The condition of man's life. Before JOB. Eliphaz reproveth Job, &c. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and} 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou CHRIST lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a choosest the tongue of the crafty. print upon the heels of my feet. cir. 1520. e ch. 36, 8. 28 And he, e Before CHRIST cir. 1520. ނ 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I, 16,5 as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a gar-yea, thine own lips testify against thee. Ps. 192,26. ment that is moth-eaten. 7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? a Ps. 30, 5, 6,7. Isa. 40, 6. James 4, 15. CHAPTER XIV. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down P.54.15. he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 34, & 144, 3. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a d Ps. 51, 5. one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of "an unclean? Rom. S, 13. 16 For now thou Pnumberest my steps; dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest Lake 121 away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him; and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost g thou restrain wisdom to thyself? h g Rom. 11 33. i ch. 15, 2. 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what I ch. 12, 2 understandest thou, which is not in us? 10 * With us are both the gray-headed and very k1 Cor. 82 aged men, much elder than thy father. Heb. 12, 5. 11 Are the 'consolations of God small with thee? 12 Cor. 1, 3 is there any secret thing" with thee? 12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thine eyes wink at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? D 0 m 1 22, Kings n ch. 7, 20. & 9, 30. & 9. p ch. 4, 18. 2 Pet. 3, 10. 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he 13, 26 which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? o Prov. 20, 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water ? 17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and 'no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man "travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. X 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of 6, 35. darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where Ps. 55, 7. & is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready 109, 10. at his hand. 13. 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 21 Cor. 10, 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 Herunneth upon him, even on his neck, upon Rev. 17, the thick bosses of his bucklers; d b Mal. S, 13 d Ps. 17, 10. 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in ech. 314 houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall not be 'rich, neither shall his substance f 1 Tim. 6,9. continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. Job maintaineth his innocence. Betore CHRIST cir. 1520. a chap. 12, CHAPTER XVI....XVII. ..XVIII....XIX. 23. & 15, 2. comforters are ye all. b ch. 13. 4. Phil. 1. 16, 13. 1 Cor. 4, 3 Shall vain words have an end? or boldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were Pet. 3, 8. in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you. d 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, d2 Cor. 1, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Gal. 6, 1. k Johe 19, 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased? e me weary: thou hast 7 But now he hath made made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. The calamities of the wicked. Before CHRIST 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. cit. 1520. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he h Rom. 11, that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 38. 10 But as for you all, do you return, and come now: i Acts 13 46. for I cannot find 'one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: h 10 They have 'gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. 11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth 6 The light shall be 'dark in his tabernacle, and Lev. 2, 2 eth my reins asunder, and doth "not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. a ch. 2.3 ch. 11, 2 ch 11, 2 3. & 34, 4. 13. gch. 5, 12, Esth. 3, 9. h Prov 5, 22. & 29, 6, i chap. 5, 5. k 2 Pet. 2, 12. 1 P. 55, 17 m Ps. 7, 12 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his taber- n ch. 8, 14. nacle; and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. Heb. 2, 15. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is pIsa. 13, 19. none of his brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above 4 Pr. 57, 35. shall his branch be cut off. 17' His remembrance shall perish from the earth, MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the and he shall have no namo in the street. graves are ready for me. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not and chased out of the world. mine eye continue in their provocation? 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. lieb 7, 22 who is he that will strike hands with me? d Mat. 11, 23. & 13, 11. 4 For thou hast bid their heart from understand-" ing therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6' He hath made me also a by-word of the people, and r Prov. 10,7 s Luke 12, 20. t Jer. 22, 30. 8. 20 They that come after him shall be astonished u Ps. 37, 13 at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. 2 Thes. 1 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and Titus 1, 16. this is the place of him that noweth not God. CHAPTER XIX. 21 Job craveth pity....25 He believeth the resurrection. daforetime I was as a tableteason of sorrow, and TN Jou answered and saidny soul, and break all my members are as a shadow. me in pieces with words? a ch. 18, 2. b 1 Sam. ! 2 Pct. 2, &' 1. 12, 10 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am "not heard: cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken k ch. 28,14, the crown from my head. 20. & 30, 11. & 17, 15. 7. m 10 He hath destroyed ine on every side, and I am 1 ch. 13, 15. gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and m Heb. 12, he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come "together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath, ut my brethren far from me, and mine p Mic. 7, 5. acquaintance are verily estranged from mc. