Job 6 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Iob answered, and sayde: ² O that my mysery were weyed, and my punishmente layed in the balaunces: ³ for then should it be heuyer, then the sande of the sea. This is the cause, that my words are so soroufull. 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. ⁵ Doeth the wylde asse roare when he hath grasse? Or cryeth the oxe, when he hath foder ynoug? ⁶ That which is vnsauery, shall it be eaten wythoute salte, or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge: ⁷ The thynges that some tyme I myghte not awaye wythall, are nowe my meate for very sorowe. ⁸ O that I myghte haue my desyre: O that GOD woulde graunte me the thynge, that I longe for. 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 What power haue I to endure? Or, what is myne end, that my soule myghte be pacyente? ¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or, is my fleshe made of brasse? ¹³ Is it not so that there is in me no helpe: and that my substaunce is taken from me. 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. ¹⁶ But they that feare the hore frost, the snowe shall fall vpon them. ¹⁷ When theyr time commeth, they shalbe destroyed and perishe: and when they be set on fyre, they shalbe remoued oute of theyr place, ¹⁸ for the pathes that they go in, are croked: they haste after vayne thinges, and shal perysh. ¹⁹ Consydre the pathes of Theman, & the wayes of Saba, wherin they haue put their trust. ²⁰ Confounded are they, that put eny confydence in them: For when they came to opteyne the thinges that they loked for, they were brought to confusion. 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? ²⁴ Teach me and I wil holde my tonge: and yf I do erre, shewe me wherin. ²⁵ Wherfore blame ye then the wordes, that are wel and truely spoken? ²⁶ which of you can reproue them? Sauynge onlye that ye are sotyll to check mens sayinges, and can speake many wordes in the wynde. ²⁷ Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, & go aboute to ouerthrowe youre owne frende. ²⁸ Wherfore loke not onely vpon me, but vpon youre selues: whether I lye, or no. ²⁹ Turne into youre owne selues (I praye you) be indifferent iudges, and considre mine vngyltynesse: ³⁰ whether there be eny vnryghtuousnesse in my tonge, or vayne wordes in my mouth.

¹ Then answered Eliphas the Themanyte and said vnto him:

⁵ But nowe that the plage is come vpon the thou shrenkest awaye: now that it hath touched thy self, thou arte faynt harted.

² My sayinge is yet this day in bitternes & my hande heauy among my groninges.

⁶ let me be weyed in an euen balaunce that God may se my innocency.

¹⁹ Teache vs what we shall saye vnto hym, for we are vnmete because of darcknes ²⁰ Shall it be tolde hym what I saye? Shulde a man speake, or shuld he kepe it backe?

⁵ O Lorde my God, greate are thy wonderous worckes whiche thou haste done: and in thy thoughtes toward vs there maye none be likened vnto the. I wold declare them, and speake of them: but they are so manye, that they can not be tolde.

⁴ Thou heldest myne eyes wakyng, I was so feble, that I coulde not speake.

³ The stone is heuy, and the sand weyghty: but a foles wrath is heuier then then they both

²⁸ Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I wyll ease you.

²³ I wyll heape mischeues vpon them & wyl spend al myne arrowes at them. ²⁴ Burnt with hongre & consumed with heat and wt bytter pestelence. I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vppon them and poyson serpentes.

⁴² I wyl make myne arowes dronken with bloud, and my swerde shal eate fleshe of the bloude of the slayne & of the captyue and of the bare head of the enemy.

¹⁷ he troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.

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.

²⁰ Their owne destruccion and misery shall they se with their eyes, and dryncke of the fearfull wrath of the Almighty.

¹⁵ Fearfulnesse is turned against me. Myne honoure vanysheth awaye more swyftly then winde, & my prosperite departeth hence lyke as it were a cloude.

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

¹³ He hath prepared hym the weapens of death, & ordeined his arrowes to be destroied.

¹⁴ He sente oute hys arrowes and scattered them, he cast sore lyghtenynges, and destroied them.

¹² Therfore shalte thou put them to flighte, & with thy strynges thou shalte make ready thyne arrowes agaynst the faces of them.

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

⁵ Thy arrowes are sharpe, the people shal be subdued vnto the, euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemyes.

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.

⁷ Heare me, O Lorde, & that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte: hyde not thy face fro me, lest I be lyke vnto theym that go doune into the graue.

