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1 Then Iob aunswered the Lord, and saide: 2 I know that thou hast power ouer all thinges, and that there is no thought hid vnto thee. 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding. 4 O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee. 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes. 7 Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it came to passe that the Lorde saide to Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with thee, and thy two friendes: for ye haue not spoken of me the thyng that is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. 8 Therefore take you now seuen oxen, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruaunt Iob shall pray for you: him wyll I accept, and not deale with you after your foolishnesse, in that ye haue not spoken of me the thing which is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. 9 So Eliphas the Themanite, and Bildad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite, went and did according as the Lorde commaunded them: the Lorde also accepted the person of Iob, Job 42:1-9, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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