Job 11:12 Cross References - Coverdale

¹² A vayne body exalteth him self, and the sonne of man is like a wylde asses foale.

¹³ which compaseth ye wyse in their owne craftynesse, and ouertroweth the councell of the wicked:

⁵ Doth the wilde asse roare when he hath grasse? Or crieth the oxe, whe he hath fodder ynough?

² Then (no doute) ye are the men alone, and wy?dome shal perish with you. ³ But I haue vnderstodinge as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee who knoweth not these thinges?

¹⁴ What is man, that he shulde be vncleane? what hath he (which is borne of a woman) wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous?

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.

⁵ who letteth the wilde asse go fre, or who lowseth the bodes of the Moole? ⁶ Vnto who I haue geuen the wyldernes to be their house, & the vntilled londe to be their dwellinge place. ⁷ That they maye geue no force for the multitude off people in the cities, nether to regarde the crienge of the dryuer: ⁸ but to seke their pasture aboute the moutaynes, & to folowe vpon the grene grasse.

⁵ Beholde, I was borne in wickednesse, and in synne hath my mother conceaued me.

⁹ Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself. ¹⁰ O trust not in wronge & robbery, geue not yor selues vnto vanite: yf riches increase, set not yor herte vpon them.

²² So foolish was I and ignoraunt, and as it were a beest before the.

⁶ An vnwyse man wil not knowe this, & a foole wil not vnderstode it.

² For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige ³ (for I neuerlerned wi?dome) yet haue I vnderstodinge & am wel enfourmed in godly thinges. ⁴ Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen? Who hath come downe from thence? Who hath holden ye wynde fast in his hade? Who hath coprehended ye waters in a garment? Who hath set all the endes of ye worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell?

¹⁸ I comoned wt myne owne herte also cocernynge the childre of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth the apeare, as though they were beastes:

²⁴ and thy wantonnes is like a wilde Asse, that vseth the wildernesse, and that snoffeth and bloweth at his wil. Who can tame the? All they that seke the, shal not fayle, but fynde the in thyne owne vnclennes.

²² Whan they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles:

¹⁶ Be of one mynde amonge youre selues. Be not proude in youre awne consaytes, but make youre selues equall to them of ye lowe sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opinions

¹⁸ Let no ma disceaue himselfe. Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amoge you, let him become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse. ¹⁹ For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse. ²⁰ And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.

³ amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh, and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde, and were naturally the children of wrath, euen as well as other.

²⁰ Wilt thou vnderstode o thou vayne man that faith with out dedes is deed:

¹³ So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water and fresshe also. If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you, let him shewe the workes of his good couersacion in meknes that is coupled with wissdome. ¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth. ¹⁵ This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe. ¹⁶ For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes. ¹⁷ But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion: