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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 42:1 | Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, and sayd: |
| 42:2 | I know that thou hast power ouer all thynges, & that there is no thought hyd vnto the. |
| 42:3 | For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shalbe knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seyng these thynges are so hye, & passe myne vnderstandynge. |
| 42:4 | O herken thou vnto me also, & let me speake: aunswere vnto the thynge that I wyll aske the |
| 42:5 | I haue geuen dyligente care vnto the, & nowe I se the with mine eyes. |
| 42:6 | Wherfor I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the duste and asshes. |
| 42:7 | Now when the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, he sayde vnto Elephas the Themanite: I am displeased with the & thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thyng that is right before me, lyke as my seruaunte Iob hath done. |
| 42:8 | Therfore take .vij. oxen & .vij. rammes, and go to my seruaunte Iob: offre vp also for your selues a brentofferynge: & let my seruaunte Iob praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, & not deale with you after youre folishnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thynge whiche is right, like as my seruaunt Iob hath done. |
| 42:9 | So Elephas the Themanite, Baldad the Suhyte & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordynge as the Lorde commaunded them. The Lorde also accepted the personne of Iob, |
| 42:10 | and the Lorde turned hym vnto Iob, when he prayed for his frendes. Yea the Lorde gaue Iob twyse as muche as he had a fore. |
| 42:11 | And then came there vnto him all hys brethren, all hys sisters, with all them that had bene of hys acquayntaunce afore, & ate bread wyth hym in hys house, wondryng at hym, & comfortyng hym ouer all the trouble, that the Lorde had brought vpon hym. Euery man gaue hym a shepe and a Iewell of golde. |
| 42:12 | And the Lorde made Iob rycher then he was before: for he had .xiiij.M. shepe .vi.M. camels, a .M. youcke of oxen, & a .M. asshes. |
| 42:13 | He had chyldren also .vij. sonnes & .iij. doughters. |
| 42:14 | The fyrste called daye: the seconde Pouerte: the thyrde all plenteousnes. |
| 42:15 | In all the lande were none found so fayre, as the doughters of Iob, & theyr father gaue them enherytaunce amonge theyr brethren. |
| 42:16 | After this lyued Iob .xl. yares, so that he sawe his children, & his children children to the fourthe generacyon. |
| 42:17 | And so he dyed, beynge olde & of a perfecte age. |
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.