Job 16:17 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁷ Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my handes, but my prayer is cleane

⁵ If thou wouldest nowe resorte vnto God be times, and make thy prayer to the almightie ⁶ If thou wouldest liue a pure and godly life: shoulde he not awake vp vnto thee immediatly, and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous

¹⁴ If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house

²⁰ The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen

³⁴ For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes

²⁷ Beholde, I know what ye thinke, yea and the subtiltie that ye imagine against me ²⁸ For ye say where is the princes palace? and where is the dwelling of the vngodly

⁵ Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable ⁶ For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing ⁷ To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie ⁸ But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it ⁹ Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken

⁶ My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes ⁷ Therfore myne enemie shalbe founde as the vngodly, and he that taketh part against me, as the vnrighteous

¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym ¹³ The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne ¹⁵ I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame ¹⁶ I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently ¹⁷ I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth

¹ I made a couenaunt with myne eyes: why then should I loke vpon a mayden ² For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye ³ Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie ⁴ Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges ⁵ If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue ⁶ Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie ⁷ If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes ⁸ Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out ⁹ If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore ¹⁰ Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished ¹² Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase ¹³ If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me ¹⁴ When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies ¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne ¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment ²⁰ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe ²¹ If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate ²² Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen ²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence ²⁵ Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much ²⁶ Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation ²⁷ Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande ²⁸ (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. ²⁹ Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? [Oh, no. ³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule ³¹ Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe ³² The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way ³³ Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd ³⁴ Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me: so I kept scilence, and went not out of the doore ³⁵ O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me ³⁶ Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head ³⁷ I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince ³⁸ But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt ³⁹ If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof ⁴⁰ Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye

³ O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes ⁴ If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me: and [if] I haue [not] deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie ⁵ [Then] let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me: yea, let hym put me to death, and lay myne honour in the dust. Selah

¹⁷ [And though] all this be come vpon vs: [yet] we do not forget thee, nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt ¹⁸ (44:18a) Our heart is not turned backe, neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes ¹⁹ (44:18b) no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death ²⁰ (44:19a) If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde, and holden vp our handes to any straunge god ²¹ (44:19b) woulde not God searche it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart

¹⁸ (66:16a) If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart, the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me ¹⁹ (66:16b) but the Lorde hath hearde me, & considered the voyce of my prayer

⁸ The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym

⁶ Their webbe maketh no cloth, and they may not couer them with their labours: their deedes are the deedes of wickednesse, and the worke of robberie is in their handes

⁸ And let both man & beast put on sackcloth, and crye mightyly vnto God: yea let euery man turne from his euill way, and from the wickednesse that is in his handes

⁸ I wyll therefore, that the men praye euerywhere, lyftyng vp holy handes, without wrath and reasonyng