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1 Then aunswered Sophar the Naamathite, and saide: 2 For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to aunswere, and therefore, make haste. 3 I haue sufficiently heard the checking of my reproofe, therefore the spirite of myne vnderstanding causeth me to aunswere. 4 Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth, 5 That the gladnesse of the vngodlie hath ben short, and that the ioy of hypocrites continued but the twinckling of an eye? 6 Though he be magnified vp to the heauen, so that his head reacheth vnto the cloudes: 7 Yet at a turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he? Job 20:1-7, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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