¹⁴ A good stomacke driueth awaye a mans disease, but when the sptrite is vexed, who may abide it?

¹² He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it were a marck to shutte at. ¹³ He. The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot, euen into my reynes.

³³ And he toke with him Peter, Iames, and Iohn, & he began to waxe abashed, and to be in an agonye, ³⁴ and said vnto them: My soule is very heauye euen vnto the death: tarye here & watche.

³⁴ And Iesus cryed with a loude voice saying: Eloi Eloi lamasabaththany, whiche is if it be interpreted, my God my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

¹¹ Seynge then that we know, how the Lorde is to be feared, we fare fayre with men. For we are knowen well ynoughe vnto God. I truste also that we are knowen in your consciences.

¹ To the chaunter, a monicion of the sonnes of Corah. Like as the hert desyreth the water brokes, so longeth my soule after the, O God.

¹⁴ Thou bringest forth grasse for the cattell, and grene herbes for the seruice of men. Thou bringest fode out of the earth:

⁶ The wylde Asses shall stande in the Mosse, and drawe in their wynde lyke the Dragons, their eyes shall fayle for want of grasse.

¹⁸ O what a fyghynge make the cattell? the bullockes are very euyll lykynge, because they haue no pasture: and the shepe are famyshed awaye. ¹⁹ O Lord, to the will I crye: for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wildernesse, and the flamme hath brente vp all the trees of the felde. ²⁰ Yea, the wylde beastes crye also vnto the: for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernes.

¹³ All thy meat offeringes thou shalt salt wt salt: neither shalt thou suffer the of the couenaunt of thy God to be sackyng from thy meat offeryng: but vpon al thyne offerynges thou shal bryng salt.

²⁵ Wherfore blame ye then the wordes, that are wel and truely spoken?

³⁰ whether there be eny vnryghtuousnesse in my tonge, or vayne wordes in my mouth.

¹¹ Haue not the eares pleasure in hearinge, & the mouth in tastinge the thinge that it eateth?

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

³ For lyke as the mouthe tasteth the meates, so the eare proueth and discerneth the wordes.

¹⁰³ O howe swete are thy woordes vnto my throte? Yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

³⁴ Salt is good, but yf salt haue loste her saltnes, what shall be seasoned therwith?

⁶ Let youre speache be alwayes well sauoured and poudred with salte, that ye maye knowe, howe to answere euery man.

⁴ For it is not possible that they whiche were ones lyghted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghoste, ⁵ and haue tasted of the good worde of God, and of the worlde to come:

¹² And she answered: as surely as the lorde thy God lyueth, I haue no breade, but euen an handfull of mele in a pytcher, and a lytle oyle in a cruse. And se, I haue gathered a few styckes for to go & bake it for my and my sonne, that we maye eate it, and then dye.

²⁷ and saye: thus sayth the kinge. Put ye this felow in the preson house, and fede hym with breade and water straytlye, vntill I returne in peace.

²⁴ For my sighes come before I eate, and my roarynges fall oute lyke flowynge water.

⁹ I eate ashes with my bread, and myngle my drynke with wepynge.

¹⁴ Then sayde I: Oh Lorde God. Beholde, my soule was yet neuer stayned: for fro my youth vp vnto this houre. I did neuer eate of a deed carcase, or of that whiche was slayne of wylde beastes, nether cam there euer eny vncleane flesh in my mouth.

¹⁶ And he sayde vnto me: Beholde thou sonne of man, I wyll mynishe all the prouisyon of bred in Ierusalem, so that they shall wepe theyr bred, and eate it with scarcenesse. But as for water, they shall haue a verye lytle measure therof, to dryncke.

¹⁸ Thou sonne of man: wyth a fearfull tremblynge shalte thou eate thy breade, with carefulnesse & sorowe shalte thou drincke thy water. ¹⁹ And vnto the people of the lande, speake thou on thys maner: Thus sayeth the Lorde God, to them that dwell in Ierusalem, & to the lande of Israel: Ye shall eate youre breade with sorowe, and drincke youre water with heuynesse: Yea the lande with the fulnesse therof shalbe layde waste, for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin.

³ so that I had no lust to eate bread: as for fleshe and wine there came none within my mouth: No, I dyd not ones annoynte my selfe, till the whole thre weakes were oute.

