Job 19 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Iob answered, and sayde: ² howe longe wil ye vexe my mynde, & trouble me wyth wordes? ³ Lo, ten tymes haue ye reproued me: are ye not ashamed, for to laugh me so to scorne? ⁴ yf I go wronge, I go wronge to my selfe. 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: ⁶ knowe thys then, that it is God, whiche hath handled me so violently & hath compased me aboute with his scourges. ⁷ Beholde, though I crye, yet violence is done vnto me, I can not be herde: Though I complane, there is none to geue sentence with me. ⁸ He had hedged vp my payth, I can not get awaye, he hath set darckenesse in my gate. ⁹ He hath spoyled my of myne honoure, and taken the croune awaye from my head. ¹⁰ He hath destroyed my on euery syde, & I am vndone: My hope hath he taken awaye from me, as it were a tre plucte vp by the rote. ¹¹ Hys wrath is kyndled agaynste me, he taketh me, as though I were hys enemy. ¹² His men of warre came together, whyche made their waye ouer me, and beseged my dwellinge roundeaboute. ¹³ He hath put my brethren farre awaye from me, and suche as were of myne acquauntaunce, are become straungers vnto me. ¹⁴ Mine owne kynsfolkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce. ¹⁵ The seruauntes & maydens of myne owne house take me for a straunger, and I am be come as an aleaunt in theyr syght. ¹⁶ When I call vpon my seruaunt, he geueth me no answere: no though I praye him wyth my mouth. ¹⁷ Myne owne wyfe may not abide my breth, I am faynt to speake fayre vnto the childeen of myne owne body. ¹⁸ Ye the very deserte fooles despyse me, and when I am gone from them, they speake euell vpon me. ¹⁹ Al suche as were my most familiers, abhorre me: and they whom I loued best, are turned against me. ²⁰ My bone hangeth to my skynne, & my flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth. ²¹ Haue pyte vpon me, haue pite vpon me (O ye my frendes) for the hande of the Lorde hath touched me. ²² Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied of my fleshe? ²³ O that my wordes were written, O that they were put in a boke: ²⁴ woulde God they were grauen with an yron penne in leade or in stone. 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. ²⁹ But beware of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgement.

¹⁶ And as she laye vpon him with her wordes, contynually vexinge of him, his soule was encombred euen vnto the death.

² How long wilt thou talke of such thynges? how longe shall thy mouth speake so proude words?

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

² As truly as God liueth (which hath taken away my power from me) and the almighty, that hath vexed my mynd.

² Haue mercye vpon me (O Lorde) for I am weake: O Lorde heale me for all my bones are vexed. ³ My soule also is in great trouble, but lord how longe?

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?

¹⁰ Whyle my bones are broken, whyle mine enemyes cast me in the teeth, daylye saiynge vnto me: where is now thy God?

²¹ Their mouthes are softer then butter, & yet haue they battayll in theyr mynde: theyr wordes are smoother then oyle, and yet be they very swerdes.

⁷ Beholde, they speake (agaynste me) wyth their mouth, swerdes are vnder their lippes for who reproueth them?

³ Which whet their tonges lyke a sweard, and shote wyth their veneymous words like as with arowes.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous personne pricketh like a swerd, but a wise mans tonge is wholsome.

²¹ Death & lyfe stand in the power of the tong, he that loueth it shal enioy the frute thereof.

⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnrulye euyll ful of deadly poyson.

⁷ And iust Lot vexed with the vnclenly conuersacyon of the wicked, deliuered he. ⁸ For he beinge rightuouse and dwellinge amonge them, in seinge and hearinge, vexed his rightuouse soule from daye to daye wyth theyr vnlawfull dedes.

¹⁰ and they cryed wyth a loude voyce sayinge: Howe longe tariest thou Lord holy and true, to iudge and to auenge oure bloud on them that dwell on the earth?

⁷ And your father hath deceyued me, & chaunged mi wages .x. times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.

⁷ When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them: But made straung vnto them, and spake roughly vnto them sayinge: Whence come ye? & they sayde: out of the lande of Canaan, to bye vytayle.

²⁶ And when I haue broken the staffe of your bread: that .x. wyues shall bake your breade in one ouen and men shall deliuer you youre bread agayne by wayght, then shall ye eate and not be satisfied.

²² For of al those men which haue sene my glorye & my miracles which I did in Egypte & in the wyldernesse, & yet haue tempted me now this .x. tymes & haue not herkened vnto my voyce,

¹² But when the Iewes that dwelt besyde them, came out of al the places where they dwelt aboute vs, and tolde vs as good as ten tymes,

⁶ Is not this thy feare, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy wayes? 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.

