Verse 20

Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not wyllyng, but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe. 18 Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde. 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Gen 5:29 : 29 And called his name Noah, saying: This same shall comfort vs as concerning our worke, & sorowe of our handes about the earth, which God cursed.
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God sayd vnto Noah: the ende of all fleshe is come before me, for the earth is fylled with crueltie through them, and beholde I wyl destroy them with the earth.
  • Job 12:6-9 : 6 The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperitie, and they that maliciouslie meddle against God dwell without care, in those thinges that God hath geuen richely with his hande. 7 Aske the cattaile, and they shall enfourme thee: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell thee. 8 Or the encrease of the earth, and it shall shew thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall certifie thee. 9 What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these? 10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.
  • Isa 24:5-6 : 5 The earth also is become vnprofitable vnder the inhabitours therof, which haue transgressed the lawes, chaunged the ordinaunce, broken the euerlastyng couenaunt. 6 Therfore hath the curse consumed the earth, and they that dwell therin are fallen into trespasse: Wherfore the inhabitours of the earth are perished with drought, and fewe men are left behinde.
  • Jer 12:4 : 4 Howe long shall the lande mourne, and all the hearbes of the fielde perishe for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin? The cattell and the birdes are gone, yet say they, tushe, God wyll not destroy vs vtterly.
  • Jer 12:11 : 11 They haue layde it waste, and nowe that it is waste it sigheth vnto me: yea the whole lande lyeth waste, and no man regardeth it.
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde, because there was no grasse. 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places, and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons, their eyes did fayle for want of grasse.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therfore shall the lande mourne, and all they that dwell therein shalbe rooted out, the beastes of the fielde, the foules of the ayre, and the fisshes in the sea, shalbe consumed.
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 O howe cattell mourne? the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture, and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed?
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we knowe, that euery creature groneth with vs also, and trauayleth in payne, euen vnto this tyme.