Job 2:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then sayd his wyfe vnto him: Doest thou continue yet in thy perfectnesse? curse God, and dye.

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  • Job 2:3 : 3 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob? howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth, a perfect and a iust man? one that feareth God, and eschueth euil, & continueth still in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against hym, to destroy him without cause.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym, and touch once his bone and his fleshe, and he shall curse thee to thy face.
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 They say also vnto God: Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes. 15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate.
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
  • 2 Kgs 6:33 : 33 While he yet talked with them: behold, the messenger came downe vnto him, & sayd, Behold, this euyl is of the Lorde: And what more shall I loke for of the Lorde?
  • Job 1:11 : 11 But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touche all that he hath, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 10 But he sayde vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: shal we receaue good at the hande of God, and not receaue euyll? In all these thinges did not Iob sinne with his lippes.

  • Job 2:3-8
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    3 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob? howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth, a perfect and a iust man? one that feareth God, and eschueth euil, & continueth still in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against hym, to destroy him without cause.

    4 And Satan aunswered the Lord, and sayd, Skinne for skinne, yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life.

    5 But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym, and touch once his bone and his fleshe, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

    6 And the Lord sayde vnto Satan: Lo, he is in thyne hand, but saue his lyfe.

    7 So went Satan foorth from the presence of the Lorde, and smote Iob with sore byles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

    8 And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym: and he sat downe among the asshes.

  • Job 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 After this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day,

    2 And Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • Job 1:8-11
    4 verses
    73%

    8 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill?

    9 Satan aunswered, and saide vnto the Lorde: Doth Iob feare God for naught?

    10 Hast thou not preserued him and his house, and al that he hath on euery side? Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes, and his possession is encreased in the lande.

    11 But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touche all that he hath, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

  • Job 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Iob aunswered, and sayde,

    2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

  • Job 19:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Iob aunswered, and saide:

    2 How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes?

  • 10 Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

  • 1 So Iob aunswered, & saide:

  • Job 1:20-22
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    71%

    20 Then Iob stoode vp, and rent his clothes, & shaued his head, fell downe vpon the ground, worshipped,

    21 And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde.

    22 In all these thinges dyd Iob not offende, nor charged God foolishly.

  • 13 That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • 1 Iob aunswered, & said:

  • 1 Iob aunswered, and saide:

  • 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie.

  • 1 But Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • 3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying:

  • 1 Then Iob aunswered the Lord, and saide:

  • 7 Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, both thou and all that thou hast.

  • Job 27:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 And Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying,

    2 As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement, and the almightie that hath vexed my minde:

  • 1 Iob aunswered, and sayde:

  • 1 So Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying:

  • Job 13:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes?

    15 Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight.

  • 9 Let his chyldren be fatherlesse: and his wyfe a wydowe.

  • Job 42:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

    7 Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it came to passe that the Lorde saide to Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with thee, and thy two friendes: for ye haue not spoken of me the thyng that is right, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

  • 1 Iob aunswered, & saide:

  • 10 Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.

  • 18 So I spake vnto the people betymes in the morning, & at euen my wife dyed: then vpon the next morowe I dyd as I was commaunded.

  • 14 Yet ye say, wherin? Because the Lord hath ben witnesse betweene thee and thy wyfe of thy youth, against whom thou hast transgressed, yet is she thyne owne companion, and the wyfe of thy couenaunt.

  • 9 There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God?

  • 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God?

  • 20 But and if thou hast gone aside from thyne husbande, and art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thyne husbande:

  • 23 But his wyfe sayde vnto him: Yf the Lord would kyll vs, he would not haue receaued a burnt offering and a meate offering of our handes, neither woulde he haue shewed vs al these thinges, nor woulde nowe haue tolde vs any suche.

  • 36 O father, let Iob be well tryed, because he hath aunswered for wicked men:

  • 31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me.

  • 6 In my right I shoulde be a lyer: my wounde is incurable without my fault.