Job complaineth of life.

Before CHRIST about 1520.

+ Heb. the eyelids of the morning, ch. 41. 18. d ch. 10. 18.

* Gen. 30. 3. 1s. 66. 12.

fch. 15. 28.

g Ps. 58. 8.

† Heb. wearied in strength.

h ch. 39. 7.

i Jer. 20. 18.

light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 10 Because it shut not up the Idoors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

e

12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16 Or gas a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the tweary

be at rest.

18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life k1 Sam. 1. 10. unto the bitter in soul;

2 Kings 4.27. Prov. 31. 6. † Heb. wait. 1 Rev. 9. 6. m Prov. 2. 4.

ncl. 19. 8. Lam. 3. 7.

† Heb, before my meat.

† Heb.

I feared a fear, and it

came upon me.

† Heb.

a word.

21 Which t1long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than mfor hid treasures;

22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh t before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

CHAPTER IV. 1 Eliphaz reproveth Job for want of religion. 7 lle teacheth God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked His fearful vision, to humble the excellency

of creatures before God.

Tanswered and said,
HIEN Eliphaz the Temanite

2 If we assay to commune

Eliphaz relateth his vision. with thee, wilt thou be grieved? Before but who can withhold himself CHRIST from speaking?

about 1520.

Heb.

who can re

3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou a hast strength-frain from ened the weak hands.

words? a Is. 35. 3.

† Heb. the bowing knees, Heb. 12. 12.

4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast bls. 35. 3. strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the up-d rightness of thy ways?

ch. 1. 1. Prov. 3. 26. Ps. 37. 25.

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they fPs. 7. 14. that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Prov 22.8. Hos. 10. 13. Gal. 6. 7. 8.

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his That is, by nostrils are they consumed.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

his anger: as Is. 30. 33. See Ex. 15.8. ch 1. 19, &

15. 30.
Is. 11. 4.

2 Thess. 2.8. Ps. 58. 6.

11 The old lion perisheth for h Ps. 34. 10. lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. 12 Now a thing was secretly Heb. brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

by stealth.

The happy end

Before CHRIST about 1520.

I Or, look.

1 Or, indignation.

a Ps. 37. 35, 36.

CHAPTER V.

1 The harm of inconsideration. 3 The end

of the wicked is misery. 6 God is to be regarded in affliction. 17 The happy end of God's correction.

ALL now, if there be any

of God's correction.

19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

S

one.

3 I have seen the foolish takJer. 12. 2, 3. ing root: but suddenly I cursed

b Ps. 119. 155. & 127. 5.

Ps. 109. 12.

d ch. 18. 9.

Or, iniquity.

* Gen. 3. 17,
18, 19.

1 Cor. 10. 13.
Or, labour.
† Heb. the
sons of the
burning
coal lift up
to fly.
fch. 9. 10. &
37. 5.

Ps. 40. 5. &
72. 18. & 145.
3.

Rom. 11. 33.
+ Heb. and
there is no
search.

† Heb. till
there be no
number.
8 ch. 28. 26.
Ps. 65. 9, 10.
& 147. 8.
Jer. 5. 24. &
10. 13. & 51.
16.

Acts 14. 17.
† Heb.
outplaces.
h1 Sam. 2. 7.
Ps. 113. 7.

i Neh. 4. 15.
Ps. 33. 10.
Is. 8. 10.
Or,cannot

his habitation.

4 b His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 6 Although laffliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

7 Yet man is e born unto Itrouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my

cause:

9 Which doeth great things tand unsearchable; marvellous things † without number:

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the + fields:

11 h To set up on high those that be low; that those which

12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands I cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

141 They meet with darkness form any in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

thing. k Ps. 9. 15.

1 Cor. 3. 19.

Is. 59. 10.

15 But he saveth the poor 1 Deut. 28. 29. from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Amos 8. 9. | Or, run into.

m Ps. 35. 10.

Ps. 107.42.

16 So the poor hath hope, and 1 Sam. 2.9. iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening

• Ps. 94. 12. Prov. 3. 11, 12.

Heb. 12. 5.

James 1. 12. of the Almighty:

Rev. 3. 19.

P Deut. 32. 39.

1 Sam. 2. 6.
Is, 30.26.

Hos. 6.1.

18 P For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

21 t Thou shalt be hid from the Scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of tion when it cometh.

Before

CHRIST

about 1520.

Ps. 34. 19. & 91. 3. Prov, 24.16. 1 Cor. 10.13. r Ps. 91. 10. Ps. 33. 19. & 37. 19.

destruc-Heb. from

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: "neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of

the earth.

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

the hands. t Ps. 31. 20. Or, when the tongue scourgeth.

"Is. 11. 9. &

35. 9. & 65.
25.

Ez. 34. 25.

Ps. 91. 12.
Hos. 2. 18.

peace is thy tabernacle.

24 And thou shalt know that Or, that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not Isin.

I Or, err.

Job reproveth his friends.

He excuseth his desire of death.

about 1520. d1 Kings 19.4. me off!

† Heb. brazen.

† Heb.

11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

CHAPTER VII.

1 Job excuseth his desire of death. 12 He complaineth of his own restlessness, 17 and God's watchfulness.

there not laan appointed

of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his 8 Prov. 17. 17. friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

To him that melteth.

h Ps. 38. 11. & 41.9.

i Jer. 15. 18.

† Heb. they are cut off.

15 h My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackishi by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow

is hid:

17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, t Heb. in the they are † consumed out of their heat thereof. place. † Heb. extinguished.

k Gen. 25. 15. 11 Kings 10.1. Ps. 72. 10. Ez. 27. 22, 23.

m Jer. 14. 3.