¹¹ What power haue I to endure? Or, what is myne end, that my soule myghte be pacyente? ¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or, is my fleshe made of brasse? ¹³ Is it not so that there is in me no helpe: and that my substaunce is taken from me.

¹⁴ I call corrupcion my father, and the wormes call I my mother and my syster. ¹⁵ What helpeth then my longe taryenge? Or, who wyll fulfyll the thynge, that I loke for? ¹⁶ All that I haue, shall go downe in to the pyt, and lye with me in the duste.

⁸¹ Caph. My soule longeth for thy sauynge health, for my trust is in thy word,

¹⁴ I am not able to bere all this people alone, for it is to heuy for me. ¹⁵ Wherfore yf thou deale thus with me, kyl me, I pray the, If I haue found fauoure in thy syght and let me not se my wrechednesse.

⁴ And he went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and when he was come sat doune vnder a Ginaper tree, and desyred for his soule, that he myght dye, and saide, it is nowe ynough O Lorde, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.

²⁰ Wherfore is the lyght geuen to hym that is in miserye? and lyfe vnto them, that haue heuy hertes? ²¹ Whyche longe for death, yf it come not: and search for it more then for treasure ²² which also would be exceding glad, & reioyce yf they found their graue.

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

¹³ O that thou woldest kepe me, and hyde me in the hell, vntyll thy wrath were stylled: and to appoynte me a tyme, wherin thou myghtest remembre me.

²¹ Haue pyte vpon me, haue pite vpon me (O ye my frendes) for the hande of the Lorde hath touched me.

⁴ And because thy hand was so heuy vpon me both daye and nyght, my moysture was lyke the drouth in Sommer. Selah.

¹⁰ Beholde I haue pourged the, & not for moneye. I haue chosen the in the fyre of pouerte, ¹¹ And that onely for myne owne sake, for I geue myne honoure to none other, that thou shuldest not despyse me. ¹² Herken vnto me O Iacob, and Israel whom I haue called I am euen he that is, I am the fyrst & the last. ¹³ My hande is the foundacyon of the earthe, & my ryghte hande spanneth ouer the heauens. As sone as I called them they were there.

³ And now O Lord, take my lyfe fro me (I beseche the) for I had rather dye then lyue.

⁸ And when the Sunne was vp God prepared a feruent east wynde: and the Sunne bett ouer the head of Ionas, that he faynted agayne, and wisshed vnto hys soule, that he myght dye, and sayde: It is better for me to dye, then to lyue.

⁶ And in those dayes shal men seke death, and shal not finde it, and shall desyre to dye, and death shal flye from them.

² speake vnto al the multytude of the children of Israel, and say vnto them. Be holy for I the Lord youre God am holye.

²⁰ And so the Lorde wyll not be mercyfull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the lord & his gelousye, smoke agaynst that man, & al the curses that are written in thys boke lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde do out hys name from vnder heauen,

² There is none so holye as the Lorde: no there is none saue thou. Neyther is there any strength like vnto our God.

²² which also would be exceding glad, & reioyce yf they found their graue.

⁴ He is wyse of hert, and myghtie in strength. Who euer prospered, that toke parte against hym?

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.

²² Receyue the lawe at his mouth, & laye vp his wordes in thine hert.

¹² I haue not forsaken the commaundemente of hys lippes, but loke what he charged me wt his mouth, that haue I shut vp in my herte.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome, and hys tonge talketh of iudgement.

⁹ I will preach of thy ryghtuousnesse in the great congregacyon: Lo. I wyl not refraine my lippes, O Lorde, and that thou knowest. ¹⁰ I do not hyde thy ryghtuousnes in my hert, my talkinge is of thy trueth and sauing health: I kepe not thy louyng mercy & faythfulnesse backe from the greate congregacyon.

¹⁷ Thou, O God, haste learned me fro my youth vp vntyll now, therfore wyll I tell of thy wonderous workes. ¹⁸ Forsake me not, O GOD, in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntyll I haue shewed thyne arme vnto chylders chyldren, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

¹³ With my lippes wil I be tellyng out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth.

¹¹ Treade oute of the waye, go out of the path, turne the holye one of Israel from vs. ¹² Therfore thus sayeth the holye one of Israel: In as muche as ye haue caste of youre bewtye, and comforted youre selues with power and nymblenesse, and put youre confidence therin:

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one. I dwell hye aboue & in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite & humble spirite: that I maye heale a troubled mind, & a contrite hert.

