Job 29:25

Coverdale Bible (1535)

When I agreed vnto their waye, I was the chefe, & sat as a kynge amonge his seruauntes: Or as one that comforteth soch as be in heuynesse.

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  • Judg 11:8 : 8 The Elders of Gilead sayde: Therfore come we now againe vnto the, that thou mayest go with vs, and fighte agaynst the children of Ammon, and be oure captayne ouer all that dwell in Gilead.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 And therfore strength ye weake hodes, and conforte the feble knees. 4 Saye vnto them that are of a fearful hert: Be of good chere, and feare not. Beholde: youre God cometh, to take vengeaunce & to rewarde, God cometh his owne self, and wil delyuer you.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The sprete of the LORDE God is wt me, for ye LORDE hath anoynted me, & sent me, to preach good tydiges vnto the poore, yt I might bynde vp ye wounded hertes, yt I might preach delyueraunce to ye captyue, & open the preson to the that are bounde: 2 yt I might declare ye acceptable yeare of ye LORDE, & the daye of ye avegeaunce of oure God: that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse, 3 that I might geue vnto them yt mourne in Sion, bewty in the steade of asshes, ioyful oyntmet for sighinge, pleasaunt raymet for an heuy mide: That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse, a platinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in.
  • 2 Cor 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of mercy and ye God of all comforte, 4 which comforteth vs in all oure trouble: in so moch yt we are able to comforte them that are in eny maner of trouble, with the same comforte wher with we oure selues are comforted of God.
  • Gen 14:14-17 : 14 Now whan Abram herde yt his brother was taken, he harnessed his bonde seruauntes borne in his owne house, thre hundreth & eightene, & folowed after them vntill Dan, 15 & deuyded the, & fell vpo them by night wt his seruauntes, and smote the, and chased them awaye vnto Hoba, which lieth on ye left hande of the cite of Damascos, 16 and brought agayne all the goodes, and also his brother Lot, and his goodes, ye wemen also and the people. 17 And as he came agayne from the slaughter of Kedorlaomer & of the kinges that were with him, the kynge of Sodome wente to mete him in to the playne felde, which is called kynges dale.
  • Gen 41:40 : 40 Thou shalt be ouer my house, and acordinge vnto thy worde shall all my people obeye: onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more then thou.
  • 1 Thess 3:2-3 : 2 & sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God, and oure helper in ye gospell of Christ, to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith, 3 that noman shulde be moued in these troubles: (for ye youre selues knowe, that we are euen appoynted there vnto.
  • Deut 33:5 : 5 And he was in the fulnesse of the kynge, & helde ye rulers of ye people together, with the trybes of Israel.
  • 2 Cor 7:5-7 : 5 For whan we were come into Macedonia, oure flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on euery syde: outwarde was fightinge, inwarde was feare. 6 Neuertheles God that comforteth the abiecte, comforted vs by the comynge of Titus. 7 Not onely by his commynge, but also by the cosolacion wherwith he was coforted of you, whan he tolde vs yor desyre, youre wepynge, yor feruet mynde for me, so yt I now reioyse ye more.
  • 2 Sam 5:2 : 2 And afore tyme wha Saul was kynge ouer vs, thou leddest Israel out and in. So the LORDE hath sayde: Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel, and shalt be the duke ouer Israel.
  • 1 Chr 13:1-4 : 1 And Dauid helde a councell with the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, and with all the prynces, 2 and sayde vnto all the congregacion of Israel: Yf it lyke you, and yf it be of the LORDE oure God, let vs sende forth on euery syde to oure other brethren in all the countrees of Israel, and to the prestes and Leuites in the cities where they haue suburbes, yt they maye be gathered together vnto vs, 3 and let vs fetch the Arke of oure God agayne vnto vs: for by Sauls tyme we axed after it. 4 The sayde the whole cogregacion, that the same shulde be done, for it pleased all the people well.
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij.M. camels, v.C. yock of oxen, v.C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so yt he was one of the most principall men amoge all them of the east countre.
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Beholde, thou hast bene a teacher of many, and hast comforted the weery hondes. 4 Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen, thou hast refresshed the weake knees.
  • Job 31:37 : 37 I haue tolde the nombre of my goinges, and delyuered them vnto him as to a prynce.

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  • 24 When I laughed, they knew well it was not earnest: & this testimony of my coutenaunce pleased the nothinge at all.

  • Job 29:11-17
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    11 When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good.

    12 For I delyuered ye poore whe he cried, & the fatherlesse yt wanted helpe.

    13 He yt shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, & ye widdowes hert praised me.

    14 And why? I put vpon me rightuousnes, which couered me as a garmet, & equite was my crowne.

    15 I was an eye vnto the blynde, & a fote to the lame.

    16 I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.

    17 I brake the chaftes of ye vnrightuous, & plucte the spoyle out of their teth.

  • Ps 35:14-15
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    14 I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I wete heuely, as one yt mourneth for his mother.

    15 But in my aduersite they reioyse, and gather them together: yee ye very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres, makynge mowes at me, & ceasse not.