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:

⁴ When thy sonnes synned agaynst hym, dyd not he punish them for theyr wyckednesse? ⁵ If thou woldest now resorte vnto God by tymes, & make thyne humble prayer to the Almyghtye: ⁶ yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly lyfe: shulde he not wake vp vnto the immediatly, & geue the, the bewtie of rightuousnesse agayne?

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

¹⁴ yf thou woldest put awaye the wyckednesse which thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlynesse dwelt in they house:

⁴ As for shame, thou hast set it a syde, els woldest thou not make so many words before God: ⁵ but thy wyckednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge. ⁶ Thyne owne mouth condemneth the, and not I: ye thyne owne lyppes shape the an answere.

¹¹ Thynkest thou it a small thynge of the consolacions of God? and are they wyth the lyinge worde. ¹² Why doeth thyne herte make the so proude? Why standeste thou so greatly in thyne owne conceate? Where vnto loke thyne eyes,

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

¹⁷ Myne owne wyfe may not abide my breth, I am faynt to speake fayre vnto the childeen of myne owne body.

⁸ I am become a straunger vnto my brethren, and an aleaunt vnto my mothers chyldren.

²⁰ whiche in all wysdome and matters of vnderstandynge, that he enquered of them, founde them ten tymes better then all the sothsayers and charmers, that were in all hys realme.

¹⁷ Then spake Dauid vnto the Lorde, when he sawe the Aungel that smote the people, and sayde: lo, it is I that haue synned, and I that haue done wickedly. But these shepe what haue they done? let I praye the thyne hande be on me, and on my fathers house.

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 O that God woulde speake, and open hys lyppes agaynst the, ⁶ that he myght shewe the (out of his secrete wysdome) howe manyfolde his Lawe is: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, because of thy synnes.

¹² If thou be wyse thy wysdome shall do thy selfe good: but if thou thynckeste scorne therof, it shalbe thyne owne harme.

⁴ Beholde, all soules are myne. Lyke as the father is mine, so is the sonne myne also. The soul that synneth shal dye.

¹⁰ For we muste all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ, that euery man maye receyue the workes of hys bodye accordyng to that he hath done, whether it be good or badde?

⁵ For euery man shal beare his owne burthen.

⁶ And therto her enemye Phenennah vexed her a good in castinge her in the thete, howe the Lorde had made her barren.

³ And they sayde vnto me: The remnaunt of the captiuite are there in the lande in great misfortune and rebuke. The walles of Ierusalem are broken doune, and the gates thereof are brente wyth fyre.

²⁶ Let them be put to confusion & shame, that reioyse at my trouble: let them be clothed wt rebuke and dishonoure, that boost them selfes agaynst me.

¹⁶ My desyre is, that myne enemyes triumphe not ouer me: for if my foote slyppe, they reioyse greatly agaynst me.

¹¹ By this I know thou fauourest me, that. my enemy shal not triumphe ouer me.

¹² If it were myne enemye that reuyled me, I could beare it: or if one that ought me euel wyll dyd threaten me, I wolde hyde my self from hym.

¹ Then shall seuen wyues take holde of one man, and saye: we wil laye all oure meate and clothing together in comen, only that we may be called thy wyues, & that this shameful reprofe may be taken from vs.

⁸ O thou enemye of myne, reioyce not at my fal, for I shal get vp agayne: and thoughe I syt in my darckenesse, yet the Lorde is my lyght.

¹⁰ This shal happen vnto them for their pryde, because they haue dealte so shamefullye wyth the Lorde of hostes people, and magnified themselues aboue them.

⁷ The Lorde shal preserue the tentes of Iuda like as afore time: so that the glorye of the house of Dauid, & the glory of the citesins of Ierusalem, shalbe but litle regarded, in comparison of the glory of Iuda.

²⁵ This wyfe hath God dealt with me in the dayes when he loked on me, to take from me the rebuke that I suffred amonge men.

² And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Suppose ye that these Galileans were greater synnes then all the other Galileans, because they suffred suche punishment? ³ I tell you naye: but excepte ye repente, ye shall all lykewyse peryshe. ⁴ Or those .xviij. vpon whome the towre in Siloe fell, & slewe them, thinke ye that they were sinners aboue all men that dwell in Hierusalem?

² And his disciples axed hym: Mayster, who dyd synne: thys man or his father and mother: that he was borne blynd?

³⁴ They answered, and sayde vnto hym: thou arte all together borne in synne, and doest thou teach vs? And they cast hym oute.

²⁰ I haue offended, what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou made me to stande in thy way, and am so heuy a burden vnto my selfe?