⁹ therfore haue I not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my wrothfull displeasure. For I am God and no man, I am euen that holy one in the middest of the, thoughe I came not within the cyty.

¹² But thou O Lorde my God, my holy one thou arte from the begynnynge, therfor shall we not dye. O Lorde, thou hast ordened them for a punyshment, and set them to reproue the myghtye.

³ God commeth from Theman, and the holye one from the mounte of Pharan Selah. Hys glory couereth the heauens, and the earthe is full of hys prayse.

²⁰ and howe I kept backe nothyng that was profytable, but that I haue shewed you, and taughte you openlye, and at home in your houses,

²⁷ For I haue kept nothynge backe, but haue shewed you all the counsell of God.

³² whyche spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all: how shall he not wyth hym geue vs all thynges also?

⁴ For yf God spared not the aungels that sinned but cast them downe into hell, and deliuered them into chayns of darckenes, to be kept vnto iudgement, ⁵ neyther spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the ryght preacher of rightuousnes, and brought in the floud vpon the worlde of the vngodly,

⁷ And wryte vnto the tydinges bringer of the congregacyon of Philadelphia, this sayeth he that is holy and true, which hath the keye of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth & no man openeth.

⁸ And the .iiij. beastes had eche one of them .vi. wynges about him, and they were full of eies wythin. And they had no reste, daye neither nyghte sayinge. Holye, holye, holy, Lord God almyghtye, whyche was and is, and is to come.

⁵ My fleshe is clothed wyth wormes, fylthynesse and dust: my skynne is wythered, and crompled together: ⁶ my dayes passe ouer more spedelye, then a weeuer can weeue out his webbe: and are gone, or I am a warre. ⁷ O remembre, that my lyfe is but a wynde, and that myne eye shall nomore se the pleasures

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

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

²⁸ were as I (notwithstandynge) must consume lyke as a foule carion, and as a cloth that is moth aten.

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

⁴ Is it with a man, that I make this disputacyon? Whych yf it were so, shoulde not my spyrite be then in sore trouble?

⁵ Behold, thou hast made my dayes a span longe, and my lyfe as it were nothynge before the. O how vayne are all men liuing? Selah

⁵ As sone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, & fade awaye sodenly like the grasse. ⁶ In the mornyng it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cut doune and wythered. ⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrathful indignacion. ⁸ Thou settest our misdedes before the, and our secrete sinnes in the light of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone, we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde. ¹⁰ The dayes of oure age are .iij. score yeares and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to foure score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure, & sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, and we are gone.

²³ He hath brought doune my strength in my iourney, and shortened my dayes.

¹⁴ For he knoweth whereof we be made, he remembreth that we are but dust. ¹⁵ That a man in hys time is but as grasse, and florisheth as a floure of the felde. ¹⁶ For as sone, as the wynde goeth ouer it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

¹⁸ His shynnes are lyke pypes of brasse, hys rygge bones are lyke staues of yron.

²⁴ His hert is as herde as a stone, & as faste as the stithye that the hammer man smyteth vpon.

² Then (no doute) ye are the men alone, and wysdom shall perysh wyth you. ³ But I haue vnderstandyng as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Ye who knoweth not these thinges?

² Loke what ye knowe, that same do I knowe also, nether am I inferior vnto you.

²⁸ when ye saye: Why do not we persecute him? we haue founde an occasyon against hym.

² O how helpest thou the weake? what comforte geuest thou vnto hym that hath no strength?

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.

⁴ Let euerye man proue hys owne worke, and then shall he haue reioysynge in hys owne selfe, & not in another.

¹¹ And Abraham answered: I thought that peraduenture the feare of God was not in thys place, & that they shulde sley me for my wyfes sake:

³ Behold, thou hast bene a teacher of manye, and hast comforted the wery handes. ⁴ Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou haste refreshed the weake knees. ⁵ But nowe that the plage is come vpon the thou shrenkest awaye: now that it hath touched thy self, thou arte faynt harted.

⁴ As for shame, thou hast set it a syde, els woldest thou not make so many words before God:

⁵ I shoulde comforte you wyth my mouth, and release youre payne wyth the talkyng of my lyppes.

