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