Job 3:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Lyke as the kinges and lordes of the earth, which haue buylded them selues speciall places,

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  • Job 15:28 : 28 Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.
  • Isa 14:10-16 : 10 That they may all aunswere and speake vnto thee, Art thou become weake also as we? Art thou become lyke vnto vs? 11 Thy pompe and thy pride is layde downe into the pit, and so is the melodie of thy instrumentes. Wormes be layde vnder thee, & wormes be thy coueryng. 12 Howe art thou fallen from heauen O Lucifer, thou faire mornyng chylde? Howe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde, which didst weaken the nations? 13 For thou saydest in thine heart, I wyll clymbe vp into heauen, and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God, I wyll sit also vpon the mount of the congregation towarde the North. 14 I wyll clymbe vp aboue the cloudes, and wyll be lyke the hyghest of all. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought downe to the deepe of hell, to the sides of the lake. 16 They that see thee shall narowly loke vpon thee, and thinke in them selues, saying: Is this the man that brought all landes in feare, and made the kyngdomes afrayde?
  • Isa 58:12 : 12 Then the places that haue euer ben waste, shalbe builded of thee, there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kinredes: Thou shalt be called the maker vp of the breache, and the buylder agayne of the way to dwell in.
  • Ezek 26:20 : 20 Then wil I cast thee downe vnto them that descend into the pit, vnto a people of olde time, and set thee in a lande that is beneath, like the olde ruynes, with them which go downe to the graue, so that no man shall dwell more in thee: but I wil reserue honour for the land of the liuing:
  • Ezek 27:18-32 : 18 Damascus also vsed marchaundise with thee, in the wine of Helbon, and whyte wooll: because thyne occupying was so great, and thy wares so many. 19 Dan, Iauan, & Meuzal haue brought vnto thy markets wrougth iron, Cassia, and Calamus were among thy marchaundise. 20 They of Dedan were thy marchauntes in precious clothes for chariots. 21 Arabia and all the princes of Cedar haue occupied with thee, in weathers, rammes, and goates: in these were they thy marchauntes. 22 The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupied also with thee, in al chiefe spices, in all precious stones and golde, which they brought vnto thy markets. 23 Haran, Chenne, and Eden, the marchauntes of Seba, Assyria, and Chelmad were doers with thee: 24 These were thy marchauntes in all sortes of thinges, in rayment of blewe silke, and of broidred worke, and in coffers for the riche apparell, whiche were trussed with coardes, and Cedar boorde among thy marchaundise. 25 The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying: thus thou wast replenished and in great worship, euen in the mids of the sea. 26 Thy rowers haue brought thee into great waters, the east wind hath broken thee in the mids of the sea. 27 Thy riches, and thy fayres, thy marchaundise, thy mariners, & shipmasters, thy calkars, and the occupiers of thy marchaundise, and al thy men of warre that are in thee, and all thy multitude that is in the mids of thee, shall fal in the mids of the sea, in the day of thy fall. 28 The suburbes shal shake at the loude crie of thy shipmen. 29 All that handle the ore, mariners, and all shipmaisters of the sea, shall come downe from their ships, and stand vpon the lande. 30 And they shall cause their voyce to be heard against thee, and shall crye bitterly, and shall cast dust vpon their heades, and wallowe in the asshes. 31 They shal make them selues bauld for thee, and girde them with sackcloth, & they shal weepe for thee, with sorowefull heart, and bitter mourning. 32 And they shall take vp a lamentation for thee in their mourning, and lament ouer thee, what citie is like Tyrus so destroyed in the mids of the sea?
  • Job 30:23 : 23 Sure I am that thou wilt bryng me vnto death, euen to the lodging that is due vnto all men liuing.
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches. 7 But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym. 8 For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer: 9 yea though he lyue long and see not the graue. 10 For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 They shalbe put into a graue dead as a sheepe, death shall feede on them: but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng, their beautie shall consume away, hell shall receaue them from their house.
  • Ps 89:48 : 48 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite, nor to haue any power in the tyme of death, nor that can make an ende of the battayle, neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall.
  • Isa 5:8 : 8 Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, and bring one lande so nigh vnto another, that there is no more place: Wyll ye be placed alone in the myddest of the earth?
  • 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 And so Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.
  • 1 Kgs 11:43 : 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne raigned in his steade.
  • Job 12:17 : 17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

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  • Job 3:15-17
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    15Or as the princes that haue had golde, and their houses full of siluer:

    16Or why was not I hyd, as a thing borne out of tune, either as young children which neuer sawe the light?

    17There must the wicked ceasse from their tyrannie, and there such as laboured valiauntly be at rest:

  • 13Then should I nowe haue lyen stil, I shoulde haue slept, and ben at rest,

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse, and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence, which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour, nor payeth hym his hyre:

    14Who thinketh in hym selfe, I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours, who causeth windowes to be hewen therin, and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of Cedar, and painteth them with Sinoper.

  • 28Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

  • 14There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it.

  • 18He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me.

  • Isa 14:16-18
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    16They that see thee shall narowly loke vpon thee, and thinke in them selues, saying: Is this the man that brought all landes in feare, and made the kyngdomes afrayde?

    17Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waste, and layde the cities to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go out?

    18The kynges of the nations lye euery one in his owne house with worship.

  • 10And they shall mocke the kinges, and the princes shalbe a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery stronghold, for they shall gather dust, and take it.

  • 8But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it.

  • 3Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.

  • 17He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

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    2The kynges of the earth stande vp: and the rulers take counsell together against god, and against his annointed.

  • 10Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges: be you learned ye that are iudges of the earth.

  • 40He bringeth princes into contempt: & he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all.

  • 4I made gorgious faire workes: I builded my houses, and planted vineyardes.

  • 3Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?

  • Lam 3:5-6
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    5He hath buylded rounde about me, and closed me in with gall and trauaile.

    6He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer.

  • 3They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes.

  • 28For ye say where is the princes palace? and where is the dwelling of the vngodly?

  • 11Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth.

  • 3For I enuied at the case of the foolishe: I sawe the wicked flowe in all kynde of prosperitie.

  • 18He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh.

  • Job 22:15-16
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    15Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked?

    16Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer.

  • 14My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest: and like as egges that were layde here and there, are gathered together, so do I gather all countreys, and there was none so bolde as to moue the winge, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper.

  • 3Ye that put farre away the euyll day, and approche to the seate of iniquitie.

  • 18Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.

  • 8Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers, and walketh with vngodly men?

  • 12Her nobles shall call, and there is no kyngdome: and all her princes shalbe nothyng.

  • 23He bringeth princes to nothing, and the iudges of the earth as though they were not.

  • 3I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.

  • Eccl 10:6-7
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    6in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

    7I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.

  • 18Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed.

  • 14Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth: There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Againe, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous: This haue I called also a vayne thing.

  • 6I haue destroyed the nations, their towres are desolate, I haue made their streetes wast, that none shall passe by: their cities are destroyed, without man, and without inhabitaunt.

  • 7Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse.

  • 7And therfore the whole worlde is nowe at rest and quietnesse, and men sing for ioy.

  • 10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • 4With thy wisdome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee great welthines, & gathered treasure of siluer & gold.

  • 8Who hath deuised this agaynst Tyre that crowneth her selfe? Whose marchauntes are princes, & whose factours are honorable in the worlde.

  • 18The mountaines fal away at the last, the rockes are remoued out of their place.

  • 14Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

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