Job 24:23 Cross References - Great

²³ And though they might be safe, yet they wyll not receaue it, for their eyes loke vpon their awne wayes.

¹¹ For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men: he seyth theyr wyckednesse also, shulde he not then considre it?

⁶ The houses of robers are in wealth & prosperite: and they that malyciously medle agaynst God, dwell without care, in those thynges that God hath geuen rychely with hys hande.

¹³ Wherfore shulde the wycked blaspheme God, whyle he doth saye in his herte: tush, thou God carest not for it? ¹⁴ Surely thou hast sene it. For thou beholdest vngodlynesse and wronge. That thou mayest take the matter in to thy hande: the poore committeth hym selfe vnto the, for thou art the helper of the frendlesse.

⁴ The Lorde is in hys holy temple the Lordes seat is in heauen? Hys eyes consydre & hys eye lyddes tryeth the chyldren of men. ⁵ The Lorde aloweth the ryghteous: but the vngodly, and hym that delyteth in wickednes, doth his soule abhorre.

³ And why I was greued at the wicked, I do se also the vngodly in soch prosperite. ⁴ For they are in no parell of death, but are lusty and strong. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folke, nether are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause the they be so holden with pride, and ouerwhelmed with cruelte. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, and they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ They corrupte other, & speake of wicked blasphemye: theyr talkynge is agaynst the most hiest. ⁹ For they stretch forth theyr mouth vnto the heauen, & theyr tonge goeth thorow the world. ¹⁰ Therfore fall the people vnto them, and there out sucke they no small aduauntage. ¹¹ Tush (saye they) how shuld God perceaue it? is there knowlege in the moost hyest? ¹² Lo, these are the vngodly, these prospere in the worlde, and these haue ryches in possessyon

²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges.

³ The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, beholdyng both the good & badd

²¹ If thyne enemye honger, feade him: yf he thryst, geue him drinke: ²² for so shalt thou heape coales of fyre vpon hys head, and the Lorde shall rewarde the. ²³ The North winde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenaunce a backbyters tonge,

⁸ If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the ryght of the lawe is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at soch a thyng, for one greate man kepeth touch with another, & the myghtie men are in auctorite ouer the pore.

¹¹ Because now that euell worckes are not hastely punysshed, the hert of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wyckednesse.

⁸ for he sayeth are not my Prynces all Kynges? ⁹ Is not Calno as easye to wynne, as Charchamis? Is it harder to conquere Hamath then Arphad? Or is it lyghter to ouercome Damascus then Samaria? ¹⁰ As who say: I were able to wynne the Kyngdome of the Idolaters and their goddes: but not Ierusalem & Samaria. ¹¹ Shal I not do vnto Ierusalem & their ymages, as I dyd vnto Samaria and their ydoles?

¹² Come (saye they) I wyll fetch wyne, so shall we fyll oure selues, that we maye be dronken. And do to morowe, lyke as to daye, yee and moche more.

¹ O Lorde, thou art more ryghteous, then that I shulde dispute wt the. Neuertheles, lett me talke with the in thynges reasonable. How happeneth it, that the waye of the vngodly is so prosperous? & that it goeth so well with them, whych (wythout any shame) offende & lyue in wickednes? ² Thou plantest them, they take rote, they growe, & brynge forth frute. They boast moch of the, yet art thou farre from ther reynes. ³ But thou Lorde (to whom I am well knowne) thou that hast sene, & proued my herte, take them awaye, lyke as a flock is caryed to the slaughter house, and apointe them for the daye of slaughter.

⁷ The Lord hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob: these workes of theyrs wyll I neuer forget.

² Though they were buryed in the hell, my hande shall fetch them from thence: though they clyme vp to heauen, yet shall I cast them downe:

¹³ Thyne eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euel, thou canst not beholde, the thinge that is wycked. Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tunge, when the wycked deuoureth the man that is better then him selfe?

¹⁶ And he put forth a simylytude vnto them sayinge: The grounde of a certaine riche man brought forth plentifull frutes, ¹⁷ and he thought within him selfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I haue no roume where to bestowe my frutes? ¹⁸ And he sayd: This will I do. I will destroye my barnes, and bylde greater, and therin will I gather all my goodes that are growen vnto me: ¹⁹ and I will saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moche goodes layd vp in stoore for many yeares, take thyne ease: eate, drincke, be mery. ²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

⁴⁵ But and yf the seruaunt saye in his herte. My Lorde will deferre his comminge (and shall beginne to smite seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drincke, and to be droncken)

³ For when they shall saye, peace and all thynges are safe, then shall soden destruccyon come vpon them (as sorowe commeth vpon a woman traualynge with chylde) & they shall not scape:

²³ And I wyll kyll her chyldren with deeth. And all the congregacyons shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the reynes & hertes. And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys workes.