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still a litle, and I shal shewe the, what I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I wil open vnto ye yet more of myne vnderstondinge, and proue my maker rightuous.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>True are my wordes, & no lye: and the knowlege wherwithall I argue agaynst the, is perfecte.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Beholde, God casteth not awaye ye mightie, for he himselff is mightie in power and wisdome.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As for the vngodly, he preserueth the not but helpeth the poore to their right.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He turneth not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he setteth vp kynges in their Trone, and cofirmeth them, so that they allwaye syt therin.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of pouerte:<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>then sheweth he them their workes ad dedes and the synnes wherwt they haue vsed cruell violence.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He with punyshinge and nurturinge off them, rowneth them in the eares, warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse, and to amende.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Yf they now will take hede and be obedient, they shall weere out their dayes in prosperite, and their yeares in pleasure ad ioye.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But yff they will not obeye, they shall go thorow the swearde, & perish or euer they be awarre.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As for soch as be fayned, dyssemblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon him, though they be his presoners.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thus their soule perisheth in foolishnesse, and their lyfe wt ye condened.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Euen so shall he kepe the (yf thou wilt be content) from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth: & yf thou wilt holde the quyete, he shal fyll thy table with plenteousnesse.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Hath God ordened then, that the glorious life off the & all soch mightie men shulde not be put downe?<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Prolonge not thou the tyme, till there come a night for the, to set other people in thy steade.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But bewarre that thou turne not asyde to wickednesse and synne, which hyther to thou hast chosen more then mekenesse.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Beholde, God is of a mightie hye power: Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he?<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who wil reproue him of his waye? who wil saye vnto him: thou hast done wronge?<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>O considre how greate and excellent his workes be, whom all men loaue and prayse:<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>yee wondre at him, and yet they se him but afarre of.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Beholde, so greate is God, that he passeth oure knowlege, nether are we able to come to ye experiece of his yeares.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He turneth ye water to smaldroppes, he dryueth his cloudes<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>together for to rayne, so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He can sprede out the cloudes (a couerynge off his tabernacle)<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and cause his light to shyne vpo them, and to couer the botome of the see.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>By these thinges gouerneth he his people, and geueth the abundaunce of meate.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>In ye turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light, & at his commaundement it commeth agayne.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the catell.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br 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