I Or, For now ye are

18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

19 The troops of k Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 They were m confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

21 For now ye are nothing; like to them. ye see my casting down, and are

Heb. to it.

n ch. 13. 4. + Heb. not. • Ps. 38 11.

↑ Heb.

ye cause to

fall upon.

P Ps. 57, 6.

afraid.

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

27 Yea, tye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye rdig a pit for your friend.

28 Now therefore be content,

not his days also like the days of a hireling?

2 As a servant tearnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;

3 So am I made to possess bmonths of vanity, and weari- b See ch. 29. some nights are appointed to me.

c

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

2.

Deut. 28.67.

ch. 17. 12.

5 My flesh is dclothed with d Is. 14. 11. worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathisome.

* ch. 9. 25. &

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent 16. 22. & 17. without hope.

7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye tshall no more see good.

11.

Ps. 90. 6. & 102. 11. & 103. 15. & 144. 4. Is. 38. 12. & 40. 6. James 4. 14. f Ps. 78. 39. & 89. 47.

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and It Heb. shall am not.

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away; so he goeth down to the grave shall

come up no more.

not return. to see, that is, to enjoy.

thatch. 20. 9. That is,

10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

i

can live no longer.

h 2 Sam. 12.

11 Therefore I will knot refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of 11 Sam. 1. 10. my soul.

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13 m When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

15 So that my soul chooseth

ch. 10. 1.

m ch. 9. 27.

Bildad sheweth

Before CHRIST about 1520. † Heb. than my bones.

A ch. 10. 1.

° ch. 10. 20. & 14. 6.

Ps. 39. 13.

P Ps. 62. 9.

9 Ps. 8. 4. &
144. 3.
Heb. 2. 6.

Ps. 36. 6.

ch. 16. 12. Ps. 21. 12. Lam. 3. 12.

a Gen. 18. 25. Deut. 32. 4. 2 Chr. 19. 7.

ch. 34. 12, 17.

Dan. 9. 14.
Rom. 3. 5.

b ch. 1. 5, 18.

† Heb. in

strangling, and death rather +than my life.

16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for Pmy days are vanity.

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

not

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou depart from me, nor let alone till I swallow down spittle?

me

my

20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

CHAPTER VIII.

1 Bildad sheweth God's justice in dealing with men according to their works. 8 He allegeth antiquity to prove the certain de struction of the hypocrite. 20 He applieth God's just dealing to Job.

Tshuhite, and said,

HEN answered Bildad the

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

3 a Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

God's just dealing.

Before

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow CHRIST without water?

about 1520.

Jer. 17. 6.

12 Whilst it is yet in his green-f Ps. 129. 6. ness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's 5 ch. 11. 20. & hope shall perish:

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be ta spi-† der's web.

15 h He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

18. 14. & 27.

8.

Ps. 112. 10. Prov. 10. 28.

Heb. a spi

der's house, Is. 59. 5, 6.

ch. 27. 18.

20.9. Ps. 37. 36.

18 If he destroy him from his ich. 7. 10. & place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall Ps. 113. 7. others grow.

20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he thelp the evil doers:

t Heb. take the ungodly 21 Till he fill thy mouth with by the hand. laughing, and thy lips with tre-Heb.shoutjoicing.

ing for joy.

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the 1 PR. 35. 26. & dwellingplace of the wicked tshall come to nought.

CHAPTER IX.

1 Job, acknowledging God's justice, sheweth there is no contending with him. 22 Man's innocency is not to be condemned by afflictions.

the hand of sion;

their trans

gression.

HEN Job answered and said,

109. 29. † Heb. shall not be.

a Ps. 143. 2. Rom. 3. 20. Or, before

3 If he will contend with him, God. he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

4b He is wise in heart, and b ch. 36. 5. mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not; which overturneth them in his anger; 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars;

There is no contending with God.

Before

hold me innocent.

about 1520.

† Heb. heights. f Gen. 1. 16. ch.38. 31,&c. Amos 5. 8. † Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah. Sch. 5. 9. Ps. 71. 15.

h ch. 23. 8, 9.

& 35, 14. i Is. 45. 9. Jer. 18. 6. Rom. 9. 20. † Heb. who can turn

him away? ch. 11. 10.

k ch. 26. 12. Is. 30. 7. † Heb. help ers of pride,

or, strength.

Ich. 10. 15.

mcl. 2. 3. & 34.6.

" Ecc. 9. 2, 3. Ez. 21. 3.

& 19. 4. Jer. 14.4.

Arcturus,

Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

10 g Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

11 h Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

12 Behold, he taketh away, † who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? 13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds m without cause.

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, "He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the 02Sam. 15.30. hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 25 Now Pmy days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Pch. 7. 6, 7.

† Heb. ships of desire.

1 Or, ships of Ebeh.

9 Hab. 1. 8.

ch. 7. 13.

Ps. 119. 120.

26 They are passed away as the tswift ships: as the eagle that Ihasteth to the prey.

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself; 28 I am afraid of all my sor

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Before CHRIST about 1520. t Ex. 20. 7.

30 u If I wash myself with "Jer. 2. 22. snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Or, make

me to be abhorred.

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, Ecc. 6. 10. and we should come together in judgment.

Is. 45. 9. Jer. 49. 19. Rom. 9. 20.

33 y Neither is there any days- ver. 19. man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Ꮓ

34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

1 Sam. 2. 25. † Heb. one that should argue.

I Or, umpire. Z ch.13.20,21, 22. & 33.7.

Ps. 39. 10.

35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; † but it is not so with Heb. but I me.

am not so

with myself.

2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of Heb. the thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or cseest thou as man seeth?

5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

7td Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

8 Thine hands thave made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.