whether

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliuerance arise to the Iewes from another place, but thou and thy fathers house shall be destroyed: And who knoweth, whether thou art come to the kingdome for such a time as this?

1611 marginal noteHeb. respiration.

When he giueth quietnesse, who then can make trouble? and when hee hideth his face, who then can beholde him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man onely:

Should it bee according to thy minde? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou chuse, and not I: therefore speake what thou knowest.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Should it be from with thee?

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a rod.

Euen a childe is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure, and whether it be right.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether hee rage or laugh, there is no rest.

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a foole? yet shall he haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue laboured, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the Sunne. This is also vanitie.

1611 marginal notePsal.49.11. &c.

The sleepe of a labouring man is sweete, whether he eate little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleepe.

In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall be right.

For God shal bring euery worke into iudgement, with euer secret thing, whether it bee good, or whether it bee euill.

1611 marginal noteRom.2.16 and 14.10. 1.cor.5.10.