The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XV.

1 Elipház reprehendeth Iob, because he ascribeth wisdo∣me, and putenes to him self. 16 He describeth the curse that falleth on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wicked, rekoning Iob to be one of the nomber,

1 THen answered Elipház the Temanite, and said,

2 Shal a wise mā speake wordes of thea winde, and fil his bellyb with the East winde?

3 Shal he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?

4 Surely thou hast cast ofc feare, and restrai∣nest prayer before God.

5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seing thou hast chosend the tongue of the crafty.

6 Thine one mouth condemneth thee, & not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

7 Art thou thee first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?

8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God, and doest thou restraine wisdomef to thee?

9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? (and) vnderstanded that is not in vs?

10 With vs are bothe ancient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.

11 (Seme) the consolations of Godg smale vn∣to thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?

12 Why doeth thine hearth take thee away, & what do thine eyes meane,

13 That thou answerest to God” at thy pleasu∣re, and bringest (suche) wordes out of thy mouth?

14 What is man, that he shulde be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shuldei be iust?

15 Beholde, he founde no sted fastnes in his Sain tes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.

16 How muche more (is) man abominable, and filthie, whichk drinketh iniquitie like wa∣ter?

17 I wil tel thee: heare me, & I wil declare that which I haue sene:

18 Which wisemen haue tolde, (as they haue heard) of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:

19 To whome alone the land wasl giuen and no stranger passed through them.

20 The wicked man is continually as one that trauelleth of childe, and the nomberm of ye res is hid from the tyrant.

21 A soūd of feare (is) in his eares, (&) in his pro speritie the destroyer shal come vpon him.

22 He beleueth not to returne out ofn darke∣nes: for he seeth the sworde before him.

23 He wandretho to and fro for bread where (he may:) he knoweth that the day of darke nes is prepared at hand.

24 Affliction andp anguish shall make him afraid: they shal preuaile against him as a King ready to the battel.

25 For he hathe stretched out his hand against God, and made him self strong against the Almightie.

26 (Therefore God) shal runne vpō him, (euen) vpō his necke, and against the moste thicke part of his shield.

27 Because he hathe couered his face withq his fatnes, and hathe collopes in (his) flācke.

28 Thogh he dwelr in desolate cities, (and) in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

29 He shal not be riche, nether shal his substan ce continue, nether shal he prolong thes per fection thereof in the earth.

30 He shal neuer departe out of darkenes the flame shal drye vp his branches, and he shal 〈◊〉〈◊〉 away with the breath of his mouth.

31 Het beleueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.

32 His branche shal not be grene, but shalbe cut of before his day.

33 (God) shal destroy him as the vine her soweru grape, & shal cast him of, as the oliue (doeth) her floure.

34 For the cōgregacion of the hypocrite shal∣be desolate, and fyre shal deuoure the hou∣ses ofx bribes.

35 (For) theiy cōceiue mischief & bring forthe 〈◊〉〈◊〉, & their beilie hathe prepared deceite

Notes

• a

  That is, vaine Wordes, and With out consolation?
• b

  Meaning, With matters that are of none impor∣tance Which are forgotten assone as they are vtte∣red, as the East Winde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vp the moisture asso 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as it falleth.
• c

  He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iob as thogh his talke caused men to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the fea∣re of God and prayer.
• d

  Thou speakest as do the moc∣kers, and contem ners of God.
• e

  That is, the mo ste ancient, and so by reason the moste Wise?
• f

  Art thou onely wise?
• g

  He accuseth Iobs pride, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that Wil not be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by God, nor by their co∣unsel.
• h

  Why doest thou stand in thi ne owne cōceite?
• ”

  Ebr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thy spi∣rit.
• i

  His purpose is to proue, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iob as an vniust man and an 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is puni∣shed for his sin∣nes, like as he did before,
• Chap 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 18.
• k

  Which hathe a desire to sinne as he that is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to drinke.
• l

  Who by their Wisdome so go∣uerned, that no stranger inuaded them, and so the land sem d to be giuen to them a∣lone.
• m

  The cruel 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is euer in danger of de th, and is neuer quiet in 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• n

  Out of that mi 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Where into he once 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• o

  God doeth not onely 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Wicked ost 〈◊〉〈◊〉: but euen in their prosperi∣tie 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thē With a gredi nes euer more to gather: Which is as a 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• p

  He sheweth What Weapons Godvseth against the Wicked Which lift vp thē selues against him, to Wit, terror of cō science, and out∣Ward 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• q

  That is, he Was so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vp With great prosperitie and abundance of all things, that he forgate God: nothing that Iob in his felicitie had not the true feare of God.
• r

  Thogh he buylde, & repare 〈◊〉〈◊〉 places to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him same, yet God shal bring all to naught, and turne his great prosperitie into extreme miserie.
• s

  Meaning, that his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 buyldings shulde neuer come to perfection.
• t

  He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so in his owne con ceite that he Wil giue no place to good counsel, therefore his owne pride shal bring him to de∣struction.
• u

  As one that ga thereth grapes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they be ripe.
• x

  Which Were buylz or mainteined by powring & 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• y

  And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 al their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deuises shal turne to their
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Wne destructiō.