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| [1]Iob aunswered, and sayde |
[1]Then Job answered and said, |
| [2]I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man [compared] vnto God be iustified |
[2]I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? |
| [3]If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande |
[3]If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. |
| [4]He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered |
[4]He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? |
| [5]He translateth the mountaynes, or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthroweth them in his wrath |
[5]Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. |
| [6]He remoueth the earth out of her place, that the pillers therof shake withall |
[6]Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. |
| [7]He commaundeth the sunne, and it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet |
[7]Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. |
| [8]He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the sea |
[8]Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. |
| [9]He maketh the Waynes of heauen, the Orion, the seuen starres, and the secret places of the south |
[9]Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. |
| [10]He doth great thinges & vnsearcheable, yea and wonders without number |
[10]Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. |
| [11]Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym |
[11]Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. |
| [12]If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou |
[12]Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? |
| [13]God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym |
[13]If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. |
| [14]Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him |
[14]How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? |
| [15]For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge |
[15]Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. |
| [16]If I had called vpon hym, and he had aunswered me, yet woulde I not beleue that he hearde my voyce |
[16]If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. |
| [17]He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause |
[17]For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. |
| [18]He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse |
[18]He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. |
| [19]If [men will speake] of strength, lo he is strong: if [men will speake] of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade |
[19]If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? |
| [20]If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will [put foorth my selfe for] a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer |
[20]If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. |
| [21]For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe |
[21]Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. |
| [22]This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly |
[22]This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. |
| [23]And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent |
[23]If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. |
| [24]As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he [that can shewe the contrarie? |
[24]The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? |
| [25]My dayes are more swyft then a runner, they are gone & haue seene no good thing |
[25]Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. |
| [26]They are passed away as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, & as the eagle that fleeth to the pray |
[26]They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. |
| [27]If I say, I will forget my complayning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe |
[27]If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: |
| [28]Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent |
[28]I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. |
| [29]If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne |
[29]If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? |
| [30]If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well |
[30]If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; |
| [31]Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me |
[31]Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. |
| [32]For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am |
[32]For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. |
| [33]Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs |
[33]Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. |
| [34]Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him |
[34]Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: |
| [35]And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still |
[35]Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. |