Job 1:1 Cross References - Great

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob: & the same was a perfect & iust man, soch a one as feared God & exchued euell.

⁹ These are the generacyons of Noah Noah was iust & perfect in his generacions, and walked wt God.

²³ The children of Aram: Uz and Hul, Gether & Mas

¹ Abram was nynetye yere olde & .ix. & the Lorde apeared to Abram & sayde vnto hym: I am the almyghtie God: walke before me and be thou perfecte.

¹² And he sayde: laye not thy hande vpon the chylde, nether do any thinge at all vnto him, for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast for my sake not spared thyne onely sonne.

²⁰ And it chaunsed after these thinges, that one tolde Abraham sayinge: Beholde, Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren vnto thy brother Nachor. ²¹ Hus hys eldest sonne, and Bus hys brother, and Kemuell the father of the Syrians,

²⁸ The chyldren of Disan also are these: Uz and Iran.

²¹ Morouer thou shalt seke oute amonge all the people, men of actiuite, and such as feare God: true men, hatynge coueteousnes: and make them heedes ouer the people, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fyftye and ouer ten.

³ I beseche the nowe, O Lorde, remembre howe I haue walked before the in trueth and with a perfecte herte, and haue done that which is good in thy syght, and Hezekia wepte sore.

¹⁷ The sonnes of Sem, Elam, and Assur, Arphacsad, Lud, and Aram, and Uz, Hul, and Gether, and Masech.

⁴² The sonnes of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaeuan, and Zakan. The sonnes of Disan: Uz, and Aran.

²⁰ And of thys maner dyd Hezekia thorowe out all Iuda, & wrought it that is good, and ryght and true, before the Lorde hys God. ²¹ And in all the worckes that he beganne for the seruice of the house of God, for the lawe, and for the commaundementes, he sought his God, & that dyd he with all his hert, & prospered.

⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that there is none lyke him in the land? a perfect & a iust man: soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell?

³ And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob? for there is none lyke him in the land. For he is a perfect and iust man, soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell, & contynueth styll in hys godlynesse. And thou mouedest me agaynst him, that I shulde punysh him for naught.

¹¹ My fote doth kepe his path, his hye waye haue I holden, and will not go out of it. ¹² I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wysdome: and to for sake euell. is vnderstandinge.

¹ I Made a couenaunt wt myne eyes that I wolde not loke vpon a damsell. ² For how great a porcion shall I haue of God? & what enheritaunce from the almightie on hie? ³ As for the vngodly and he that ioyneth him selfe to the company of wycked doers, shall not destruccion and misery come vpon him? ⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goinges? ⁵ If I haue walked in vanite, or yf my fete haue runne to disceaue: ⁶ let me be weyed in an euen balaunce, that God may se my innocency. ⁷ If so be that I haue withdrawne my fote out of the right waye, and yf my hert hath folowed mine eye sight? If I haue stained or defiled my handes? ⁸ then shal I sowe, and another eate, yee, my generacion and posterite shall be cleane roted out. ⁹ If my hert hath lusted after my neghboures wyffe, or yf I haue layde wayte at his dore? ¹⁰ O then let my wiffe grinde vnto another man and let other men lie with her. ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse and synne, that is worthy to be punisshed, ¹² yee, a fyre that vtterly shulde consume, and rote out all my substaunce. ¹³ Did I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had eny mater agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seinge that God will sytt in iudgment, what shall I do? And for so moch as he will nedes visett me, what answere shall I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapena like in oure mothers bodies? ¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, and compassion fro my mothers wombe. ¹⁹ Haue I sene any man perishe thorow nakednesse and want of clothinge? Or any poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thancked me not, because he was warmed with the wolle of my shepe? ²¹ Dyd I euer lyfte vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yee, in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctorite: ²² then let myne arme fall fro my shulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes. ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punyshement of God, and knewe very well, that I was not able to beare hys burthen. ²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? Or haue I sayde to the fynest golde of all: thou arte my confidence? ²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my power was great, and because my hande gat so moche? ²⁶ Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysynge of the sonne? or had I the goinge downe of the moone in greate reputacyon? ²⁷ Hath my hert medled priuely with any disceate? Or, dyd I euer kysse myne awne hande? ²⁸ that were a wyckednesse worthy to be punished, for then shulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. ²⁹ Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or was I euer glad, that any harme happened vnto him? Oh no. ³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to do soch a synne, as to wish him euell. ³¹ Dyd not the men of myne awne houshold saye: who shall let vs to haue oure belly full of his fleshe? ³² I haue not suffred a straunger to lye without, but I opened my dores vnto him, that went by the waye. ³³ Haue I kepte secrete my synne and hyd myne iniquite, as Adam dyd? ³⁴ Haue I feared any great multitude of people: or yf I had bene dispysed of the symple, O then shulde I haue bene afrayed. Thus haue I quyetly spent my lyfe, and not gone out at the dore. ³⁵ O that I had one which wolde heare me. Lo, this is my cause. In the which the almyghty shall answere for me: though he that is my contrary party, hath written a boke agaynst me. ³⁶ Yet wyll I take him vpon my shulder, and as a garlande about my head. ³⁷ I wyll tell him, the nomber of my goinges, and go vnto him as to a Prince. ³⁸ But yf case be that my lande crye agaynst me, or that the forowes therof make any complaynte: ³⁹ yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, yee yf I haue greued any of the plowmen: ⁴⁰ then let thystles growe in steade of my wheate, & cockle for my barleye. Here ende the wordes of Iob:

¹³ The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wyckednesse, pryde dysdayne, and the euell waye: and a mouth that speaketh wycked thynges, I vtterly abhorre.

⁶ With louinge mercy & faythfulnesse, synnes be forgeuen, & who so feareth the Lord eschueth euell.

²⁰ & all kynges of the lande of Hus, all kynges of the Philistines lande, Ascalon, Azah, Accaron and the remnaunt of Asdod,

²¹ And thou (O daughter Edom) that dwellest in the lande of Huz, be glad and reioyce: for the cuppe shall come vnto the also, whych whan thou suppest of, thou shalt be droncken.

¹⁴ And though Noe, Daniel & Iob, these thre men were amonge them, yet shall they in their ryghtuousnesse delyuer but their awne soules, sayeth the Lorde God.

²⁰ And yf Noe, Daniel & Iob were therin: as truly as I lyue (sayeth the Lorde God) they shall delyuer nether sonnes ner daughters, but saue their awne soules in their rightuousnes.

⁶ they were, both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordynaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fawte with them.

¹¹ Beholde, we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made. For the Lord is very pitiefull and mercyfull.

¹¹ Let him eschue euyll, & do good: let him seke peace, and ensue it.