¹ To the chaunter, of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde. My hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly, that there is no feare of God before hys eyes. ² For he dissembleth before his face, so longe tyll hys abhominable sinne be founde out. ³ The woordes of hys mouth are vnrighteousnes and disceate, he will not be learned to do good.

¹⁷ He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersite a man shal know who is hys brother.

⁴⁰ The other aunswered and rebuked him saiyng. Neither fearest thou God, because thou art in the same damnacion?

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.

²⁹ Who is weake, and I am not weake? Who is hurte in the faythe, and my herte burneth not?

² Beare ye one anothers burthen, and so fulfyl the lawe of christ.

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.

¹⁹ Al suche as were my most familiers, abhorre me: and they whom I loued best, are turned against me.

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

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

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

⁴ Yea one must kepe him selfe from another no man maye safely truste his owne brother: for one brother vndermyneth another, & one neyghboure begyleth another. ⁵ Yea one dyssembleth with another, & they deale wyth no trueth. They haue practysed theyr tunges to lye, and taken greate paynes to do myschefe.

¹⁸ Shall my heuynes endure for euer? Are my plages then so greate, that they maye neuer be healed? Wilt thou be as a water, that falleth, and can not continue?

¹⁴ All thy louers haue forgotten the, and care nothynge for the. For I haue geuen the a cruell stroke, and chastened the roughly: and that for the multitude of thy mysdedes, for thy synnes haue had the ouer hande.

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.

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.

³² Beholde, the houre draweth nye, and is all readye come that ye shalbe scatered euerye man hys wayes, and shall leaue me alone. And yet am I not alone. For the father is with me.

¹² These are spottes which of youre kyndnes feast together, wythoute feare, fedyng themselues. Cloudes they are wythout water, caryed aboute of wyndes, and trees wythout frute at gatherynge tyme, twyse dead & plucked vp by rotes.

¹ And Eliah the Thesbite whyche was of the enhabiters of Galaad saide vnto Ahab: as truly as the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whome I stande, there shal be neyther dewe nor rayne these yeares, saue as I appoynt it.

¹⁹ O that they (for the wickednesse whiche they haue done) were drawen to the hel, soner then snow melteth at the heate.

⁷ The sonns of Chus were Seba, Heuyla, Sabta, Rayma, and Sabtema. And the sonnes of Rayma were: Sheba, & Dedan.

³ And Iecksan begat Seba & Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Assurim, Letusim & Leumim.

¹⁵ Hadar, Thema Ietur Naphis & Kedma:

¹ And the quene of Saba hearde of the wysdome of Salomon concernyng the name of the Lord, and came to proue hym wyth rydelles.

¹⁰ The kynges of the sea & of the Iles shall bringe presentes, the kynges of Araby and Saba shall offre gyftes.

¹⁴ Mete the thursty wt water (O ye cytesins of Hema) mete those wt bread that are fled.

²³ Dedan, Thema, Buz and the shauen Ismaelites:

²² The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupied also with the, in al costlye spices, in all precious stones and goulde, which they broughte vnto thy markettes. ²³ Haran, Chene and Eden, the marchauntes of Saba, Assiria and Chelmad, were al doers with the,

³ The Lordes shall sende their seruauntes to fetch water, and when they come to the welles, they shall fynde no water, but shall carye their vessels home emptye. They shall be ashamed and confounded, & shall couer their heades. ⁴ For the grounde shalbe dried vp, because there commeth no rayne vpon it. The plowmen also shalbe a shamed, & shall couer their heades.

¹³ Thou art the comforte of Israell. All they that forsake the, shal be confounded: all they that departe from the, shalbe wrytten in earth, for they haue forsaken the Lorde the very condyte of the waters of lyfe.

⁵ And hope maketh not ashamed, for the loue of God is sheed abroade in our hertes by the holye ghost, which he is geuen vnto vs.

³³ As it is wrytten. Beholde I put in Syon a stomblyng stone, and a rocke which shall make men faule. And none that beleue on hym, shalbe a shamed.

¹¹ Now when Iobs frendes herde of all the trouble, that happened vnto hym, there came thre of them, euery one from hys owne place: namelye, Eliphas the Thamanite, Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shewe theyr compassyon vpon him, and to comforte hym. ¹² So when they lyfte vp theyr eyes a farre of, they knewe hym not. Then they cryed, and wepte: then euerye one of them rente hys clothes, and sprynckled dust vpon theyr heades in the ayre. ¹³ They sat them doune by hym also vpon the grounde .vij. dayes and .vij. nightes. Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto hym, for they sawe that hys payne was verye greate.

