth me.

⁷ for the Lorde God helpeth me, therfore shall I not be confounded. I haue hardened my face like a flynt stone, for I am sure, that I shall not come to confusyon. ⁸ Myne aduocate speaketh for me, who wyl then go with me to law? Let vs stand one agaynste another: yf there be any that wyll reason with me, let him come here forth to me.

⁹ Wherfore, I thought from hence forth, not to speake of hym, ner to preach eny more in hys name. But the worde of the Lorde was a very burnynge fyre in my herte and in my bones, which when I wolde haue stopped I might not.

³³ Who shall laye anye thynge to the charg of Goddes chosen? It is God that iustifieth

⁸ And they herd the voyce of the Lord God as he walked in the garden in the coole of the daye. And Adam hyd hym self and his wyfe also from the face of the Lorde God, among the trees of the garden. ⁹ And the Lorde God called Adam, and sayd vnto hym: where art thou? ¹⁰ And he answered: Thy voyce I heard in the garden, but I was afrayed, because I was naked, and therfore hyd my selfe.

¹² Yea, the darkenesse is no darkenesse with the, but the nyght is as cleare as the day, the darkenesse and light are both a lyke.

¹⁵ And the kynges of the earth, & the greate men and the ryche men, and the chiefe captaines, and the myghty men, and euerye bonde man, and euery free man, hyd them selues in dennes, and in rockes: ¹⁶ fal on vs, and hyde vs from the presence of hym that sitteth on the seate, and from the wrath of the lambe,

³⁴ Let him take hys rod awaye from me, ye let him make me no more a frayed of hym,

²⁰ Shall not my shorte lyfe come sone to an ende? O holde the from, let me alone, that I maye ease my self a lytle

¹¹ Shall he not make you afrayed, when he sheweth hym selfe? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you?

¹⁵ Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye, that all wicked men haue gone: ¹⁶ bothe olde and young, whose foundacyon is a runninge water, ¹⁷ whiche say vnto God: go from vs, and after this maner: Tush, what wyll the Almyghty do vnto vs?

⁷ Therfore, thou nedest not be afrayed of me, neyther nedest thou to feare, that my auctoryte shalbe to heauye for the.

¹⁰ Turne thy plages awaye fro me, for I am consumed thorow the feare of thy hande.

¹⁶ All be it that I call vpon him, and he heare me, yet am I not sure, that he hath herde my voce:

³² For he that I must geue answere vnto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am.

¹⁵ If thou woldest but call me, I shulde obeye the, only despyse not the worke of thyne owne handes.

³ Gyrde vp thy loynes lyke a man, for I wyl question the, se thou geue me a dyrecte aunswere.

⁵ Commeth not this for that great wickednesse, & for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable?

⁸ But yf they be layed in preson & cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of pouertye: ⁹ then sheweth he them theyr worckes & dedes & the synnes where with they haue vsed cruell vyolence.

²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God and holden vp oure handes to any straunge God. ²¹ Should not God fynde it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the herte.

²⁰ And he sayd: I wyl hyde my face frome them & wyll se what their ende shall be. For they are a frowarde generation & chyldren in whom is no faith.

¹⁶ Then said Samuel: wherfore doest thou aske of me? while the lorde is gone from the & is thyne enemye,

² and wyl saye vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me the cause, wherfore thou iudgeste me on thys maner.

⁹ He is angrye at me, he hateth me, & gnasheth vpon me with hys teth. Myne enemy skouleth vpon me with his eyes.

¹¹ Hys wrath is kyndled agaynste me, he taketh me, as though I were hys enemy.

² O that I were as I was in the monethes by past, & in the daies when God preserued me: ³ when his light shyned vpon my head: when I went after the same lyght and shininge euen thorowe the darckenesse.

²¹ Thou art become mine enemy, & wyth thy violent hande thou takest part agaynst me.

¹⁰ But lo, he hath pyked a quarell agaynste me, and taketh me for hys enemye,

¹ Why arte thou gone so far of, O Lord? wylt thou hyde thy selfe in tyme of trouble?

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. How longe wilt thou forget me O Lorde? for euer? howe longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me?

²⁴ Wherfore hydest thy face? wylte thou cleane forget oure mysery and oppression

⁶ I called to remembraunce my song in the night, I communed wyth myne owne herte, and sought out my spirite. ⁷ Wyll the Lorde cast out for euer? Wyl he be no more intreated? ⁸ Is hys mercye cleane gone? Is hys promyse come vtterlye to an ende for euermore? ⁹ Hath the Lord forgotten to be gracyous? Or, hath he shut vp hys louynge kyndnes in dyspleasure? Selah.

¹⁴ Lorde, why putteste thou awaye my soule? Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me?

¹⁷ Thus I wayte vpon the Lorde that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob, and I loke vnto him.

⁵ He. The Lorde is become lyke as it were an enemye, he hath cast downe Israell & all hys places: yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed, & fylled the daughter of Iuda wyth moch sorow and heuynesse.

¹⁵ And counte hym not as an enemy, but warne hym as a brother.

