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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 32:1 | So these thre men would stryue no more wyth Iob, because he helde him selfe a ryghteous man. |
| 32:2 | But Eliu the sonne of Barachell the Bussite of the kinred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, that he called him felfe iust before God. |
| 32:3 | And wyth Iobs thre frindes he was angry also, because they had founde no reasonnable answere to ouercome him. |
| 32:4 | Now taryed Eliu till they had ended their communycacion with Iob, for why they were elder then he. |
| 32:5 | So when Eliu the sonne of Barachel the Bussite sawe, that these thre men were not able to make Iob answere, he was myscontent: |
| 32:6 | so that he gaue answere hym selfe, and sayde: Considringe, that I am younge, & ye be men of age, I was afraid, & durst not shew forth my minde, |
| 32:7 | for I thought thus within my selfe. It becommeth olde men to speake, and the aged to teache wisedom. |
| 32:8 | Euery man (no doute) hath a mind but it is the inspiracion of the Almyghty that geueth vnderstandynge. |
| 32:9 | All men are not wise neyther dothe euery aged man vnderstande the thinge that is lawfull. |
| 32:10 | Therfore wyll I speake also (in so farre as I may be hearde) & wyl shew you myne opynion. |
| 32:11 | For when I had wayted till ye made an ende of your talking & hearde youre wysedome: what argumentes ye made in youre communycacyon: |
| 32:12 | yea when I had dylygentlye pondred what, ye sayde, I I founde not one of you that made any good argumente agaynst Iob, or that directly coud make answere vnto hys wordes: |
| 32:13 | lest ye shuld prayse youre selues, to haue founde oute wysdome: because it is God that hath caste hym oute, and no man. |
| 32:14 | Neuerthelesse, seyng he hath not spoken vnto me, therfore wyll not I aunswere hym as ye haue done |
| 32:15 | (for they were so abashed, that they coude not make aunswere, nor speake one worde) |
| 32:16 | but in so muche as ye wyll not speake, standynge styll lyke domme men, and makynge no aunswere: |
| 32:17 | I haue a good hope for my parte to shappe hym an answere, and to shewe hym my meanyng. |
| 32:18 | For I am full of wordes, and the spryte that is wtin me, compelleth me. |
| 32:19 | Beholde, I am as the newe wyne, whiche hath no vente, and bursteth the newe vessels in sunder. |
| 32:20 | Therfore wyl I speake, that I may haue a vente: I wyl open my lyppes, & make aunswere. |
| 32:21 | I wyll regarde no maner of person, no man wyll I spare. |
| 32:22 | For yf I wolde go aboute to please men, I knowe not, how sone my maker wolde take me awaye. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.