¹¹ God hath geuen me ouer to the vngodly, & deliuered me into the handes of the wycked. ¹² I was somtyme in wealth, but sodenlye hath broughte me to noughte. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rente me, and set me, as it were a marck for hym to shute at. ¹³ He hath compased me roundeaboute with his dartes, he hath wounded my loynes, and not spared. My bowels hath he poured vpon the grounde. ¹⁴ Ye hath geuen the one wounde vpon another, and is fallen vpon me lyke a giaunte.

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.

⁹ But now thou forsakest vs, and puttest vs to confusyon, and goest not forth wyth oure Hostes. ¹⁰ Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemyes, so that they which hate vs spoyle our goodes. ¹¹ Thou lettest vs be eaten vp lyke shepe, & scaterest vs among the Heathen. ¹² Thou sellest thy people for naught, and takest no money for them. ¹³ Thou makeste vs to be rebuked of oure neyghboures, to be laughed to scorne & had in derision, of them that are rounde about v ¹⁴ Thou hast made vs, a very by word among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heades at vs.

¹⁰ For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs lyke as syluer is tryed. ¹¹ Thou hast broughht vs into captyuyty, & layed trouble vpon oure loynes. ¹² Thou haste suffred men to ryde ouer oure heades, we went thorow fyre and water, but thou hast broughte vs out, and refreshed vs.

¹² Lamed. O ye all that go fore by, beholde and se, yf there be eny sorow like vnto myne, wherwith the Lord hath troubled me, in the daye of his fearefull wrath. ¹³ Mem. From aboute hath he sent downe a fyre into my bones and chastened me: he hath layed a net for my fete, and throwen me wyde open: he hath made me desolate, so that I must euer be mournynge.

¹³ My lyne wyll I sprede oute vpon hym, & catche him in my net, & carye hym to Babylon, in the lande of the Caldees: whiche he shall not se, and yet shall he dye there.

³ Thus sayth the Lorde God: I wyll sprede my nette ouer the, namelye, a greate multytude of people: these shall dryue the into my yarne,

¹² but whyle they be goynge here and there, I shall sprede my net ouer them, and draw them doune as the foules of the ayre: & accordinge as they haue bene warned, so will I punyshe them.

²⁴ As for the world, he geueth it ouer in to the power of the wycked, soch as the rulers be, wherof al landes are full. Is it not so? where is there eny, but he is soch one?

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

³ Thynkeste thou it well done, to oppresse me, to caste me of (beinge a worke of thy handes) and to manteyne the councell of the vngodly?

¹⁵ Yf I do wickedlye, wo is me therfore: Yf I be righteous, yet darre I not lyfte vp my heade: so full am I of confusion, and se myne owne mysery. ¹⁶ Thou huntest me out (being in heuynesse) as it were a Lyon, and troubleste me oute of measure. ¹⁷ Thou bringeste fresh wytnesses against me, thy wrath increaseste thou vpon me, very many are the plages that I am in.

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.

¹⁷ Howbeit there is no wyckednesse in my handes, and my prayer is cleane. ¹⁸ O earth, couer not my bloud, and let my cryenge fynde no rowme. ¹⁹ For lo, my witnesse is in heauen, & he that knoweth me, is aboue in the heyght.

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

²⁷ But I knowe what ye thincke, yea and what ye ymagin against me vnrighteously.

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.

²⁰ When I crye vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stande before the, yet thou regardest me not.

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.

⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am ryghtuous, but GOD doth me wronge.

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

² O my God, I crye in the daye tyme, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest.

⁸ because I haue now preached longe agaynst malycious Tyranny, & shewed them of destruccion. For the which cause they cast the worde of the Lorde in my teeth, and take me euer to the worst.

⁸ Though I crye and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.

² O lord how long shal I crye, and thou wilt not heare? How long shal I complayn vnto the, sufferynge wrong, & thou wilte not helpe? ³ Why lettest thou me se weerynesse and laboure? Tyranny & vyolence are before me, power ouergoeth righte:

⁷ And they cryed vnto the Lord. And he put darckenesse betwene you and the Egypcyans, and brought the sea vpon them, and couered them. And youre eyes haue sene what I haue done in Egypte. And ye dwelte in the wyldernesse a longe ceason.

²³ That should be ioye to the man whose way is hyd, which God kepeth backe from him.

²⁶ Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good, euyl happened vnto me: and where as I wayted for lyghte, there came darkenesse.

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.

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknes, wherin men fal, or thei be aware.

