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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 22:1 | So Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere and sayde: |
| 22:2 | May a man be compared vnto God in wysdome, though he seme to hym selfe, for to be lyke him? |
| 22:3 | What pleasure hath God in that thou art righteous? Or what doth it profyte him, that thy waies are perfecte? |
| 22:4 | Is he afrayed to reproue the, & to steppe forth wt the into iudgement. |
| 22:5 | Commeth not this for that great wickednesse, & for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable? |
| 22:6 | thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for nought and robbed the naked of their clothing. |
| 22:7 | To suche as were wery, hast thou geuen no water to drincke, thou hast withdrawen bread from the hungry. |
| 22:8 | Shoulde suche one then as vseth violence, wrong and oppression (doing al thing of parcialite, and hauinge respecte of personnes) dwel in the lande? |
| 22:9 | Thou hast sent wyddowes away emptye and oppressed the poore fatherlesse. |
| 22:10 | Therfore art thou compased aboute wyth snares on euery side, and sodenly vexed with feare. |
| 22:11 | Shouldest thou then se no darckenesse? Should not the water floude runne ouer the? |
| 22:12 | Now because that God is hyer then the heauens, & because thou seyst that the starres are so hye |
| 22:13 | wilt thou therfore saye: Tush, how shoulde God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the cloudes: |
| 22:14 | Tush, the cloudes couer him, that he may not se, for he dwelleth in heauen. |
| 22:15 | Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye, that all wicked men haue gone: |
| 22:16 | bothe olde and young, whose foundacyon is a runninge water, |
| 22:17 | whiche say vnto God: go from vs, and after this maner: Tush, what wyll the Almyghty do vnto vs? |
| 22:18 | where as he (notwithstandinge) fylleth their houses wyth all good Whyche meanyng of the vngodly be farre from me. |
| 22:19 | For with ioy shall the godly, and with gladnesse shall the innocent se, |
| 22:20 | that their encrease shall be hewen doune, and their posteryte consumed wyth fyre. |
| 22:21 | Therfore reconcile the vnto God, and be content, so shall all thinges prospere wyth the ryghtwell. |
| 22:22 | Receyue the lawe at his mouth, & laye vp his wordes in thine hert. |
| 22:23 | For yf thou wilt turne to the Almighty, thou shalt stande fast, & al vnrighteousnesse shalbe farre from thy dwellinge: |
| 22:24 | He shall geue the an haruest, whiche in plenty & aboundance shall exceade the dust of the earth, and the gould of Ophir lyke riuer stones |
| 22:25 | Yea, the almighty his own self shalbe thine haruest, and the heape of thy moneye. |
| 22:26 | Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Almighty, & lift vp thy face vnto God. |
| 22:27 | Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto hym, and he shal heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promises. |
| 22:28 | Then loke what thou takest in hand he shall make it to prospere with the, and the light shall shyne in thy wayes. |
| 22:29 | For who so humbleth hym selfe, him shall he set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed. |
| 22:30 | Yf thou be innocent, he shall saue the: and thorow the vngyltinesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered. |
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.