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Job - Chapter: 4


4:1	And Eliphas the Themanyte answered, and sayde:
4:2	Yf we begynne to commen with the, wylt thou be discontent? but who can withhold him selfe from speakinge?
4:3	Behold, thou hast bene a chastener of many, and hast comforted the weery handes.
4:4	Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake, knees.
4:5	But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou art greued: now that it hath touched thy selfe, thou art faynt harted.
4:6	Is not this thy feare, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy wayes?
4:7	Consydre (I praye the) whoeuer perysshed beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed?
4:8	For (as I haue proued by experience) they that plowe iniquytie, & sowe wretchednesse, reape the same.
4:9	With the blast of God they perish, and with the breth of hys nastrels are they consumed awaye.
4:10	The roaryng of the lyon, and the voyce of the lyon, & the teeth of the lyons whelpes are pulled out.
4:11	The lyon perissheth for lacke of praye, and the lyons whelpes are scatered abrode.
4:12	And vnto me came the worde secretly, & myne eare hath receaueth a lytell therof.
4:13	In the thoughtes and visyons of the night (when slepe commeth on men)
4:14	feare came vpon me, and drede, which made all my bones to shake.
4:15	The wynde passed by, before my presence, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.
4:16	He stode there, and I knew not hys face, an ymage ther was before myne eyes, and in the stylnesse hearde I a voyce.
4:17	Shall man be more iust than God? Or shall a man be purer than hys maker?
4:18	Beholde, He founde no treuth in hys seruauntes, and in hys aungels ther was foly.
4:19	How moch more in them that dwell in houses of claye, and whose foundacyon is but dust: which shalbe consumed as it were with a Moth?
4:20	They shalbe smitten from the mornynge vnto the euenyng: yee, they shall perysh for euer, when no man thincketh theron.
4:21	It is not their royaltye gone awaye with them: they shal dye trulye, and not in wysdome.


4:1	Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,
4:2	If we bigynnen to speke to thee, in hap thou schalt take it heuyli; but who may holde a word conseyued?
4:3	Lo! thou hast tauyt ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt.
4:4	Thi wordis confermyden men doutynge, and thou coumfortidist knees tremblynge.
4:5	But now a wounde is comun on thee, and thou hast failid; it touchide thee, and thou art disturblid.
4:6	Where is thi drede, thi strengthe, and thi pacience, and the perfeccioun of thi weies?
4:7	Y biseche thee, haue thou mynde, what innocent man perischide euere, ethir whanne riytful men weren doon awei?
4:8	Certis rathir Y siy hem, that worchen wickidnesse, and sowen sorewis,
4:9	and repen tho, to haue perischid bi God blowynge, and to be wastid bi the spirit of his ire.
4:10	The roryng of a lioun, and the vois of a lionesse, and the teeth of `whelpis of liouns ben al to-brokun.
4:11	Tigris perischide, for sche hadde not prey; and the whelpis of a lioun ben distried.
4:12	Certis an hid word was seid to me, and myn eere took as theueli the veynes of priuy noise therof.
4:13	In the hidousnesse of `nyytis siyt, whanne heuy sleep is wont to occupie men,
4:14	drede and tremblyng helde me; and alle my boonys weren aferd.
4:15	And whanne the spirit `yede in my presence, the heiris of `my fleisch hadden hidousnesse.
4:16	Oon stood, whos chere Y knewe not, an ymage bifor myn iyen; and Y herde a vois as of softe wynd.
4:17	Whether a man schal be maad iust in comparisoun of God? ethir whethir a man schal be clennere than his Makere?
4:18	Lo! thei that seruen hym ben not stidefast; and he findith schrewidnesse in hise aungels.
4:19	Hou myche more thei that dwellen in housis of cley, that han an ertheli foundement, schulen be wastyd as of a mouyte.
4:20	Fro morewtid til to euentid thei schulen be kit doun; and for no man vndurstondith, thei schulen perische with outen ende.
4:21	Sotheli thei, that ben residue, schulen be takun awei; thei schulen die, and not in wisdom.


4:1	Then answered Eliphas of Theman and sayde vnto him:
4:2	Yf we begynne to comon with the, peradueture thou wilt be myscontent, but who can witholde himself from speakynge?
4:3	Beholde, thou hast bene a teacher of many, and hast comforted the weery hondes.
4:4	Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake knees.
4:5	But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou shreckest awaye: now that it hath touched thyself, thou art faint harted.
4:6	Where is now thy feare of God, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy life?
4:7	Considre (I praye the) who euer peryshed, beynge an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed?
4:8	As for those that plowe wickednesse (as I haue sene myself) and sowe myschefe, they reape ye same.
4:9	For whe God bloweth vpon them, they perysh, and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath.
4:10	The roaringe of the lyon, the cryenge off the lyonesse, & ye teth off ye lyos whelpes are broke.
4:11	The greate lyon perysheth, because he ca get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode.
4:12	There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell, which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare,
4:13	with a vision in the night, when men are fallen a slepe.
4:14	Soch feare and drede came vpo me, that all my bones shoke.
4:15	And when the wynde passed ouer by me, the hayres of my flesh stode vp.
4:16	Then stode there one before me, whose face I knewe not: an ymage there was, and the wether was still, so that I herde this voyce:
4:17	Maye a man be iustified before God? Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene, by reason of his owne workes?
4:18	Beholde, he hath founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne seruauntes, and proude disobedience amonge his angels.
4:19	How moch more the shal they (that dwell in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but earth) be moth eaten?
4:20	They shalbe destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge: yee they shall perish, or euer they be awarre:
4:21	and be taken awaye so clene, that none of the shall remayne, but be deed, or euer they be awarre off it.

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