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. V.

1. 2 Eliphàz sheweth the diffenrence betwene the children of God and the wicked. 3 The fall of the wicked. 9 Gods power who destroyeth the wicked and deliuereth his.

1 CAll now, if anie 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wila answer thee, and to which of the Saintes wilt thou turne?

2 Doutelesb angre killeth the foolish, and en∣uie slayeth the idiote,

3 I haue sene thec foolish wel rooted, & soden ly d cursed his habitacion, (saying,)

4 Hise children shalbe farre from saluatiō, and they shalbe destroyed in thef gate, and none shal deliuer them.

5 The hungrie shal eat vp his haruest: yea, thei shall take it from among theg thornes, & the thirstie shal drinke vp their substance.

6 For miserie commeth not forthe of the dusth nether doeth affliction spring out of the earth.

7 But man is borne vntoi trauail, as the sparkes flye vp ward.

8 But I wolde iniquirek at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

9 Which doeth great things & vnsearcheable (and) maruelous things without nomber.

10 Hem giueth raine vpon the earth, and pow reth water vpon the stretes,

11 And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowful may be exalted to saluaciō

12 He scatereth the deuises of the craftie: so that their hands can not accomplish that which they do enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their craftines: & the counsel of the wicked is made foolish.

14 They mete withn darkenes in the day time ando grope at noone day, as in the night.

15 But he saueth thep poore from the sworde, from theirq mouth, and from the hand of the violent man.

16 So that the poore hathe (his) hope, but ini∣quitie shalr stop her mouth.

17 Beholde, blessed (is) the man whome God correcteth: therfore refuse not thou the cha stising of the Almightie.

18 For he maketh the wounde, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his hands make whole.

19 He shal deliuer thees in six troubles, and in in the seuent the euil shal not touchethee.

20 In 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he shal deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.

21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be affraied of de∣struction when it cometh.

22 (But) thou shaltt laugh at destruction and dearth, and shalt not be afrayed of the beast of the earth.

23 For the stones of the fieldu shalbe in league with thee, and the beastes of the field 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be at peace with thee.

24 And thou shalt knowe, that peace (shalbe) in thy tabernacle, and thou shalt visite thine habitacion, and shalt notx sinne.

25 Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy sede (shal be) great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.

26 Thou shalt go to thy graue iny a ful age, as ariche (of corne) cometh in due season (into the barne.)

27 Lo,z thus haue we inquired of it, (and) so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy self.

Notes

• a

  He willeth Iob tocōsider the exā ple 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thē that haue liued or do liue godly, whe∣ther any of thē be like vnto him in raging against God as he doeth
• b

  Murmuring a∣gainst God in af∣flictions increa∣seth the peine, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mans folie.
• c

  That is, the sin∣ner that hath not the feare of God.
• d

  I was not mou ed with his pro∣speritie, bu knew that God had cur sed him and his.
• e

  Thogh God so∣me time suffer the fathers to pas se in this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yet his iudgemēts wil 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vpon their wicked chil dren.
• f

  By publicke iud gement thei shal be condēned, and none shal pitie them.
• g

  Thogh there be but two or thre eares left in the hedges, yet these shalbe taken frō him.
• h

  That is, the earth is not the cause of barennes and mans mise∣rie, but his owne sinne.
• i

  Which declareth that sinne is euer in our corrupt na ture: for before sinneit was not subiect to peine & afflictiō.
• k

  If I suffred as thou doest, wolde seke vnto God.
• He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iob to humble him selfevnto God, to whome all creatures are subiect, and whose workes declare that man is inexcusable, except he glo∣rifie God in all his workes.
• m

  He sheweth bv particular examples of God are.
• 1, Cor. 3, 19.
• n

  In things plaine & euidēt thei shewe thē selues fooles instead of wisemen.
• o

  This declareth that GOD puni∣sheth the world ly wise, as he threatned. Deut. 28. 29.
• p

  That is, he that hūbleth him selfe before God.
• q

  He compareth the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the wicked to sharpes swordes
• r

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 the wicked be compelled at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their mou thes, muche mo∣re they that pro∣fesse God.
• s

  He will send trouble after trouble, that his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 may not for one time, but continually trust in him: but they shal haue a com 〈◊〉〈◊〉 issue, euen in the grea∣test and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, whiche is here calledthe 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• t

  VVhere as the wicked lament in their 〈◊〉〈◊〉, thou shalt haue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• u

  VVhen we are in Gods fauour, all creatures shal serue vs.
• x

  God shal so blesse thee, that thou shal 〈◊〉〈◊〉 haue occasion to reioyce in all thyngs, and not to be offended.
• y

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of God haue not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 this promes 〈◊〉〈◊〉, yet GOD doeth recompence it other wise to their 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• z

  VVe haue learned these pointes by 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that God 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not the innocent, that man can not compare iustice with him, that the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shal not long 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and that the affliction which man 〈◊〉〈◊〉, commeth for hys owne sinne.