Job 32:1 Cross References - Geneva

¹ So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust.

²⁹ Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe. Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes?

² I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

⁷ Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.

¹⁵ Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

⁷ There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

⁴ My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite. ⁵ God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe. ⁶ I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.

¹¹ And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me. ¹² For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him. ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. ¹⁴ I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne. ¹⁵ I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. ¹⁷ I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.

¹ I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde? ² For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie? ³ Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie? ⁴ Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps? ⁵ If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite, ⁶ Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes. ⁷ If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes, ⁸ Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out. ⁹ If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour, ¹⁰ Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her: ¹¹ For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned: ¹² Yea, this is a fire that shall deuoure to destruction, and which shall roote out al mine increase, ¹³ If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me, ¹⁴ What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere? ¹⁵ He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe? ¹⁶ If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile, ¹⁷ Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof, ¹⁸ (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her) ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering, 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 hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate, ²² Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone. ²³ For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes. ²⁴ If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence, ²⁵ If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much, ²⁶ If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes, ²⁷ If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand, ²⁸ (This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue) ²⁹ If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him, ³⁰ Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule. ³¹ Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied. ³² The stranger did not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him, that went by the way. ³³ If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, concealing mine iniquitie in my bosome, ³⁴ Though I could haue made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did feare me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the doore. ³⁵ Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me, ³⁶ Woulde not I take it vpon my shoulder, and binde it as a crowne vnto me? ³⁷ I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince. ³⁸ If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together, ³⁹ If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof, ⁴⁰ Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.

⁹ I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.