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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 And Eliphas the Themanite aunswered, & sayde: Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 If we assay to come with thee, wilt thou be discontent? But who can withhold him selfe from speaking? “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking? “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
3 Beholde, thou hast ben an instructer of many, & hast strenghtned the weery handes: Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4 Thy wordes haue set vp him that was falling, thou hast refreshed the weake knees. Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
5 But nowe it is come vpon thee, and thou art greeued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed. But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6 Was not thy feare according to thy hope? and the perfectnesse of thy wayes according to thy expectation? Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope? Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
7 Consider I pray thee who euer perished beyng an innocent? or when were the godly destroyed? “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off? “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
8 For as I haue proued by experience, they that plow iniquitie & sow wretchednesse, reape the same. As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
9 With the blast of God they perishe, with the breath of his nostrels are they consumed away. By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10 The roring of the lion, and the voyce of the lion, and the teeth of the lions whelpes are pulled out. The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions are broken. The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11 The lion perisheth for lake of pray, & the lions whelpes are scattered abrode. The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 But wheras a thing was hyd from me, yet myne care hath receaued a litle therof. “Now a word was brought to me stealthily; my ear received the whisper of it. “A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 In the thoughtes and visions of the night when sleepe commeth on men, Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
14 Feare came vpon me & dread, which made all my bones to shake. dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
15 The winde passed by before my presence, and made the heeres of my fleshe to stande vp. A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
16 He stoode thereon and I knewe not his face, an image there was before myne eyes, and in the stilnesse hearde I a voyce. It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker? ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Beholde, he founde not trueth in his seruauntes, and in his angels there was folly: Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error; If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
19 Howe much more in them that dwel in houses of clay, and whose foundation is but dust, which shall be consumed as it were with a moth? how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth. how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
20 They shalbe smitten from the morning vnto the euening: yea they shall perishe for euer, when no man regardeth them. Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome. Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’ Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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