¹⁰ Therfore who so feareth the Lorde among you let hym heare the voyce of hys seruaunt, Who so walketh in darcknesse, and no lyghte shyneth vpon hym, let hym hope in the Lord, and holde hym by his God.

¹⁶ Honoure the Lorde youre God herein, or he take hys lyght from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darcknesse at the hylle lest when ye loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death.

¹² Wherfore, their waye shall be slypperye in the darcknesse, where in they maye stacker and fall. For I wyll bringe a plage vpon them, euen the yeare of their visytacyon, sayeth the Lorde.

⁷ Gymel. He hath so hedged me in, that I can not get out, and hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me.

⁹ He hath stopped vp my wayes wyth foure squared stones, and made my pathes croked.

⁶ But I wyll hedge her awaye wyth thornes, and stoppe it that she shall not fynde her fotesteppes:

¹² Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saiynge. I am the lyghte of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shall not walke in darkenes: but shall haue the lyghte of lyfe.

¹⁷ He caryeth awaye the wyse men, as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wyttes.

⁷ when I went thorow the cytye vnto the gate, and when they set me a chaire in the strete: ⁸ when the younge men (as sone as they sawe me) hid them selues, and when the aged arose, and stode vp vnto me: ⁹ when the Princes lefte of their talkinge, & layed their hande to their mouthe: ¹⁰ when the mighty kepte styll their voice, and when their tonges cleaued to the rofe of their mouthes. ¹¹ When al they that hearde me, called me happie: & when all they that sawe me, wyshed me good. ¹² For I delyuered the poore when he cried, and the fatherlesse that wanted helpe. ¹³ He that shoulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me. ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, whyche couered me as a garment, and equyte was my croune.

²⁰ My honour encreased more and more, and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande. ²¹ Vnto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with silence they taryed for my counsel.

¹ Bvt now they that are myne inferiours and younger then I, haue me in derision: yea euen they, whose fathers I woulde haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my cattell.

¹⁶ O be not thou afraied, when one is made ryche, & the glory of hys house increased. ¹⁷ For he shall cary nothynge away wyth hym when he dyeth, neither shall his pompe folowe hym.

³⁹ Thou hast turned backe the couenaunte of thy seruaunt, and caste hys croune to the grounde.

⁴⁴ Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his trone doune to the grounde.

⁶ But ye shalbe named the priestes of the lord, & men shall call you the seruauntes of oure God. Ye shall enioye the goodes of the Gentiles and triumphe in their substaunce.

¹⁶ The garlande of oure head is fallen: alas, that euer we synned so sore.

¹¹ Ephraim flyeth lyke a byrde, so shall their glory also. In so muche, that they shall neyther beget, conceyue nor beare children.

¹³ Now vpon a certayne daye when his sonnes and daughters were eatynge, and drinckinge wyne in their eldeste brothers house, ¹⁴ there came a messenger vnto Iob, & sayde: Whyle the oxen were a plowynge, & the Asses going in the pasture besyde them: ¹⁵ the Sabees came in violently, and toke them all awaye: ye they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁶ And whyle he was yet speakynge, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, it hath consumed, and brent vp all thy shepe and seruauntes: and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ In that meane season whyle he was yet speakynge there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, & fell in vpon thy camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotten awaye, to tell the: ¹⁸ Whyle he was speakynge, there came yet another, & sayde: Thy sonnes and daughters were eatyng & drynckynge wyne in their eldest brothers house, ¹⁹ & sodenly there came a mightie greate wynde out of the South, and smote the .iiij. corners of the house, which fell vpon thy chyldren, so that they are deed: and I am gotten awaye alone, to tell the.

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

¹¹ What power haue I to endure? Or, what is myne end, that my soule myghte be pacyente?

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

¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrytes hope come to naught. ¹⁴ His confydence shalbe destroyed, for he trusteth in a spyders webbe. ¹⁵ He leaneth hym vpon hys house, but he shal not stande: he holdeth hym fast by it, yet shall he not endure. ¹⁶ Oft tyme a thynge doth floryshe, and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonne shynynge: it shuteth forth the braunches in hys garden, ¹⁷ it taketh many rotes, in so moche that it is lyke an house of stones. ¹⁸ But yf it be taken out of hys place, euery man denyeth it, saying: I knowe the not.

¹⁴ If he breake downe a thinge, who can set it vp agayne? If he shut a thing, who wyll open it?

¹¹ My dayes are past, my thoughtes are vanyshed awaye, whych haue vexed myne herte,

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

²⁰ O that all compassion vpon them were forgotten: that their dayntyes were wormes, that they were cleane put oute of remembraunce, & vtterly hewen doune lyke an vnfrutefull tree.

