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. XXI.

7 Iob declareth how the prosperitie of the wicked maketh them proude. 15 In so muche that they blaspheme God. 16 Their destructiō is at hand. 23 None ought to be iud∣ged wicked for affliction, nether good for prosperitie.

1 BVt Iob answered, and said,

2 Heare diligently my wordes, and thysa shalbe in stead of your consolations.

3 Suffre me, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.

4 Do I (direct) my talke to man? If itb were so, how shulde not my spirit be troubled?

5 Marke me, and be abashed, and laye your hand vpon (your)c mouth.

6 Euen when I remember, I am afraied, and feare taketh holde on my flesh.

7 Wherefore do the wickedd liue, (&) waxe olde, and growe in welth?

8 Their sede is established in their sight with thē, and their generaciō before their eies.

9 Their houses are peaceable without feare and the rod of God is not vpon them.

10 Their bullocke gēdreth, and faileth not: their cowe calueth, and casteth not her calfe.

11 They send forth their childrēe like shepe, and their sonnes dance.

12 They take the tabret and harpe, & reioy∣ce in the sounde of the organs.

13 They spend their daies in welth, and so∣denlyf they go downe to the graue.

14 Thei say also vnto God, Departe from vs: for we desire not theg knowledge of thy waies.

15 Who is the Almightie, that we shuld serue him? and what profite shulde we haue, if we shulde pray vnto him?

16 Lo, their welth is not in their hand:h (ther fore) let the coūsel of the wickedi be farre from me.

17 How oft shall the candell of the wycked be put out? and their destruction come vpō them? he wyll deuyde (their) liues in hys wrath.

18 They shal be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme caryeth away.

19 God wil laye vp the sorow (of the father) for his children: when he rewardeth hym, he shal knowe it.

20 k His eies shal se his destruction, & he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.

21 For what pleasure hathe he in hys house afterhim, when the nōber of his moneths is cut of?

22 Shal any teachel GOD knowledge, who iudgeth the hiest things?

23 Onem dyeth in his ful strength, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in all ease and prosperitie.

24 His breasts are full of milke, & hys bones runne ful of marowe.

25 And anothern dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.

26 They shal slepe bothe ino the dust, & the wormes shal couer them.

27 Behold, I know your thoghts, and the en∣terprises, (wherewith) ye do me wrong.

28 For ye say, Where is the princesp house? & where is the Tabernacle of the wickeds dwelling?

29 May ye notq askethē that go by the way? and ye can not denie their signes.

30 But the wicked is kept vnto the daye ofr destruction, (&) they shal be broght forth to the day of wrath.

31 Who shal declare his wayes to his face 〈◊〉〈◊〉 who shall rewarde hym for that he hathe done?

32 Yet shall he be broght to the graue, & re∣maine in the heape.

33 Thet slimie valley shalbe swete vnto him, and euerie man shal drawe after him, as be∣fore him there were innumerable.

34 How thē comfortu ye me in vayne, seyng in your answers there remaine but lyes?

Notes

• a

  Your diligent marking of my wordess halbe to me a great conso∣lation.
• b

  As thogh he Woldesay, I do not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with mā, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with God Who will not an∣swer me, and ther fore my mynde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be trou bled.
• c

  He chargeth thē as thogh thei we∣re not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to cō∣prehend thys hys feling of Gods iud gement, & exhor∣teth them therfo∣re to silence.
• d

  Iob proueth a∣gainst his aduersa ries that god puni sheth not straight Waies the wicked but oft times gy∣ueth them lōg life, & prosperitie: so that We must not iudge God iust or vniust by the thīg that appeare to our eye.
• e

  Thei haue store of children, Iustie and helthful, & in these pointes he answereth to that Which zophar al∣ledged before.
• f

  Not beynge tor∣mented with long sickenes.
• g

  Thei desire no∣thing more thē to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from all subiectiō hat 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shulde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to God: this Iob shew eth hys aduersa∣ries, that if they reason onely e by that which is sene by commune ex∣perience, the wic∣ked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 God are better delt with all, then thei that loue him.
• h

  It is not theyr owne but GOD onelye lendeth it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them.
• i

  God 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 theyr 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• k

  When God 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his wicked∣nes he s hal know that his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Was but 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• l

  Who sendeth to the Wicked prospe 〈◊〉〈◊〉, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the godlie.
• m

  〈◊〉〈◊〉, the Wicked.
• n

  To Wit, the god∣lye.
• o

  As concernyng their bodies: and this he speaketh accordinge to the cōmune 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• p

  Thus thei called Iobs house in 〈◊〉〈◊〉, concludyng that it was destro∣yed because he was Wicked.
• q

  VVhich 〈◊〉〈◊〉 long trauailing haue experience and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 herof, to Wit, that the wicked do pro∣sper & the godlye liue in affliction.
• r

  Thogh the Wic∣ked florishe here, yet God will pu∣nishe hym in the last day.
• s

  Thogh men do 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him, and none dare repro∣ue him in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Worlde, yet death is a tokē that God will bring him to an account.
• t

  He shall be glad to lie in a stimye pit, Which before colde not be con∣tent With a royal palace.
• u

  Saying, that the iust in this world haue prosperitie & the wicked aduer sitie.