  • Job 29:7-8
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    7 when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate, & whe they set me a chayre in ye strete:

    8 whe the yonge me (as soone as they sawe me) hyd the selues, & when the aged arose, & stode vp vnto me:

  • 17 I dwell not amonge the scorners, nether is my delyte therin: but I dwell only in the feare of thy honde, for thou hast fylled me with bytternes.

  • 27 When I am purposed to forget my complayninges to chaunge my countenaunce, and to coforte my self:

  • 25 Dyd not I wepe in ye tyme of trouble? Had not my soule copassion vpo ye poore?

  • Job 3:13-14
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    13 Then shulde I now haue lyen still, I shulde haue slepte, and bene at rest:

    14 like as the kynges ad lordes of ye earth, which buylde them selues speciall places:

  • 18 Sorowe is come vpon me, and heuynes vexeth my herte:

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
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    4 Now hath the LORDE God of Israel chosen me out of all my fathers house, yt I shulde be kynge ouer Israel: for Iuda hath he chosen to be the Prynce, and in the house of Iuda amonge my fathers children hath he had pleasure vnto me, to make me kynge ouer all Israel:

    5 and amoge all my sonnes (for the LORDE hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Salomon my sonne, to syt vpon the seate of the kyngdome of the LORDE ouer Israel,

  • 28 Mekely & lowly came I in, yee & without eny displeasure: I stode vp in ye cogregacion, & commoned with the

  • 1 So I turned me, and considered all the violent wronge that is done vnder the Sonne: and beholde, the teares of soch as were oppressed, and there was no man to comforte them, or that wolde delyuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

  • 25 For I shall fede the hongrie soule, and refresh all faynte hertes.

  • 25 Haue I reioysed because my substaunce was greate, and because my honde gat so moch?

  • 11 which setteth vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth prosperite, to those that are in heuynesse:

  • 4 When I perceaued yt, I sayde: awaye fro me, yt I maye wepe bytterly. Take no laboure for to coforte me, as touchinge the destruction of my people.

  • 18 But yf I maye se his right waye agayne, I make him whole, I lede him, and restore him vnto them whom he maketh ioyful, & that were sory for him.

  • 27 The haue I set for a prouer of my harde people, to seke out and to trye their wayes.

  • 20 Thou knowest my reprofe, my shame & my dishonor: my aduersaries are all in thy sight.

  • 28 and spake louyngly vnto him, and set his trone aboue ye trones of ye kynges that were with him at Babilon,

  • 29 Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or, was I euer glad, yt eny harme happened vnto him? Oh no,

  • 21 They heare my mournynge, but there is none that wil comforte me. All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble, and are glad therof, because thou hast done it. But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme, when they also shal be like vnto me.

  • 2 And so I shut my mouth, whyle the vngodly layed wayte for me.

  • 15 What shal I speake or say, ethat he maye this doo? yt I maye lyue out all my yeares, yee in the bytternesse of my life?

  • 20 Shall not my short life come soone to an ende? O holde the fro me, let me alone, that I maye ease myself a litle:

  • 28 For all my fathers house was nothinge, but people of death before my lorde ye kynge. And yet hast thou set thy seruaunt amonge them that eate at yi table. What other righteousnes haue I, that I shulde crye eny more vnto the kynge?

  • 16 Therfore do I wepe, and myne eyes gusshe out of water: for the coforter that shulde quycken me, is farre fro me. My children are dryuen awaye, for why? the enemie hath gotten the ouer honde.

  • Job 31:36-37
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    36 Then shall I take it vpon my shulder, & as a garlade aboute my heade.

    37 I haue tolde the nombre of my goinges, and delyuered them vnto him as to a prynce.

  • 13 Then had the desolate the rule with the mightie of the people. The LORDE had ye dominion thorow the giauntes.

  • 5 I shulde comforte you with my mouth, and release youre payne with ye talkinge of my lyppes.

  • 15 Thorow me, kynges reigne: thorow me, prices make iust lawes.

  • 16 Where as I neuertheles ledinge the flock in thy wayes, haue compelled none by violence. For I neuer desyred eny mas deeth, this knowest thou well. My wordes also were right before the.

  • 3 O that I might se him & fynde him: O that I might come before his seate,

  • 28 He sitteth alone, he holdeth him still. and dwelleth quietly by him self.

  • 10 The shulde I haue some coforte: yee I wolde desyre him in my payne, that he shulde not spare, for I will not be agaynst ye wordes of the holy one.

  • 9 He hath spoyled me of myne honoure, & taken the crowne awaye fro my heade.

  • 9 My hert loueth ye teachers of Israel: ye yt are frewyllinge amonge the people, prayse the LORDE.

  • 35 and go ye vp after him: and whan he commeth, he shal syt vpo my seate, and be kynge in my steade: for I haue ordeyned him to be prynce ouer Israel and Iuda.

  • 43 Thou shalt delyuer me from the stryuinges of the people, thou shalt make me the heade of the Heithe.