Job 20

Matthew^{(i) 1} Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde. ² For the same cause do my thoughtes compel me to answere. And why? my mynde is tossed here and there. ³ I haue suffyciently herde thy checkinge and reprose, therfore am I purposed to make aunswere after myne vnderstandinge. ⁴ Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the begynnynge (euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth) ⁵ the prayse of the vngodlye hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of ypocrites continued but the twyncklyng of an eye? ⁶ Though he be magnifyed vp to the heauen, so that his heade reacheth vnto the cloudes: ⁷ yet he perisheth at the laste lyke dounge: In so moche that they which haue sene hym, saye: Where is he? ⁸ He vanysheth as a dreame, so that he can no more be founde, & passeth awaye as a visyon in the nyght. ⁹ So that the eye whiche sawe him before, getteth nowe no syght of hym, and his place knoweth hym no more. ¹⁰ His chyldren go a begynge, theyr handes bringe them to sorow and heuynesse. ¹¹ From his youth his bones are full of vyce, which shall lye downe wyth hym in the earth. ¹² When wyckednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. ¹³ That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. ¹⁴ The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpentes, with in his body. ¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal draw them out of his bely ¹⁶ he shal sucke the serpentes head, & the adders tonge shal slaye hym: ¹⁷ so that he shall nomore se the ryuers & brokes of honye & butter: ¹⁸ But laboure shall he, and yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them. ²⁰ Hys bely could neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his coueteousnesse. ²¹ He deuoured so gredely that he lefte nothinge behinde, therfore hys goodes shall not prospere. ²² Thoughe he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, and therefore he is but a wretche on euery syde. ²³ For though the wicked haue neuer so much to fyll his bely, yet God shall send his wrath vpon hym, and cause hys battaill to raygne ouer him: ²⁴ so that yf he fle the yron wepens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. ²⁵ The arow shal be taken forth, and go out at hys backe, and a glistering swearde thorow the gall of him, feare shall come vpon him. ²⁶ There shal no darcknes be able to hyd him. And vnkindled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shalbe destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst hym. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken away and peryshe, in the daye of the Lordes wrath. ²⁹ This is the porcyon that the wycked shall haue of God, and the heretage that he may loke for of the Lorde.