¹⁵ Myne owne brethren passeouer by me as the water broke, that hastelye runneth thorow the valleyes.

⁴ As for you, ye are worckmaisters of lyes, and vnprofytable Physicians all together.

⁹ As for men, they are but vayne, men are dysceatfull: vpon the weyghtes they are all together lyghter than vanitye it selfe.

⁷ As for the poore, he is hated amonge all hys brethren: yea, hys owne frendes forsake hym, & he that geueth credence vnto wordes getteth nothyng.

²² Every man can eschue a persone moued in anger, for what doeth he wyselye?

⁵ Thus sayeth the Lorde: Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man, & that taketh flesh for hys arme: and he, whose herte departeth from the Lorde. ⁶ He shall be lyke the heeth, that groweth in the wildernes. As for the good thing that is for to come, he shal not se it: but dwell in a drye place of the wildernes, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.

⁹ We wolde haue made Babylon whole (saye they) but she is not recouered. Therfore wyll we let her alone, & go euery man into hys owne countre. For her iudgemente is come into heauen, and is gone vp to the cloudes.

³¹ Then sayd Iesus vnto them: all ye shall be offended by me thys nyght. For it is written. I wyll smyte the shepehearde, and the shepe of the flocke shall be scattered abroade.

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:

⁹ And the kynges of the earth shal bewepe her & wayle ouer her, which haue committed fornicacion with her, & haue lyued wantonly with her, when they shal se the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ & shal stand a farre of, for feare of her punishmente, saying: Alas, Alas, that great citie Babilon, that myghty cytie. For at one houre is her iudgemente come.

¹⁷ for at one hour so great riches is come to nought. And euery shyp gouerner, & al they that occupied shippes, & shipmen which worke in the sea, stode a farre of ¹⁸ & cried, when they saw the smoke of her burninge, sayinge: what citie is lyke vnto this great citie?

³ Behold here I am: answere me before the Lorde & before his annoynted, whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? or whom haue I pylled? And of whose hand haue I receiued any bribe, to blynde myne eyes therewith? & I wyll restore it you agayne.

¹¹ And then came there vnto him all hys brethren, all hys sisters, with all them that had bene of hys acquayntaunce afore, & ate bread wyth hym in hys house, wondryng at hym, & comfortyng hym ouer all the trouble, that the Lorde had brought vpon hym. Euery man gaue hym a shepe and a Iewell of golde.

³³ I haue desyred no mans syluer, golde or vesture.

⁴⁸ after that he is solde he may be redemed agayne: one of hys brethren may bye hym oute:

⁸ and sayde vnto them: we (after oure abilyte) haue bought oure brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heythen. And wyll ye sell youre brethren, whom we haue boughte vnto vs? Then helde they theyr peace, and coulde fynde nothynge to aunswere.

²⁰ In the middest of honger he saueth the from death: and when it is warre, from the power of the swearde.

⁷ No man may deliuer his brother, nor make agrement vnto hym for God. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer.

¹⁵ But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of hell, when he receyueth me. Selah.

² Let them geue thankes whome the Lord hath redemed, & deliuered from the hande of the enemye.

²¹ And I wyll rydd the out of the handes of the wycked, and delyuer the out of the hande of Tirauntes.

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.

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

¹¹ For when I had wayted till ye made an ende of your talking & hearde youre wysedome: what argumentes ye made in youre communycacyon:

¹⁵ (for they were so abashed, that they coude not make aunswere, nor speake one worde) ¹⁶ but in so muche as ye wyll not speake, standynge styll lyke domme men, and makynge no aunswere:

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

³¹ Marke well (O Iob) and heare me: holde the styl, vntyll I haue spoken. ³² But yf thou hast anything to saye, then aunswere me, and speake, for thy aunswere pleaseth me. ³³ If thou hast nothyng, then heare me, and holde thy tonge, so shall I teache the wysdome.

³² If I haue gone a mysse, enfourme me: yf I haue done wronge, I wyl leaue of.

¹² Who can tell, how oft he offendeth? Oh clense thou me fro my secrete fautes.

⁸ I wyl enforme the, and shew the the waie wherin thou shalt go I wyll fasten myne eyes vpon the.

