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| [1]Considering then that there is no time hyd from the almightie, how happeneth it that they which know him do not regarde his dayes |
[1]Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? |
| [2]For some men remoue the landemarkes, robbe men of their cattell, and feede of the same |
[2]Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. |
| [3]They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge |
[3]They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox 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 |
[4]They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. |
| [5]Beholde, as wilde asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke, & ryse betimes to spoyle: Yea the very wildernesse ministreth foode for them & their children |
[5]Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. |
| [6]They reape the corne fielde that is not their owne, and let the vineyarde of the vngodly alone |
[6]They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. |
| [7]They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde |
[7]They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. |
| [8]They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke for want of a couering |
[8]They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. |
| [9]They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore |
[9]They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. |
| [10]They let hym go naked without clothing, and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie |
[10]They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; |
| [11]The poore are fayne to labour in their oyle mylles, yea and to treade in their wyne presses, and yet to suffer thirst |
[11]Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and 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 |
[12]Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. |
| [13]Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light, they know not his way, nor continue in his pathes |
[13]They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. |
| [14]The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe |
[14]The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. |
| [15]The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face |
[15]The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall 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 |
[16]In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know 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 |
[17]For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow 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 |
[18]He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. |
| [19]As the drye grounde and heate consume the snowye waters: so shall the graue the sinners |
[19]Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. |
| [20]The pitifull man shall forget hym, he shalbe sweete to the wormes, he shalbe no more remembred, & his wickednesse shalbe broken as a tree |
[20]The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. |
| [21]He hath oppressed the barren that can not beare, and vnto the wydow hath he done no good |
[21]He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. |
| [22]He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe |
[22]He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. |
| [23]And though they gaue him to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes |
[23]Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. |
| [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 |
[24]They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. |
| [25]Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God |
[25]And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? |