Job 17:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Froward men are with me, and myne eye must continue in the bitternesse of them.

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  • 1 Sam 1:6-7 : 6 And her enemie Phenenna vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren. 7 (And so dyd he yere by yere) and as oft as she wet vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept, and dyd not eate.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, & he heareth him: The iust & the vpright is laughed to scorne.
  • Job 16:20 : 20 My friendes geue me many wordes to scorne, and myne eye powreth out teares vnto God.
  • Job 21:3 : 3 Suffer me that I may speake, and when I haue spoken mocke on.
  • Ps 25:13 : 13 His soule shall rest all nyght at ease: and his seede shall inherite the lande.
  • Ps 35:14-16 : 14 I kept them company whersoeuer they went, as though they had ben my frende or brother: I went heauyly, as one that mourned for his mother. 15 But in mine aduersitie they reioysed and gathered them together: yea, the very abiectes came together against me, yer I wyst they rented me a peeces and ceassed not. 16 With hypocrites, scoffers, and parasites: they gnashed vpon me with their teeth.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 Whosoeuer sitteth vnder the couer of the most highest: he shal abide vnder the shadowe of the almightie.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 They that passed by, reuyled hym, waggyng their heades, 40 And saying: Thou that destroyedst the temple, & buyldest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God, come downe from the crosse. 41 Lykewyse also the hye priestes, mockyng hym, with the scribes, and elders, and pharisees sayde: 42 He saued other, hym selfe can he not saue. If he be the kyng of Israel, let him nowe come downe from the crosse, and we wyll beleue hym. 43 He trusted in God, let hym delyuer hym nowe, yf he wyll haue hym: for he sayde, I am the sonne of God. 44 The thieues also which were crucified with hym, cast the same in his teeth.
  • Job 13:9 : 9 Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to reckening? For as one man mocketh an other, so do ye mocke him.

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