Job 37:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 6:3 : 3 For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie? 8 It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?
  • Ps 139:4 : 4 For there is not a word in my tongue: but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether.
  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment. 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.

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  • 19 Teache vs what we shall saye vnto him: for we are vnmeete to frame our talke because of darkenesse.

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    19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

    20 Neuerthelesse, graunt me two thinges, and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee:

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    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?

    5 Marke me well and be abashed, and lay your hande vpon your mouth.

  • 21 For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them.

  • 3 For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me.

  • 20 Therfore will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    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.

    4 O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

  • 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children.

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

  • 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me.

  • 11 Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee?

  • 14 He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

  • 2 If we assay to come with thee, wilt thou be discontent? But who can withhold him selfe from speaking?

  • 5 But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

  • 2 What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

  • 31 Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.

  • 13 Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shalbe the lesse.

  • 11 Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde.

  • 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, & keepe me secret vntyl thy wrath were past, and to appoynt me a time wherein thou mightest remember me.

  • 26 All darknesse shalbe hid in their secrete places, an vnkindled fire shal consume him: and loke what remaineth in his house, it shalbe destroyed.

  • 15 What shall I say? The Lorde hath made a promise to me, yea and he hym selfe hath perfourmed it: I shall therefore so long as I lyue remember this bitternesse of my lyfe.

  • 35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

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

  • 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me.

  • 14 For God speaketh once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not.

  • 22 Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere.

  • 25 Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym.

  • 23 From whom their endes are hyd, and consealed by God?

  • 29 When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely:

  • 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,

  • 29 He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.

  • 17 I will tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene:

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    2 Shoulde not he that maketh many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin?

    3 Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 2 Heare then the sounde of his voyce, & the noyse that goeth out of his mouth.

  • 19 If men will speake of strength, lo he is strong: if men will speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

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

  • 3 Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothing worth, & speake the thinges which can do no good?

  • 34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

  • 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

  • 30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away.

  • 7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods defence and talke deceitfully for his cause?

  • 17 Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face.

  • 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng, and the earth open her mouth, and swallowe them vp with all that they haue, and they go downe quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked ye Lorde.

  • 2 I became dumbe through scilence, I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes: but the more was my sorowe increased.

  • 14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?

  • 14 When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?