³⁶ And vpon them that are left a liue of you I wyl sende a fayntnes into theyr hertes, in all the land of their enemies: so that the sound of a leaf that falleth, shall chase them & they shall flee as though they fled a swerde, and shall fal, no man folowyng them.

¹⁴ After whom art thou come out, thou kynge of Israel? After whom chasest thou euen after a dead dogge, & after a flee.

³ Thynkest thou it now well done to open thyne eyes vpon soche one, and to brynge me before the in iudgement?

¹⁸ Yea, they shalbe euen as chaffe before the wynde, and as dust that the storme caryed awaye.

¹³ For thoughe so manye people increase as the flowynge waters, and though they be armed yet they fle farre of, and vanyshe awaye lyke the dust with the winde vpon an hill, and as the whirle winde thorow a storme.

²⁰ a brosed rede shalnot he breake, & flaxe the beginneth to burne he shal not quenche, tyll he sende forth iudgemen vnto to victory,

²⁰ But she said vnto them, calle me not Noemi: call me Mara, for the almightye hath made me very bitter.

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

¹¹ From his youth his bones are full of vyce, which shall lye downe wyth hym in the earth.

⁷ Oh remembre not the synnes and offences of my youth, but accordynge vnto thy mercye thynke vpon we, O Lord, for thy goodnesse.

³ For my soule is full of trouble, and my lyfe draweth nye vnto hell. ⁴ I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pitte, I am euen as a man that hath no strength. ⁵ Fre among the dead, like vnto them that lye in the graue, whyche be out of remembraunce, and are cutte away from thy hand. ⁶ Thou hast layed me, in the lowest pytte, in the darcknesse and in the depe. ⁷ Thyne indignacion lieth harde vpon me, and thou vexest me wyth all thy floudes Selah. ⁸ Thou hast put awaye myn acquaintance farre fro me, and made me to be abhorred of them: I am so faste in pryson, that I can not get forth. ⁹ My syght fayleth for very trouble: Lord I call dayly vpon the, and stretch oute myne handes vnto the. ¹⁰ Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deade? Can the Phisicions raise them vp againe that they maye prayse the? ¹¹ Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue or thy faythfulnesse in destruccyon: ¹² May thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke, or thy ryghtuousnes in the land wher al thinges are forgotten? ¹³ Vnto the I crye, O Lorde, and early commeth my prayer before the. ¹⁴ Lorde, why putteste thou awaye my soule? Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me? ¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow & myserye, wyh fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens. ¹⁶ Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me the feare of the, oppresseth me. ¹⁷ They come rounde about me dayly lyke water, and compasse me together on euerye side. ¹⁸ My louers, and frendes hast thou put awaye fro me, and turned awaye myne acquayntaunce.

¹¹ Yea that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body & goods) ¹² and then say: Alas why hated I nourtoure? why dyd my herte despys correction. ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedyente vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

¹⁹ Yea as sone as thou turnest me, I shall refourme my self: and when I vnderstande, I shall smyte vpon my thyghe. For verelye I haue committed shamefull thinges: O let my youth beare this reprofe and confusyon.

⁵ And a certayne man was there whyche had ben diseased .xxxviij. yeares.

¹⁴ And after that, Iesus found him in the temple & said vnto him: behold thou arte made whole, synne no more, lest a worsse thinge happen vnto the.

¹⁰ Whervpon Asa was wrothe with the sear and put hym in the conuertynge house, for he was dyspleased wyth him because of that. Moreouer Aza oppressed certayne of the people the same ceason. ¹¹ The dedes of Aza bothe fyrst and last, are written in the boke of the kynges of Iuda & Israel. ¹² And the .xxxix. yeare of his raigne Asa fel sycke on hys fete, and that his disease exceaded. And therto in his sycknesse he asked no counsel of the Lorde, but of Physycyons.

⁷ So went Sathan forth from the Lorde, and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles, from the sole of the fote vnto hys crowne:

⁶ that thou makest suche inquisicion for my wyckednesse, and searchest out my synne?

¹⁶ For thou hast nombred all my goynges, yet be not thou to extreame vpon my synnes.

¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, & loketh narowlye vnto all my pathes.

²² Immediatly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter (& lyke as it were to the stockes, where foles are punyshed)

²⁴ Which iaylar when he had receyued such commaundemente thruste them into the ynner pryson, and made theyr fete fast in the stockes.

¹² Oh, let her not be as one that came dead out of hys mothers wombe: for halfe her flesh is eaten away.

¹⁷ My bones are pearsed thorow in the nyghte season, & my sinewes take no rest. ¹⁸ Wyth all their power haue they chaunged my garment & gyrded me therwith, as it were wt a cote. ¹⁹ I am euen as it were claie, & am become like asshes and dust.

²⁹ But now, I am a companion of dragons, & a felowe of Estriches. ³⁰ My skinne vpon me is turned to blacke, and my bones are brent with heate,

¹¹ When thou punishest man for sinne. thou chastenest him: so that his beutye consumeth awaye, lyke as it were a moth. O how vayne are al men? Selah.

¹² Therfore wyl I be vnto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Iuda as a caterpyller.