Job 15:17–18

⁵O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

⁶Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

⁵O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome.

⁶Heare now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

¹WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

¹¶ Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my speeches, and hearken to all my wordes.

²Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

²Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

²Suffer mee a little, and I will shewe thee, ^†that I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.

²⁷Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

²⁷Loe this, wee haue searched it, so it is; heare it, and know thou it ^†for thy good.

⁸For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

^8*For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to the search of their fathers.

¹⁹The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

¹⁹The liuing, the liuing, hee shall praise thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall make knowen thy trueth.

¹⁰With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

¹⁰With vs are both the gray headed, and very aged men, much elder then thy father.

¹⁸Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

^18††Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not: vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation, and thy power to euery one that is to come.

³Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

⁶That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

³Which we haue heard, & knowen: and our fathers haue told vs.

⁴We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come, the praises of the LORD: and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

^5*For he established a Testimony in Iacob, and appointed a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers: that they should make them knowen to their children.

⁶That the generation to come might know them, euen the children which should be borne: who should arise and declare them to their children: