Job 4:6 Cross References - Bishops

⁶ Was not thy feare according to thy hope? and the perfectnesse of thy wayes according to thy expectation

³ I beseche the, O Lorde, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart, & haue done that whiche is good in thy sight. And Hezekia wept sore

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob, & the same was a perfect and iust man, one that feared God and eschued euill

⁸ And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill ⁹ Satan aunswered, and saide vnto the Lorde: Doth Iob feare God for naught ¹⁰ Hast thou not preserued him and his house, and al that he hath on euery side? Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes, and his possession is encreased in the lande

¹⁵ Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight

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

¹⁵ Where is then now my hope? or who hath considered the thing that I loke for

¹¹ My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it ¹² I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode

⁵ God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie ⁶ My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes

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

²⁶ For the Lorde shall stande by thy side, & kepe thy foote that thou be not taken

²⁶ In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength: and his children are vnder a sure defence

¹³ Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe

¹⁷ And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke, see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here, in feare