Proverbs 25:2 Cross References - Coverdale

² It is the honor of God to kepe a thinge secrete, but ye kinges honor is to search out a thinge.

²⁹ These are the secretes of the LORDE oure God, which are opened vnto vs and oure children for euer, yt we shulde do all the wordes of this lawe.

⁹ Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? ¹⁰ This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion. ¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this, and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches, nether ye soules of thine enemies, but vnderstodinge to heare iudgment, ¹² beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the. ¹³ Yee and that thou hast not prayed for, haue I geuen the also, namely, ryches, and honoure, so that amonge the kynges in yi tyme there is not soch one as thou. ¹⁴ And yf thou wilt walke in my wayes, so that thou kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes, as Dauid thy father hath walked, then wyll I geue the a longe lyfe. ¹⁵ And whan Salomon awaked, beholde, it was a dreame, and he came to Ierusale, and stode before the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt, and offred burntofferynges, and healthofferinges, and made a greate feast vnto his seruauntes. ¹⁶ At the same tyme came there two harlottes vnto ye kynge, and stode before him. ¹⁷ And the one woman sayde: Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delyuered of a childe in the house with her: ¹⁸ & on the thirde daye after that I was delyuered, she was delyuered of a childe also. And we were together, so yt there was no straunger in ye house, but we two: ¹⁹ & this womans sonne died in the nighte (for she smoored him in the slepe) ²⁰ and she rose vp in the nighte, and toke my sonne fro my syde (where thy handmayde slepte,) and layed it in hir arme, and hir deed sonne layed she in myne arme. ²¹ And whan I rose vp in the mornynge to geue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was deed. But in the mornynge I loked well, and beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne. ²² The other woman sayde: Not so, my sonne lyueth, and thy sonne is deed. But she sayde: Not so, thy sonne is deed, and my sonne liueth. And thus spake they before the kynge. ²³ And the kynge sayde: This woma saieth: my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed: Yonder woman sayeth: Not so, thy sonne is deed, & my sonne lyueth. ²⁴ And the kynge saide: Fetch me a swerde. And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge, ²⁵ the kynge sayde: Parte the lyuynge childe in two partes, and geue this woman the one halfe, and yonder woman the other halfe. ²⁶ Then sayde the woman whose sonne lyued, vnto ye kinge: (for hir motherly hert was kyndled with pite ouer hir sonne) Oh my lorde, geue hir the childe alyue, and kyll it not. But the other sayde: Let it nether be myne ner thine, but let it be parted. ²⁷ Then answered the kynge, and sayde: Geue this woman the lyuynge childe, and slaye it not, for she is his mother. ²⁸ And all Israel herde of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen: and they feared the kynge, for they sawe that ye wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmet.

²⁹ And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wy?dome and vnderstondinge, and a large hert, as the sonde that lyeth vpon ye See shore: ³⁰ so that the wy?dome of Salomon was greater then the wy?dome of all the children towarde the south and of all ye Egipcians. ³¹ And he was wyser then all men, yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite, Heman, Chalcal, and Darda, the sonnes of Mahol: and had a greate name amonge all the Heythe on euery syde. ³² And he spake thre thousande prouerbes, & his songes were a thousande & fyue. ³³ And he spake of trees, from ye Ceder of Libanus vnto the Isope yt groweth out of ye wall: he talked also of catell, of foules, of wormes, of fishes. ³⁴ And there came of all nacions to heare ye wy?dome of Salomon, and there came of all the kynges of ye earth, which had herde of his wy?dome.

¹⁵ That it maye be soughte in ye Cronicles of thy progenitours, and so shalt thou fynde in the same Cronicles, and perceaue, that this cite is sedicious and noysome vnto kynges and londes, and that they cause other also to rebell of olde, and for the same cause was this cite destroyed.

¹⁹ and I haue commaunded to make search: and it is founde, that this cite of olde hath made insurreccion agaynst, kynges, & how yt vpror and rebellion hath bene commytted therin.

¹⁷ Yf it please ye kynge now, let there be search made in ye kynges treasure house which is at Babilon, whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus commaundement, that the house of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded: & sende vs ye kynges mynde concernynge the same.

⁷ Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie? ⁸ He is hyer the heaue, what wilt thou do? Deper the hell, how wilt thou then knowe him?

¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.