³⁵ I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree: ³⁶ but when I went by, lo, he was gone: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.

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 My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe, and I am wythered lyke grasse.

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. ⁶ Vau. Her tabernacle (which was lyke a garden of pleasure) hath he destroyed: her hye solempne feastes hath he put downe. The Lorde hath brought it so to passe, that the hye solempne feastes & Sabbathes in Sion, are cleane forgotten. In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge and prestes to be despysed.

⁸ We are troubled on euerye syde, yet are we not withoute shyfte. We are in pouerte, but not vtterlye withoute some what. ⁹ We are persecuted, but are not forsaken. We are caste doune, neuerthelesse we peryshe not.

²² For fyre is kindeled in my wrath, and shal burne vnto the bottome of hell. And shall consume the earth wyth hyr encrease, & set a fyre the bottomes of the mountaines.

²⁴ Wherfore hydest thou thy face, and holdest me for thyne enemye?

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

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

⁴⁶ Lord, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shall thy wrathe burne lyke fyre?

⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrathful indignacion.

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.

¹¹ God hath geuen me ouer to the vngodly, & deliuered me into the handes of the wycked.

¹³ He hath compased me roundeaboute with his dartes, he hath wounded my loynes, and not spared. My bowels hath he poured vpon the grounde.

¹² Vpon my ryght hand they rose together against me, they haue hurte my fete, made a waye to destroye me,

⁵ Wo be also vnto Assur, whiche is a staffe of my wrathe, in whose hande is the roade of my punishement. ⁶ For I shall send him among those ypocrytish people, amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauour shall I send him: that he maye vtterly robbe them, spoyle them, and tread them doune lyke the myre in the strete.

²³ & wyll put it in theyr hande that trouble the: whiche haue spoken to thy soule: stoupe doune, that we maye go ouer the: make thy body eauen with the grounde, and as the strete to go vpon.

²¹ Euen so are ye also come vnto me: but now that ye se my misery, ye are afrayed. ²² Dyd I desyre you, to come hether? Or, to geue me eny of youre substaunce? ²³ To delyuer me from the enemyes hande, or to saue me from the power of the myghtye?

⁷ And now that I am full of paine, and al that I haue destroyed

¹¹ I am become a verye reprofe amonge all myne enemyes, my neyghbours and they of myne owne aquayntaunce are afraied of me they that se me in the streate, conueye them selues fro me.

¹¹ My louers and frendes stande lokynge vpon my trouble, and my kynsmen are gone afarre of.

²⁰ The rebuke breaketh my herte, and maketh me heuy: I loke for some to haue pytye vpon me, but ther is no man: and for some to comforte me, but I fynde none.

¹⁸ My louers, and frendes hast thou put awaye fro me, and turned awaye myne acquayntaunce.

⁵⁶ Al this was done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be fulfylled.

¹⁶ At my fyrste aunsweryng, no man assisted me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it maye not be layed to theyr charges:

²³ And the councell of Ahithophel whiche he counceled in those dayes, was a man had asked counsel of God: euen so was al the counsel of Ahithophel, bothe vnto Dauid and also vnto Absalom.

¹² If it were myne enemye that reuyled me, I could beare it: or if one that ought me euel wyll dyd threaten me, I wolde hyde my self from hym. ¹³ But it is thou my companyon, my gyde & myne owne familier frende. ¹⁴ We had swete and secrete communicacion together in the house of God.

²⁴ A frende that delyteth in loue, doeth a man more frenshyppe, and stycketh faster vnto hym then a brother.

¹⁰ For why, I herde so many derisyons and blasphemies, yee euen of myne owne companions, and of soch as were conuersaunte with me: whiche wente aboute, to make me afrayed, sayinge, vpon hym, let vs go vpon him to feare hym and make hym holde his tonge: that we maye ouer come hym, and be auenged of hym.

⁵ Let no man beleue hys frende, nor put his confidence in a prynce. Kepe the porte of thy mouthe, from her that lyeth in thy bosome: ⁶ for the sonne shall put hys father to dyshonoure, the doughter shall ryse agaynst her mother, the doughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe: & a mans foes shalbe euen they of hys owne houshold.

²¹ The brother shall betraye the brother to death, and the father the sonne. And the children shall aryse againste their fathers & mothers, and shall put them to death:

¹⁸ I speake not of you all. I knowe whome I haue chosen. But that the scripture myght be fulfylled, he that eateth bread with me hath lyft vp hys hele agaynst me.

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.

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed.

