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Bishops Bible 1568
| 34:1 | Elihu proceeding in his aunswere, sayde |
| 34:2 | Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding |
| 34:3 | For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates |
| 34:4 | As for iudgement, let vs seke it out among our selues, that we may knowe what is good |
| 34:5 | And why? Iob hath sayd, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement |
| 34:6 | In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault |
| 34:7 | Where is there such a one as Iob, that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water |
| 34:8 | Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers, and walketh with vngodly men |
| 34:9 | For he hath sayde, It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God |
| 34:10 | Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing |
| 34:11 | For he shall rewarde man after his workes, and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes |
| 34:12 | Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement |
| 34:13 | Who ruleth the earth but he? or who hath placed the whole world |
| 34:14 | If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath |
| 34:15 | All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust |
| 34:16 | If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes |
| 34:17 | May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly |
| 34:18 | Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes |
| 34:19 | God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes |
| 34:20 | In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye, and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage, then shall they perishe, & be taken away without handes |
| 34:21 | For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goinges |
| 34:22 | There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him |
| 34:23 | For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him |
| 34:24 | He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede |
| 34:25 | Therefore shall he declare their workes: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed |
| 34:26 | The vngodly doth he punishe openly |
| 34:27 | Because they tourned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes |
| 34:28 | Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble |
| 34:29 | When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely |
| 34:30 | Because the hypocrite doth raigne, because the people are snared |
| 34:31 | Surely of God onely it can be saide, I haue pardoned, I wyll not destroy |
| 34:32 | If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of |
| 34:33 | Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued his iudgement, thou also hast thyne owne minde, and not I: But speake on what thou knowest |
| 34:34 | Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me |
| 34:35 | Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neither were his wordes according to wysdome |
| 34:36 | O father, let Iob be well tryed, because he hath aunswered for wicked men |
| 34:37 | Yea aboue his sinne he doth wickedly, triumpheth among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.