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| [1]Elihu proceeding in his aunswere, sayde |
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| [2]Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding |
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| [3]For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates |
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| [4]As for iudgement, let vs seke it out among our selues, that we may knowe what is good |
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| [5][And why?] Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement |
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| [6]In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault |
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| [7]Where is there such a one as Iob, that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water |
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| [8]Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers, and walketh with vngodly men |
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| [9]For he hath sayde, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God |
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| [10]Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing |
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| [11]For he shall rewarde man after his workes, and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes |
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| [12]Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement |
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| [13]Who ruleth the earth but he? or who hath placed the whole world |
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| [14]If he set his heart vpon [man] and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath |
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| [15]All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust |
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| [16]If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes |
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| [17]May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly |
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| [18]Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes |
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| [19]God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes |
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| [20]In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye, and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage, then shall they perishe, & be taken away without handes |
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| [21]For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goinges |
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| [22]There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him |
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| [23]For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him |
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| [24]He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede |
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| [25]Therefore shall he declare their workes: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed |
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| [26]The vngodly doth he punishe openly |
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| [27]Because they tourned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes |
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| [28]Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble |
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| [29]When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely |
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| [30]Because the hypocrite doth raigne, because the people are snared |
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| [31]Surely of God onely it can be saide, I haue pardoned, I wyll not destroy |
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| [32]If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of |
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| [33]Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued his iudgement, thou also hast thyne owne minde, and not I: But speake on what thou knowest |
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| [34]Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me |
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| [35]Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neither were his wordes according to wysdome |
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| [36]O father, let Iob be well tryed, because he hath aunswered for wicked men |
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| [37]Yea aboue his sinne he doth wickedly, triumpheth among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God |
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