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¶ Now when Iobs three friends heard of all this euill, that was come vpon him, they came euery one from his owne place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourne with him, and to comfort him.

For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,

Or with Princes that had golde, who filled their houses with siluer:

Or as an hidden vntimely birth, I had not bene; as infants which neuer saw light.

I was not in safetie, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet: yet trouble came.

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

If I had called, and had answered me, yet would I not beleeue that he had hearkened vnto my voice:

Wherfore then hast thou brought me forth out of the wombe? Oh that I had giuen vp the ghost, and no eye had seene me!

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.11.

I should haue bene as though I had not bene, I should haue bene caried from the wombe to the graue.

But as for the mightie man, hee had the earth, and the honourable man dwelt in it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the man of arme

1611 marginal noteHeb. eminent or accepted for countenance.