¹ To the chanter for Iduthun, a Psalme of Dauid. I sayde: I wyll kepe my wayes that I offende not in my tonge And so I shutte my mouthe whyle the vngodly layed wait for me. ² I helde my tonge, I was domme, I kept sylence, yea euen from good wordes, but it was payne and grefe to me.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wiser, teache a righteous man, and he will increase.

¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold.

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

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye.

⁴ Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou haste refreshed the weake knees.

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

³ Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende? Or, hast thou yet eny more to saye? ⁴ I coulde speake, as ye do also. But woulde God, that youre soule were in my soules steade: then shoulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you, and shake my heade at you. ⁵ I shoulde comforte you wyth my mouth, and release youre payne wyth the talkyng of my lyppes.

³⁴ O how vayne is the comforte that ye geue me? Are not youre answeres cleane contrary to right and truthe.

²⁵ Is it not so? Who wyll then reproue me as a lyar, & say that my wordes are nothing worth.

³ And wyth Iobs thre frindes he was angry also, because they had founde no reasonnable answere to ouercome him.

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

²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstanding, is called to councel but he that canne speake faire getteth more riches. ²² Vnderstanding is a wel of lyfe vnto him that hath it, as for the chastenyng of foles, it is but folishnesse. ²³ The hert of the wyse enfourm his moueth, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyps. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, and helth of the bones.

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

¹¹ A worde speken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a syluer dish.

¹⁰ His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth. ¹¹ For the wordes of the wise are like prickes and nayles that go thorow, wherewith men are kepte together: for they are geuen of one shepeherde onely.

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.

³ loste be that daye, wherin I was borne: and the nyght, in that which it was sayde: there is a man chylde conceyued. ⁴ The same daye be turned to darcknesse, & not regarded of God from aboue, nether be shyned vpon with lyght: ⁵ but be couered with darcknesse, & the shadowe of death. Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it, & let it be lapped in with sorow. ⁶ Let the darck storme ouercome that nyght, let it not be reckened amonge the dayes of the yeare, ner counted in the monethes. ⁷ Despysed be that night, & discommended: let them that curse the daye, ⁸ euen those that be ready to rayse vp mourninge geue it also theyr cursse. ⁹ Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it. Let it loke for lyght, but let it se none, nether the rysyng vp of the fayre mornynge, ¹⁰ because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me, ner hyd these sorowes from myne eyes. ¹¹ Alas, why dyed I not in the byrth? Why dyd not I perysh, as sone as I came oute of my mothers wombe? ¹² Why set they me vpon their knees? Why gaue they me suck wyth their brestes? ¹³ Then shulde I now haue lyen styll, I shulde haue slepte, & bene at rest: ¹⁴ like as the kynges & lordes of the erth, which buyld them selues specyall places: ¹⁵ As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of gould, & theyr houses full of syluer. ¹⁶ O that I vtterlye had no beynge, or were as a thynge borne out of tyme (that is put asyde) ether as yonge chyldren, which neuer sawe the light. ¹⁷ There must the wycked ceasse from their tyranny, there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest: ¹⁸ there are those let out fre, whych haue bene in preson, so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressour: ¹⁹ There are small and greate: the bonde man, and he that is fre from his mayster. ²⁰ Wherfore is the lyght geuen to hym that is in miserye? and lyfe vnto them, that haue heuy hertes? ²¹ Whyche longe for death, yf it come not: and search for it more then for treasure ²² which also would be exceding glad, & reioyce yf they found their graue. ²³ That should be ioye to the man whose way is hyd, which God kepeth backe from him. ²⁴ For my sighes come before I eate, and my roarynges fall oute lyke flowynge water. ²⁵ For the thynge that I feared, is come vpon me: and the thing that I was afraied of, is happened vnto me? ²⁶ Was I not happye? Had I not quyetnesse? Was I not in rest? And now commeth such misery vpon me.

³ Behold, thou hast bene a teacher of manye, and hast comforted the wery handes. ⁴ Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou haste refreshed the weake knees.

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.

⁹ That he woulde begynne And smyte me: that he woulde let hys hande go, and hewe me doune.