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my P familiar friends have forgotten me. n Ps. 3-4, 19. o Ps. 88, 18. q ch. 31, 13. 10. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, Titus 2,9, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my 'servant, and he gave me no answer: I entreated him with my mouth. ch. 17, 1. t 2 Klugs 2, 23. u Ps 41, 8. 1 Ps. 102,5. y Col. 3, 12. fleb. 13, 2. z Ps. 69, 26. a Rom. 8, 38. ཐ 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body. 18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. 19 All my inward friends abhorred me. and they whom I loved are turned against me. 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. Y 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that Dan. 12,1. he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though, after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: James 2,13. u Ps. 7. Luke 12, 20. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon Rev. 18, 7. him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shail rain 1 Num. 25,4 it upon him while he is eating. a 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. a Num. 11 33. b Isa. 24, 19 c Deut. 32, 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, îì. the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. go 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. CHAPTER XXI. The judgment of the wicked is in another world. a 2 Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations. .; 3 Suffer me that I may speak ; and after that have spoken, mock on. C d Heb. 12, 29. e Rom. 1,18 I it 6, 26. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. d 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall lie down 'alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling-places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is 'reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. D i 1 Sam. 28, 20. k Ps. 32, 6 1 Ps. 115, S m Zech. 1, n Ps. 13%, 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he 12. not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden; 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foun{dation was overflown with a flood; P o 1 Cor. 10, 5. 2 Peter 2,64 p Mat. 24, 38. 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and g Psal. 4,6. what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn. t 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down: but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 3 Jer. 44, 16, r Ps. 17, 14, s Ps. 58, 10 Rev. 19, 1. t Acts 17,31. 2 Peter 2, 7. u Mat. 6, 33, 1 Tun. 4, 8 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby "good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, x Ps 113, and lay up his words in thy heart. 11. Prov. 4, 21. y Ps. 28, 5. z 2 Chr. 1, 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,thou shalt putawayiniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the i gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. C b a a Prov. 1, 4. b Song 2, 3. c 1 John 3, 21. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he a Isa. 58, 2. shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. d 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways. d 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, James 4,6. There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent; and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands. CHAPTER XXIII. God, who is invisible, observeth our ways. Job answered and said, 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your THE Even today is my complaint bitter: my g Eccl. 9,14 b 1 Tim. 2, h Acts 17, 27. 1 Tim. 6, 16. k Ps. 44, 24. e 7There the righteous might dispute with him so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he IPS. 66, 10. hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. m 2 Tim. 4, 10. 11 My foot hath held his steps: his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandRev. 2, 10. ment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. n Psal. 119, 72. John 4, 32. o Rom. 9,19. 3. a 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed 1 Thes. 3, for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him. q Hab. 3,16. r Isa. 57, 16. ■ Isa. 57, 1. a Gen. ", 16. Ps. 31, 15. b Deut. 19, 14. 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him: he shall be "no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way & 39, 5. as all other, and cut off as the "tops of the ears of corn. b Ps. 55, 23. 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? CHAPTER XXV. 15 For God maketh my heart' soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: I was answered aemaketh is 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Almighty, do they that know him not see his 2 Some remove the land-marks; they violently Prov. 22,28. take away flocks, and feed thereof; Hosea 5, 10. 3. 1 Sam. 12, d Prov. 30, 14. 16. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge; 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. e 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth Prov. 4, to their work, rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. f Jam. 5, 4. g Deut. 24, 12, 13. 31. 6 They reap every one his 'corn in the field, and they gather the vintage of the wicked; 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold; 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, h Heb. 11, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter; 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor; i Hosea 10, 14. 1 Tim. 6, 10. 4. k 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, Deut. 25, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread Jer. 22, 15. their wine-presses, and 'suffer thirst. m Ps. 50, 21. m 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of Eccl. & 1. the wounded crieth out; " yet God layeth not folly to them. Mal. 2, 17. n John 3,26. 。 Eph. 5,16. p Mat. 5, 27. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, k ch. 38, 8. until the day and night come to an end. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astonished at his reproof. m 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the "proud. 13 By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. I Rev. 21, 1. m 2 Pet. 3, 10. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how lit- 12. tle a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his q2 Cor. 47 power who can understand? |