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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 20:1 | Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde. |
| 20:2 | For the same cause do my thoughtes compel me to answere. And why? my mynde is tossed here and there. |
| 20:3 | I haue suffyciently herde thy checkinge and reprose, therfore am I purposed to make aunswere after myne vnderstandinge. |
| 20:4 | Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the begynnynge (euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth) |
| 20:5 | the prayse of the vngodlye hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of ypocrites continued but the twyncklyng of an eye? |
| 20:6 | Though he be magnifyed vp to the heauen, so that his heade reacheth vnto the cloudes: |
| 20:7 | yet he perisheth at the laste lyke dounge: In so moche that they which haue sene hym, saye: Where is he? |
| 20:8 | He vanysheth as a dreame, so that he can no more be founde, & passeth awaye as a visyon in the nyght. |
| 20:9 | So that the eye whiche sawe him before, getteth nowe no syght of hym, and his place knoweth hym no more. |
| 20:10 | His chyldren go a begynge, theyr handes bringe them to sorow and heuynesse. |
| 20:11 | From his youth his bones are full of vyce, which shall lye downe wyth hym in the earth. |
| 20:12 | When wyckednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. |
| 20:13 | That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. |
| 20:14 | The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpentes, with in his body. |
| 20:15 | The ryches that he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal draw them out of his bely |
| 20:16 | he shal sucke the serpentes head, & the adders tonge shal slaye hym: |
| 20:17 | so that he shall nomore se the ryuers & brokes of honye & butter: |
| 20:18 | But laboure shall he, and yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them. |
| 20:19 | And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them. |
| 20:20 | Hys bely could neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his coueteousnesse. |
| 20:21 | He deuoured so gredely that he lefte nothinge behinde, therfore hys goodes shall not prospere. |
| 20:22 | Thoughe he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, and therefore he is but a wretche on euery syde. |
| 20:23 | For though the wicked haue neuer so much to fyll his bely, yet God shall send his wrath vpon hym, and cause hys battaill to raygne ouer him: |
| 20:24 | so that yf he fle the yron wepens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. |
| 20:25 | The arow shal be taken forth, and go out at hys backe, and a glistering swearde thorow the gall of him, feare shall come vpon him. |
| 20:26 | There shal no darcknes be able to hyd him. And vnkindled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shalbe destroyed. |
| 20:27 | The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst hym. |
| 20:28 | The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken away and peryshe, in the daye of the Lordes wrath. |
| 20:29 | This is the porcyon that the wycked shall haue of God, and the heretage that he may loke for of the Lorde. |
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.