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. I.

1 The holines, tiches, and care of Iob for his children. 11 Satan hathe permission to tempt hym. 13 He tempteth him by taking awaye his substance, and his children. 20 His faith and pacience.

1 THere was a man in the land ofa 1.1 Vz called Iob,* 1.2 and thys manb 1.3 was an vpryght and iuste man,c 1.4 one that feared God, and eschewed euil.

2 And he had seuen son nes, and thre daugh∣ters.

3 Hysd 1.5 substance also was seuen thousande shepe, and thre thousande camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fyue hundreth she asses, and hys familie was verie great, so that thys man was the greatest of all the” 1.6 men ofe 1.7 the East.

4 And his sonnes went and banketted in their houses, euerie one his day, and sent, and cal∣led their thre sisters to eat ād to drinke with them.

5 And when the dayes of their bankettyng were gone aboute, Iob sent, andf 1.8 sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, ādg 1.9 offred burnt offrings (according) to the nō∣ber of them all. For Iob thoght, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, andh 1.10 blasphe∣med God in their hearts: thus did Iobi 1.11 eue∣rie day.

6 ¶Now on a day when thek 1.12 children of God came and stodel 1.13 before the Lorde, Satánm 1.14 came also among them.

7 Then the Lorde said vnto Satan, Whencen 1.15 commest thou? And Satan aunswered the Lorde, saying,o 1.16 From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.

8 And the Lord said vnto Satan, Hast thou not cōsidered my seruant Iob, how none (is) like him in the earth? an vpright ādiust man, one that feareth God, and esche weth euil?

9 Then Satā answered the Lord, ād said, doeth Iob feare God forp 1.17 noght?

10 Hast thou not madeq 1.18 an hedge about hym and about hys house, and about all that he hathe on euerie side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is en∣creased in the land.

11 But stretche out now thine hand andr 1.19 tou∣che all that he hathe, (to se) if he wil not blas pheme thee tos 1.20 thy face.

12 Then the Lorde sayd vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hathe (is) int 1.21 thine hand: onely vpon hym selfe shalt thou not stretche out thyne hand. So Satan departed from theu 1.22 presen∣ce of the Lorde.

13 ¶And on a daye, when hys sonnes and hys daughters were eatyng and drinkyng wine in their eldest brothers house.

14 There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feding in their places.

15 And thex 1.23 Shabeans came violently, and toke them: yea, they haue slaine the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tel thee.

16 And whiles he was yet speakyng, another came, and said, They 1.24 fyre of GOD is fallen from the heauen, ād hath burnt vp the shepe and the seruants, and deuoured them: but I onely am escaped alone, to tel thee.

17 And whiles he was yet speakyng, another came, and said, The Caldeans set out thre bandes, and fel vpon the camels, and haue ta ken them, and haue slaine the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am esca∣ped alone to tel thee.

18 And whiles he was yet speak yng, came an other, and said, Thyz 1.25 sonnes, and thy daugh∣ters

were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house,

19 And be holde, there came a great winde frō beyond the wildernes, and smote the foure corners of the house, which fel vpō the chil∣dren, and they are dead, and lonely am esca∣ped alone to tel thee.

20 Then Iob arose, anda 1.26 rent his garment, and shaued his head, and fel downe vpō the grūd and worshiped,* 1.27

21 And said, * Naked came I out of my mothers* 1.28 wombe, & naked shal I returneb 1.29 the ther: the Lord hathe giuen, and the Lord hathe taken it:c 1.30 blessed be the Name of the Lord.

22 In all this did not Iob sinne, nor charge God d 1.31 foolishly.

Notes

• a 1.1

  That is, of the countrey of Idu∣mea, as Lamen. 4. 21. or horde∣ring therevpon for the land was called by the na∣me of Vz the son ne of Dishan the sonne of Seir.
• * 1.2

  Genes 36. 28.
• b 1.3

  For as muche as he was a Gentle and not a Iewe, and yet is prono unced vpryght, and without hy pocrisie, it decla∣reth that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the heathen God hathe 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• c 1.4

  Hereby is decla red, what is mēt by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vpright, ād 〈◊〉〈◊〉 men.
• d 1.5

  His children ād riches are decla∣red, to commend his vertue in his prosperitie, and his pacience, and constancie when God had taken them from him.
• ” 1.6

  Ebr. children.
• e 1.7

  Meanyng, the Arabiās, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Idumeās. &c
• f 1.8

  That is, cōman ded them to be sā ctified: meaning, that they shulde consider the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that they bad committed, ād re 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thē selues for the same.
• g 1.9

  That is, he of∣fred for euerie one of hys chil∣dren an 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of reconciliacion, whiche declared his religion to warde God, and the care that he had toward his children.
• h 1.10

  In Ebrewe it is, and blessed God, whiche is some time taken for blaspheming and cutsing, as here, and 1. King. 21. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 13. &c
• i 1.11

  VVhile the feast lasted.
• k 1.12

  Meaning, the Angels, whiche are called the sonnes of God, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they are willing to execute his wil.
• l 1.13

  Because our infirmitie can not comprehend God in his 〈◊〉〈◊〉, he is set forthe vnto vs as a King, that our capacitie may be able to vnderstand, whiche is spo∣ken of him.
• m 1.14

  This declareth that althogh Satā be aduersa, ie to God, yet he is cōpelled to obey, him 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him all homage, without whose permission, and appointment he can do nothyng.
• n 1.15

  This question is asked for our infirmitie: for God knew whē∣ce became.
• o 1.16

  Herein is des∣cribed the natu∣re of Satan, whi che is euer ran∣ging for his pray 1 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 5. 8.
• p 1.17

  He seareth thee not for thine owne sake, but for the commo∣ditie that he re∣ceiueth by thee.
• q 1.18

  Meanyng, the grace of GOD, whiche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iob as a rampare against all tenta∣tions.
• r 1.19

  This signifieth that Satan is not able to touch vs, but it is, GOD that must do it.
• s 1.20

  Satan noteth the vice, where∣unto men are cō monly subiect: that is, to hide their rebellion, and to be contēt with God in the time of prospe∣riue, whiche vice is disclosed in the time of their aduersitie.
• t 1.21

  GOD giueth not Satan power ouer man, but that which God giueth him.
• u 1.22

  That is, went to execute that whiche God had permitted him to do: for elles he can neuer go out of Gods presence.
• x 1.23

  That is, the Ara∣bians.
• y 1.24

  VVhich 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was also done by the craft of Satan to tempt Iob the more grie∣uously, for asmuche as he might se, that not onely men were his enemies, but that GOD made warre againste him.
• z 1.25

  This 〈◊〉〈◊〉 plague declareth, that when one plague is past whiche serneth hard to be borne, God can send vs another farre more grieuous, to trye hys, and teache them obedience.
• a 1.26

  Whiche came not of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 but declareth that the children of God are not in∣sensible like bloc kes, but that in their 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thei fele 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and grief of minde: yet they kepe a meane herein, & rebell not against God, as the wic∣ked do.
• * 1.27

  Eccle 5. 14.
• * 1.28

  1. Tim. 6, 7.
• b 1.29

  That is, ito the belly of the earth which is the mother of all.
• c 1.30

  Hereby he confesseth that God is iuste, and good, all thogh his hād be sore vpō him.
• d 1.31

  But declared that God did althing 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to iustice & equitie