Bishops' [1568], The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe (Imprinted... by Richarde Iugge [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B08000].
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The .xxiiii. Chapter.
1 Iob describeth the wickednesse of men, and sheweth what curse belongeth to the wicked. 12 Now
all thinges are gouerned by gods prouidence, 17 and the destruction of the wicked.
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1 Considering note then that
there is no time hyd
from the almightie,
how happeneth it that
they which know him
do not regarde his
dayes?
2 For some men remoue the landemarkes,
robbe men of their cattell, and
feede of the same:
3 They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse,
and take the wydowes oxe for a
pledge:
4 They cause the poore to turne out of
the way, so that the poore of the earth
hyde them selues together.
5 Beholde, as wilde note asses in the desert
go they foorth to their worke, ∧ ryse betimes
to spoyle: Yea the very note wildernesse
ministreth foode for them ∧ their
children.
6 They reape the corne fielde that is not
their owne, and let the vineyarde of the
vngodly alone.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without
garment, and without couering in the
colde.
8 They are wet with the showres of
the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke
for want of a couering.
9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the
brest, and take the pledge from the
poore.
10 They let hym go naked without clothing,
and haue taken away the sheafe
of the hungrie.
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11 The poore are fayne to labour in their
oyle mylles, yea and to treade in their
wyne presses, and yet to suffer thirst.
12 Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord
with sighing, the soules of the slayne also
crye out, yet God regardeth not their
complaynt.
13 Where as they are conuersaunt among
them that abhorre the light, they know
not his way, nor continue in his pathes.
14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth
the poore and needy, and in the
night is as a thiefe?
15 The note eye of the adulterer wayteth
for the darkenesse, ∧ sayth, There shall
no eye see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 In the darke they digge through
houses, whiche they marked for them
selues in the day time: they knowe not
the light.
17 The morning is to them euen as the
shadow of death: if one know them,
they are in the terrours of the shadowe
of death,
18 [The vngodly] is swyft vpon the water:
their portion shalbe cursed in the earth,
and he shall not beholde the way of the
vineyardes.
19 As the drye grounde and heate note consume
the snowye waters: so shall the
graue the sinners.
20 The note pitifull man shall forget hym, he
shalbe sweete to the wormes, he shalbe
no more remembred, ∧ his wickednesse
shalbe broken as a tree.
21 He hath oppressed the barren that can
not beare, and vnto the wydow hath he
done no good.
22 He note drue the mightie after hym with
his power, and when he was gotten vp
no man was sure of lyfe.
23 And though they gaue him to be in safetie,
yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.
24 They are exalted for a litle, but [shortly]
are gone, brought to pouertie, and taken
out of the way, yea and vtterly pluckt
of, as the eares of corne.
25 Is note it not so? Who will then reproue
me as a lyer, and say that my wordes
are nothing worth?
Bishops' [1568], The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe (Imprinted... by Richarde Iugge [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B08000].
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