¹⁵ the Sabees came in violently, and toke them all awaye: ye they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁶ And whyle he was yet speakynge, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, it hath consumed, and brent vp all thy shepe and seruauntes: and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ In that meane season whyle he was yet speakynge there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, & fell in vpon thy camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotten awaye, to tell the:

¹⁹ & sodenly there came a mightie greate wynde out of the South, and smote the .iiij. corners of the house, which fell vpon thy chyldren, so that they are deed: and I am gotten awaye alone, to tell the.

⁹ Then sayd his wyfe vnto him: Doest thou contynue in thy perfectnes? curse God, and dye. ¹⁰ But Iob sayde vnto her: Thou speakest lyke a folysh woman. Seynge we haue receyued prosperite at the hand of God, wherfore shuld we not be content with aduersyte also? In all these thynges, dyd not Iob synne with his lyppes.

¹ My breth fayleth, my dayes are shortened. I am harde at deathes dore.

²³ And he went from thence vp to Bethel. And he was goynge vp in the waye, there came lytle laddes out of the citie and mocked him, and sayde to him: go vp thou bald head, go vp thou bald heade.

⁵ One shall euer be doynge vyolence & wronge to another. The boye shall presume agaynste the elder, and the vyle persone agaynst the honorable.

¹⁴ He that is in trybulacyon oughte to be comforted of hys neyghbour: but the feare of the Lord is cleane awaye: ¹⁵ Myne owne brethren passeouer by me as the water broke, that hastelye runneth thorow the valleyes.

⁹ Yea euen myne owne famylyer frende, whom I trusted, whiche dyd eate my breade hath lyfte vp his hele agaynste me.

²⁰ Yea, they laye handes vpon such as be at peace with hym, & so they breake hys couenaunt.

⁴ For the loue that I had vnto them, they take now my contrary parte, but I geue my selfe vnto prayer. ⁵ Thus they reward me euel for good, and hatred for my god wyll.

⁴⁸ and Iesus said vnto hym: Iudas, betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kysse?

⁴ Sathan answered the Lorde, and sayde: Skynne for skynne? yee a man will geue all that euer he hath, for his lyfe. ⁵ But laye thyne hande vpon him, touche hym ones vpon the bone and fleshe, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face. ⁶ Then sayde the Lorde vnto Sathan: lo, there hast thou hym in thy power, but spare his lyfe.

⁵ My fleshe is clothed wyth wormes, fylthynesse and dust: my skynne is wythered, and crompled together:

³⁰ My skinne vpon me is turned to blacke, and my bones are brent with heate,

¹⁹ He chasteneth hym wyth sycknesse, and bryngeth hym to hys bedde: he layeth sore punyshment vpon hys bones, ²⁰ so that hys lyfe maye awaye wyth no bread, & hys soule abhorreth to eate anye dayntye meate. ²¹ In so muche that hys body is cleane consumed awaye, and hys bones apeare no more. ²² Hys soule draweth on to destruccyon, & hys lyfe to death.

¹⁴ I am poured out lyke water, all my boones are out of ioynt: my herte in the middest of my body is euen lyke meltyng waxe. ¹⁵ My strength is dryed vp lyke a potsherde, my tunge cleueth to my goomes, & thou haste brought me into the dust of death. ¹⁶ For dogges are come about me, the counsail of the wicked hath layed seage against me. They pearsed my handes and my fete, ¹⁷ I might haue tolde all my bones: as for them, they stode staryng and lokyng vpon me.

³ For while I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complaynynges. ⁴ And because thy hand was so heuy vpon me both daye and nyght, my moysture was lyke the drouth in Sommer. Selah.

³ There is no whole parte in my body, because of thy displeasure: there is no reste in my bones, by reason of my synnes.

³ For my dayes are consumed awaye lyke smoke, and my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande.

⁵ For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh.

⁴ Beth. My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brused.

⁸ Heth. But now their faces are very black: In so moche, that thou shuldest not knowe them in the streates. Their skynne cleueth to their bones, It is wythered, & become lyke a drye stock.

¹⁰ Oure skynne is as it had bene brent in an ouen, for very sore honger.

¹¹ But laye thyne hande vpon him a lytle, touche ones all that he hath, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face.

⁵ But laye thyne hande vpon him, touche hym ones vpon the bone and fleshe, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face.

¹⁰ But Iob sayde vnto her: Thou speakest lyke a folysh woman. Seynge we haue receyued prosperite at the hand of God, wherfore shuld we not be content with aduersyte also? In all these thynges, dyd not Iob synne with his lyppes.

⁴ For the arowes of the almyghty are in me, whose indignacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of GOD fyghte agaynste me.

