Job 20:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

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  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.
  • Gen 9:1-3 : 1 And god blessed Noah, and his sonnes, & saide vnto them, be fruitfull and multiplie, and replenishe the earth. 2 The feare of you, & the dread of you, shalbe vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery foule of the ayre, vpon al that moueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea, into your hande are they deliuered. 3 Euery thyng that moueth it selfe, and that liueth, shall be meate for you, euen as the greene hearbe haue I geue you all thinges.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)
  • Job 15:10 : 10 With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father.
  • Job 32:7 : 7 For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heauen, the heauen I say is Gods: and he hath geuen the earth vnto the children of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 38:18-21
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    18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

    19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?

    20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

    21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be?

  • 4 Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding.

  • 3 But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges?

  • 21 Knowe ye nothyng? hearde ye neuer of it? hath it not ben preached vnto you since the beginning? haue ye not ben enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth?

  • Job 15:7-9
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    7 Art thou the first man that euer was borne? or wast thou made before the hils?

    8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

    9 What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

  • 6 Was not thy feare according to thy hope? and the perfectnesse of thy wayes according to thy expectation?

  • 20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • 15 Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked?

  • Job 10:4-6
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    4 Hast thou fleshy eyes? or doest thou loke as a man loketh?

    5 Or are thy dayes as the dayes of man? and thy yeres as mans yeres?

    6 That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes, and searchest out my sinne?

  • 5 That the gladnesse of the vngodlie hath ben short, and that the ioy of hypocrites continued but the twinckling of an eye?

  • 27 Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe.

  • 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

  • 10 The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

  • 10 Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs.

  • 1 Considering then that there is no time hyd from the almightie, how happeneth it that they which know him do not regarde his dayes?

  • 3 I haue sufficiently heard the checking of my reproofe, therefore the spirite of myne vnderstanding causeth me to aunswere.

  • Job 8:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers:

    9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)

  • 16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloudes, and the wonderous workes of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • 16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:

  • 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

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

  • 13 Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

    13 Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

  • 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • 20 Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,

  • 4 Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?

  • 2 What ye knowe, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior vnto you.

  • 27 I knowe thy dwelling, thy comming out and thy goyng in, and thy fury against me.

  • 21 Such are now the dwellinges of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • 11 For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?

  • 3 O God, what is man that thou doest knowe hym? what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym?

  • 33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth?

  • 4 Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges?

  • 4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

  • 25 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes.

  • 4 As it stoode with me when I was young, when God prospered my house:

  • 14 I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym.

  • 17 What is man that thou doest magnifie him? and that thou settest thy heart vpon him?

  • 21 Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?

  • 20 Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,

  • 22 Seeing God hath the highest power of all, who can teache him any knowledge?