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

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,

³ For lyke as the mouthe tasteth the meates, so the eare proueth and discerneth the wordes. ⁴ As for the iudgement, let vs seke it oute among our selues, that we may knowe what is ryghte. ⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am ryghtuous, but GOD doth me wronge. ⁶ I muste nedes be a lyar, thoughe my cause be ryghte, and vyolently I am plaged where as I made no faut: ⁷ where is there such one as Iob, that drincketh vp scornefulnes lyke water? ⁸ which goeth in the company of wicked doars, & walketh with vngodly men? ⁹ For he sayeth: Thoughe a man be good, yet is he naughte before God.

² what is he that hideth his mynde with folysh wordes?

⁵ Ones or twise haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more.

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

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.

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 Ephraim kepeth the ayre, and folowed after the east winde: he is euer increasinge lyes & destruccyon. They be confederate with the Assirians, their oyle is caried into Egypte.

³⁷ For thy wordes thou shalt be iustified: & by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more chyldren, waueringe and caryed wyth euerye wynde of doctryne, by the wylynes of men and craftynes, wherby they laye awayte for vs to deceyue vs.

²² Ye shal trouble no widdowe nor fatherlesse chylde: ²³ If ye shall trouble them: they shall crye vnto me, and I wyll surelye heare their crye ²⁴ and then wyl my wrath waxe hote and I wyl kil you with the sweard, and your wiues shalbe widdowes and your chyldren fatherlesse.

⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes away emptye and oppressed the poore fatherlesse.

³ that driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, that take the wyddowes oxe for a pledge:

⁹ They spoyle the sucking fatherlesse children and put the dore in preson.

¹² For I delyuered the poore when he cried, and the fatherlesse that wanted helpe.

¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcyon alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte wyth me?

²¹ Dyd I euer lyfce vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yea in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctoryte:

¹⁵ He hath grauen & digged vp a pyt, but he shall fall hym selfe into the pitte that he hath made.

⁶ They haue layed a net for my fete, and pressed doune my soule: they haue dygged a pytte before me, and are fallen into it them selues. Selah.

³ Defende the poore and fatherlesse, se that suche as be in nede & necessitie haue right.

¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the feld of the fatherles ¹¹ For he that delyuereth them is myghty, euen he shall defend their cause agaynste the.

²⁰ Do they not recompence euell for good, when they dygg a pyt for my soule? Remembre, how that I stode before the, to speake for them, and to turne awaye thy wrath from them.

²² Let the noyse be herde out of their houses, when the murtherer commeth sodenly vpon them: For they haue digged a pyt to take me, and layed snares for my fete.

⁷ In the haue they dispysed father & mother, in the haue they oppressed the straunger, in the haue they vexed the widdowe and the fatherlesse.

³ yea they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge men haue they set in the bordell house, and solde the Damsels for wine, that they myghte haue to drincke.

¹⁰ yet was she dryuen away, and brought into captiuite: her yonge chyldren were smiten doune at the heade of euerye strete, the lottes were cast for the most auncient men in her, and al her mightye men were bounde in chaynes.

⁵ I wil come and punish you, and I my selfe will be a swyf wytnes against the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynste false swearers: yea, and agaynst those, that wrongeouslye kepe backe the hyrelinges dewtye: which vexe the widdowes and the fatherlesse and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the Lord of Hostes.

²⁷ Pure deuocyon and vndefyled before God the father is thys: to visite the fatherlesse and wyddowes in theyr aduersitye, and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

³ and thorowe couetousnes shal they wyth fayned wordes make marchaundyse of you, whose iudgement is not farre of, and theyr dampnacion slepeth not.

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

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

³ My herte shall ordre my wordes a ryghte, & my lyppes shall talke of pure wysdome.

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

¹⁰ As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse man amonge you.

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

⁴ whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels. 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. ⁶ My ryghteous dealinge kepe I fast, whiche I wyll not forsake: my hert shall not reproue me of my dayes.

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

⁶ Wherfor I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the duste and asshes.

¹⁸ Turne you therfore, and consydre what difference is betwyxt the ryghteous & vngodly: betwyxt him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.

⁶ That which is vnsauery, shall it be eaten wythoute salte, or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge:

⁸ Now haste thou spoken in myne eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am clene withoute any faute, I am innocente, & there is no wyckednesse in me, ¹⁰ But lo, he hath pyked a quarell agaynste me, and taketh me for hys enemye, ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, & loketh narowlye vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make aunswere. Shulde God be reproued of man?

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.

¹⁴ But stronge meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, which thorow custome haue theyr wittes exercised to iudge both good and euil also.