¹⁴ He that is in trybulacyon oughte to be comforted of hys neyghbour: but the feare of the Lord is cleane awaye:

² For thyne arrowes stycke fast in me, and thy hande presseth me sore.

¹⁵ Be merye with them that are merye. Wepe with them that wepe.

²⁶ And yf one member be had in honoure, all the membres be glad also.

³ Remembre them that are in bondes, euen as thoughe ye were bounde wyth them. Be myndefull of them whiche are in aduersitye, as ye which are yet in youre bodyes.

¹⁶ Thou huntest me out (being in heuynesse) as it were a Lyon, and troubleste me oute of measure.

²⁵ Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme vnto a flyinge leafe, and folowe vpon drye stubble?

³¹ Yet they of mine owne housholde saye: who shall let vs to haue oure belly full of hys fleshe?

²⁶ For they persecute hym whom thou hast smytten, and besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him mo.

³ ye eate the flesh of my people, and slay of their skynne: ye breake their bones, ye choppe them in peces as it were in to a cauldron, and as flesh into a pot.

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.

¹ Moreouer the Lorde sayde vnto me: Take the a great leaf, and wryte in it, as men do wyth a penne, that he spede hym to robbe and haste him to spoyle.

⁸ Wherfore go hence, and wryte them thys in theyr tables, & note it in a boke: that it may remayne by theyr posteryte, & be styll kept.

¹¹ After the worcke of a stonegrauer euen as signettes are grauen, shalt thou graue the .ij. stones with the names of the chyldren of Israel, and shalt make them to be set in ouches of golde. ¹² And thou shalte put the two stones vpon the two shoulders of the Ephod and they shalbe stones of remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israel. And Aaron shal beare their names before the Lorde vpon his two shulders for a remembrance.

²¹ And the stones shalbe grauen as signettes be grauen: wyth the names of the children of Israell euen wyth .xij. names euerye one wt hys name accordinge to the .xii. tribes

¹⁶ and were the worcke of God, and the wrytynge was the writynge of God grauen vpon the tables.

² And when ye be come ouer Iordan vnto the land whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the, set vp greate stones and plaister them wyth playster, ³ and wryte vpon them al the wordes of this lawe, when thou arte come ouer: that thou mayst come into the land which the Lord thy god geueth the: a land that floweth with mylke & honye as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promysed the.

⁸ And thou shalt wryt vpon the stones al the wordes of thys lawe, manyfestly and well.

¹ Youre synne (O ye of the trybe of Iuda) is written in the table of youre hertes, and grauen so vpon the edges of your aulters wyth a penne of yron and wyth an adamant clawe:

¹⁵ Moreouer, I wyll put hatred betwene the & the woman, & betwene thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread the on thy heed, and thou shalt treade it on the hele.

¹⁸ And in thy seed shal al the nacions of the erth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

¹⁹ For lo, my witnesse is in heauen, & he that knoweth me, is aboue in the heyght.

²³ Nowe yf there be a messenger (one amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto man, and to shewe hym the ryght waye: ²⁴ then the Lorde is mercyfull vnto hym, & sayeth: He shalbe delyuered, that he fall not doune to destruccyon, for I am suffycyentlye reconcyled.

¹⁴ Yea the words of my mouth and the meditacion of my herte shalbe acceptable vnto the, O Lorde, my helper and my redemer.

³⁵ They thoughte then that God was theyr succour, and that the hye God was their redemer.

¹¹ For he that delyuereth them is myghty, euen he shall defend their cause agaynste the.

¹⁴ Thus sayeth the Lorde the holy one of Israel youre redemer: For youre sake I wyll sende to Babylon, & brynge all the strongest of them from thence: Namely, the Chaldees that boost them of their shyppes:

⁵ For he that made the, shalbe thy Lorde & husband (whose name is the Lorde of hostes) & thyne auenger shalbe euen the holy one of Israel, the Lorde of the whole worlde.

²⁰ But vnto Sion there shall come a redemer, and vnto them is Iacob that turne from wyckednesse, sayeth the Lorde. ²¹ I wyll make this couenaunt with them (sayeth the Lorde): My spirite that is come vpon the, and the wordes whyche I haue put in thy mouthe, shall neuer go out of thy mouthe, nor oute of the mouth of thy childers chyldren, from this tyme forth for euermore.

³⁴ but theyr auenger & redemer is myghtye, whose name is the Lorde of hostes: he shal maintayne theyr cause, he shall make the lande shake, and iudge them that dwell therein, one wyth another.