⁴ Where wast thou, when I layed ye foundacions of the earth? Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge. ⁵ Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spred ye lyne vpon it? ⁶ Where vpon stode the pilers of it? Or, who layed ye corner stone? ⁷ where wast thou when the mornynge starres gaue me prayse, ad when all the angels of God reioysed? ⁸ Who shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe? ⁹ When I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it, and swedled it with ye darcke? ¹⁰ when I gaue it my comaundement, makynge dores & barres for it, ¹¹ sayenge: Hither to shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes. ¹² Hast thou geue the mornynge his charge (as soone as thou wast borne) and shewed the dayespringe his place, ¹³ yt it might take holde of the corners of the earth, & yt the vngodly might be shake out? ¹⁴ Their tokes & weapes hast thou turned like claye, & set the vp agayne as the chaunginge of a garment. ¹⁵ Yee thou hast spoyled the vngodly off their light, & broke the arme of the proude. ¹⁶ Camest thou euer into the groude of the see, Or, hast thou walked in ye lowe corners of ye depe? ¹⁷ Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto the or hast thou sene the dore of euerlastige treasure? ¹⁸ Hast thou also perceaued, how brode ye earth is? Now yf thou hast knowlege of all, ¹⁹ the shewe me where light dwelleth, and where darcknes is: ²⁰ yt thou mayest bringe vs vnto their quarters, yf thou cast tell the waye to their houses. ²¹ Knewest thou (when thou wast borne) how olde thou shuldest be? ²² Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off the snowe, or hast thou sene ye secrete places of the hale: ²³ which I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble, agaynst the tyme of batell & warre? ²⁴ By what waye is the light parted, & the heate dealt out vpon earth? ²⁵ Who deuydeth the abundauce of waters in to ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the stormy wether, ²⁶ yt it watereth & moystureth ye drye & baren grounde: ²⁷ to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, & in the wildernes where no ma remayneth? ²⁸ Who is the father of rayne? Or, who hath begotten the droppes of dew? ²⁹ Out of whose wobe came the yse? who hath gendred the coldnes of ye ayre? ³⁰ yt the waters are as harde as stones, & lye congeeled aboue the depe.

⁴ How their yoge ones growe vp & waxe greate thorow good fedinge? 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. ⁹ Wyll the vnicorne be so tame as to do ye seruyce, or to abyde still by thy cribbe? ¹⁰ Cast thou bynde ye yock aboute him in thy forowes, to make him plowe after the in ye valleis? ¹¹ Mayest thou trust hi (because he is stroge) or comitte thy labor vnto hi? ¹² Mayest thou beleue hi, yt he wil brige home yi corne, or to cary eny thinge vnto yi barne? ¹³ The Estrich (whose fethers are fayrer the ye wynges of the sparow hauke) ¹⁴ whe he hath layed his egges vpon the grounde, he bredeth them in the dust, ¹⁵ and forgetteth them: so that they might be troden with fete, or broken with somme wilde beast. ¹⁶ So harde is he vnto his yong ones, as though they were not his, and laboureth in vayne without eny feare. ¹⁷ And that because God hath taken wisdome from him, & hath not geuen him vnderstondinge. ¹⁸ When his tyme is, he flyeth vp an hye, and careth nether for horse ner man. ¹⁹ Hast thou geuen the horse is strength, or lerned him to bowe downe his neck with feare: ²⁰ that he letteth him self be dryuen forth like a greshopper, where as the stoute neyenge that he maketh, is fearfull? ²¹ he breaketh ye grounde with the hoffes of his fete chearfully in his strength, and runneth to mete the harnest men. ²² He layeth asyde all feare, his stomack is not abated, nether starteth he a back for eny swerde. ²³ Though the quyuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shilde glistre: ²⁴ yet russheth he in fearsly, and beateth vpon the grounde. He feareth not the noyse of the trompettes, ²⁵ but as soone as he heareth the shawmes blowe, tush (sayeth he) for he smelleth the batell afarre of, ye noyse, the captaynes and the shoutinge. ²⁶ Commeth it thorow thy wysdome, that the goshauke flyeth towarde the south? ²⁷ Doth the Aegle mounte vp & make his nest on hye at thy commaundement? ²⁸ He abydeth in the stony rockes, ad vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes, where no man can come. ²⁹ From thence maye he beholde his praye, and loke farre aboute with his eyes. ³⁰ His yonge ones are fed with bloude, and where eny deed body lyeth, there is he immediatly.

² Can he that stryueth with the Allmightie, be at rest? Shulde not he which disputeth with God, geue him an answere?

³ For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge.

³³ O the depenesse of the riches, both of the wyssdome and knowlege of God? How incomprehensible are his iudgmentes, and his wayes vnsearcheable? ³⁴ For who hath knowne the mynde of the LORDE? Or who hath bene his councell geuer?