Job 18:2–4

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.

¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

^13†He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame vnto him.

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

¹⁹Wherefore my beloued brethren, let euery man bee swift to heare, slow to speake, slow to wrath.

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should ^†a man ful of talke be iustified?

²I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

³Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

²I haue heard many such things: ^‖*miserable comforters are ye all.

³Shall ^†vaine words haue an ende? or what emboldeneth thee, that thou answerest?

²Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

²Heare diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

¹⁷There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

¹⁷There the wicked cease from troubling: and there the ^†wearie be at rest.

⁵Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

⁶As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

⁵Let darkenes and the shadowe of death ^‖staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon it, ^‖let the blacknes of the day terrifie it.

⁶As for that night, let darkenesse seaze vpon it, ^‖let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, let it not come into the number of the moneths.

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.

²How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

²How long wilt thou speake these things? and how long shall the wordes of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

²²So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

^22††So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

¹⁰But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

¹⁰But as for you all, doe you returne, and come now, for I cannot find one wise man among you.

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

¹⁸I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

^18‖I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sonnes of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselues are beasts.

⁷But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

⁸Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

⁷But aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the foules of the aire, and they shall tell thee.

⁸Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.

¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

¹⁰Bee kindly affectioned one to another ^‖with brotherly loue, in honour preferring one another.

¹⁸And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

¹⁸And surely the mountaine falling ^†commeth to nought: and the rocke is remoued out of his place.

⁹He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

⁹He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth vpon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes vpon me.

¹⁴Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

¹⁴Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

²For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

²For wrath killeth the foolish man, and ^‖enuy slayeth the silly one.

⁹Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

^9†‖*Then sayd he vnto me; The iniquity of the house of Israel and Iudah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the citie full of peruersenesse: for they say; The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

¹⁰For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

¹⁰For the mountaines shall depart, and the hilles be remoued, but my kindnesse shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace be remoued, saith the LORD, that hath mercie on thee.

⁸Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

^8*Wilt thou also disanul my iudgement? Wilt thou condemne mee, that thou mayest be righteous?

⁹And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

^9‖‖And God said to Ionah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? and he said, I doe well to be angry, euen vnto death.

³⁹And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.

³⁹And loe, a spirit taketh him, and hee suddenly crieth out, and it teareth him that he fometh againe, and bruising him, hardly departeth from him.

¹⁸And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

¹⁸And wheresoeuer he taketh him, he ^‖teareth him, & he fometh, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples, that they should cast him out, and they could not.

³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

^35*Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away.