²² Neyther iudgeth the father anye man: but hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne, ²³ because that all men should honoure the sonne, euen as they honoured the father. He that honoureth not the sonne: the same honoureth not the father, which hath sent him. ²⁴ Verely, verely I say vnto you he that heareth my wordes, and beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlasting lyfe, & shal not come into damnacion: but is escaped from death vnto lyfe. ²⁵ Verely verely, I saye vnto you: The tyme shall come, and nowe is, when the dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God. And they that heare shall lyue. ²⁶ For as the father hath lyfe in him selfe, so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne to haue lyfe in him selfe, ²⁷ and hath geuen him power also to iudge, in that he is the sonne of man. ²⁸ Maruaile not at this, the houre shall come in the which all that are in the graues, shal heare his voice, ²⁹ and shall come forth: they that haue done good, vnto the resurreccion of lyfe, and they that hath done euil, vnto the resurreccion of damnacion.

⁷ By whome we haue redemption thorowe hys bloude, euen the forgeuenes of synnes accordyng to the ryches of hys grace

¹⁴ Enoch the seuenth from Adam, prophesyed fore of suche, saying: Beholde, the Lorde shall come wt thousandes of saynctes,

⁹ Therfore dyd my hert reioyce, & my tunge was glad, my flesh also shal rest in hope.

¹¹ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe: thou shalte make me full of ioye wyth thy countenaunce. At thy ryght hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.

¹⁵ But as for me, I wil beholde thy presence in righteousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shall be satisfied.

⁸ Blessed are the pure in hert: for thei shal se God.

¹² Nowe we se in a glasse euen in a darke speakinge, but then shall we se face to face. Nowe I knowe vnperfectlye, but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen.

⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilitie; and this mortal muste put on immortalytye.

²¹ whiche shal chaunge oure vyle bodies, that they maie be fashioned like vnto his glorious bodie, accordinge to the working, wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto him selfe.

² Dearly beloued, now are we the sonnes of God, and yet it doeth not appeare, what we shalbe. But we knowe that when it shal appere, we shalbe like him. For we shall se him as he is.

⁷ Behold he commeth wyth cloudes, and al eyes shal se him: and they also whiche persed hym. And all kynredes of the earth shal waile. Euen so. Amen:

¹⁷ I se him but not now, I behold hym but not nye. There shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a scepter of Israel, which shal smite the costes of Moab and vndermine all the chyldren of Seth.

²⁶ My fleash & my hert fayleth, but God is the strength of my herte, and my porcion for euer.

¹⁹ But as for thy dead men and oures, that be departed, they are in lyfe and resurreccion. They lye in the earthe, they wake, & haue ioy: for thy dewe is a dew of lyfe and light. But the place of the malycyous Tyrauntes is fallen awaye.

¹³ Howe be it al Israell shall mourne hym, and burye hym, for thys onely of all Ieroboam shall come to the sepulchre, because in hym there is founde goodnesse towarde the Lorde God of Israell in the house of Ieroboam.

²² Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied of my fleshe?

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?

²² He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse, the swearde is alwaye before his eyes.

⁴ Is he afrayed to reproue the, & to steppe forth wt the into iudgement.

⁵ Thefore the vngodly shall not be able to stande in the iudgement, nether the synners in the congregacyon of the ryghtuous.

⁷ But the Lorde endureth for euer, he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgement.

¹⁰ The ryghteous shal reioyse when he seith the vengeaunce, and shall washe hys fete in the bloud of the vngodly. ¹¹ So that men shall saye, verelye there is a rewarde for the righteous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth the earth.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yong man) in thy youth, and let thine herte be mery in thy yonge daies: folowe the wayes of thine owne herte, and the luste of thyne eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thinges.

¹⁴ For God shal iudge all workes and secrete thynges, whether they be good or euell.

¹ Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged. ² For as ye iudge so, shall ye be iudged. And with what measur ye meate, with the same shal it be measured to you agayne.

¹ Let euery soule submit him selfe vnto the authoritie of the hygher powers. For there is no power but of God. ² The powers that be are ordeyned of God. Whosoeuer therfore resisteth power, resisteth the ordinaunce of GOD. And they that resiste, shall receyue to them selfe damnacyon. ³ For rulars are not to be feared for good workes, but for euyll. Wylte thou be wyth oute feare of the power? Do well then: and so shalte thou be praysed of the same. ⁴ For he is the minister of GOD, for thy welth. But and yf thou do euyll, then feare: for he beareth not a swearde for noughte, but is the minister of God, to take vengeaunce on them that do euyll.

¹¹ Back byte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth hys brother, and he that iudgeth hys brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the law, thou art not an obseruer of the law, but a iudge. ¹² There is one law geuer, which is able to saue & to destroy. What arte thou that iudgest another man?