1   Moreouer Elihu answered, and saide,

2   Heare my wordes, ye ^note wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

3   For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.

4   Let vs seeke ^note iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good.

5   For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, & God hath taken ^note away my iudgement.

6   Should I lye in my ^note right? my wound of the arrowe is ^note grieuous without my sinne.

7   What man is like Iob, that drinketh ^note scornfulnesse like water?

8   Which goeth in the ^note companie of them þt; worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?

9   For he hath saide, ^note It profiteth a man nothing that he should ^note walke with God.

10   Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.

11   For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.

12   And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.

13   Whome ^note hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde? God respecteth not persons.

14   If ^note he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit ^note and his breath,

15   All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.

16   And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

17   Shal he that hateth iudgement, ^note gouerne? & wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?

18   Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art ^note wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly?

19   How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

20   They shall die suddenly, ^note and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, ^note & they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.

21   For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.

22   There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.

23   For he will not lay on man so much, that he should ^note enter into iudgement with God.

24   He shall breake the mightie without ^note seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.

25   Therefore shall he declare their ^note works: he shall turne the ^note night, & they shalbe destroyed.

26   He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the ^note seers,

27   Because they haue turned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:

28   So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to ^note come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.

29   And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?

30   Because the ^note hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.

31   Surely it appertaineth vnto God ^note to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.

32    ^noteBut if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.

33   Wil he performe the thing through ^note thee? for thou hast reproued ^note it, because that thou hast chosen, & not I. now speake what thou knowest.

34   Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.

35   Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.

36   I desire that Iob may be ^note tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.

37   For he ^note addeth rebellion vnto his sinne: he clappeth his handes among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God.

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