Job 18:7–10

¹²When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

^12*When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

³⁶Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

^36†Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me; that my feete did not slippe.

¹⁰The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

^10*†The LORD bringeth the counsell of the heathen to nought: he maketh the deuices of the people, of none effect.

¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

¹⁹For the wisedome of this world is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, ^*Hee taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse.

³¹¶ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

³¹¶ And one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And Dauid sayde, O LORD, I pray thee turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.

¹⁴And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

¹⁴And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsell of Hushai the Archite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel: For the LORD had ^†appointed to defeate the good counsell of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring euill vpon Absalom.

⁶It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

^6*It shall be also caried vnto Assyria for a present to King Iareb: Ephraim shall receiue shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his owne counsell.

⁶Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

⁶Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine owne lippes testifie against thee.

²²In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

²²In the fulnesse of his sufficiencie, he shalbe in straites: euery hand of the ^‖wicked shall come vpon him.

¹⁶Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

¹⁶Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and ^†that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.

¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

^12*Hee disappointeth the deuices of the craftie, so that their hands ^‖cannot performe their enterprise.

^13*He taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse: and the counsell of the froward is caried headlong.

³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

³²For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproofe.

³¹Therefore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuices.

³²For the ^‖turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fooles shall destroy them.

¹⁵The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

^15*The heathen are sunke downe in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid, is their own foot taken.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,

⁸Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

^8†Let destruction come vpon him at vnawares, and let his net that hee hath hid, catch himselfe: into that very destruction let him fall.

⁷Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

⁷Moreouer, hee must haue a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproch, and the snare of the deuill.

⁹But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

⁹But they that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish & hurtfull lusts, which drowne men in destruction and perdition.

²⁶And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

²⁶And that they may ^†recouer themselues out of the snare of the deuill, who are ^†taken captiue by him at his will.

⁹If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

⁹If it please the king, let it be written, ^†that they may be destroyed: and I will ^†pay ten thousand talents of siluer to the handes of those that haue the charge of the businesse, to bring it into the kings treasuries.

¹³And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

¹³And Haman told Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, euery thing that had befallen him. Then saide his wise men, and Zeresh his wife vnto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Iewes, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not preuaile against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the Kings wrath pacified.

⁵¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

⁵¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered, & said vnto Esther the Queene: Who is he? and where is he, ^†that durst presume in his heart to do so?

³Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

^3*Thus saith the LORD God; I will therefore spread out my net ouer thee, with a company of many people, and they shall bring thee vp in my net.

⁶In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

⁶In the transgression of an euill man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and reioyce.

²²¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

²²¶ ^†His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the coards of his sinnes.

¹⁴And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁵And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

^14*And he shalbe for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rocke of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a ginne, and for a snare to the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

^15*And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

¹⁵And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

¹⁵And the Sabeans fell vpon them, and tooke them away: yea they haue slaine the seruants with the edge of the sword, and I onely am escaped alone, to tell thee.

¹⁷While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

¹⁷While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Caldeans made out three bands, and ^†fell vpon the camels, and haue caried them away, yea, and slaine the seruants with the edge of the sword, and I onely am escaped alone, to tell thee.

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

⁵Whose haruest the hungry eateth vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth vp their substance.

¹³My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

^13*My net also will I spread vpon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I wil bring him to Babylon to the land of the Caldeans, yet shall hee not see it, though he shall die there.

⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

^6‖Upon the wicked hee shall raine snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

⁹And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

⁹And Dauid sayth, ^*Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling blocke, and a recompense vnto them.