Job 31:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,

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  • Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he caused me to enter into the inner court of the Lordes house, and beholde, at the doore of the Temple of the Lord, betweene the porche and the altar were about fiue and twentie men with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces towarde the East, and they worshipped the sunne, towarde the East.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne & the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.
  • Deut 17:3 : 3 And hath gone and serued other gods, and worshipped them: as the sunne, or the moone, or any of the hoste of heauen, which I haue not commaunded,
  • 2 Kgs 23:5 : 5 And he put downe the Chemarims, whom the Kings of Iudah had founded to burne incense in the hie places, and in the cities of Iudah, and about Ierusalem, and also them that burnt incense vnto Baal, to the sunne and to the moone, and to the planets, & to all the hoste of heauen.
  • 2 Kgs 23:11 : 11 He put downe also the horses that the Kings of Iudah had giuen to the sunne at the entring in of the house of the Lorde, by the chamber of Nethan-melech the eunuche, which was ruler of the suburbes, and burnt the charets of the sunne with fire.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 And they shal spread them before the sunne and the moone, and all the host of heauen, whom they haue loued, and whome they haue serued, and whome they haue followed, and whome they haue sought, and whome they haue worshipped: they shall not be gathered nor be buried, but shall be as doung vpon the earth.
  • Jer 44:17 : 17 But wee will doe whatsoeuer thing goeth out of our owne mouth, as to burne incense vnto the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, as we haue done, both we & our fathers, our Kings and our princes in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem: for then had wee plentie of vitailes and were well and felt none euill.
  • Deut 11:16 : 16 But beware lest your heart deceiue you, and lest yee turne aside, and serue other gods, and worship them,
  • Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined, 4 What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?
  • Gen 1:16-18 : 16 God then made two great lightes: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth, 18 And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.

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  • Job 31:24-25
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    24 If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,

    25 If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,

  • 27 If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,

  • Job 29:2-4
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    2 Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!

    3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,

    4 As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7 Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

    8 Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • 2 Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

  • Job 31:4-7
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    4 Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?

    5 If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,

    6 Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shal know mine vprightnes.

    7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,

  • 16 When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

  • 11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shal hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.

  • 5 Behold, he wil giue no light to the moone, and the starres are vncleane in his sight.

  • 14 And for the sweete increase of the sunne, and for the sweete increase of the moone,

  • Eccl 2:13-14
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    13 Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.

    14 For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.

  • 13 I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

  • 26 Yet when I looked for good, euill came vnto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkenesse.

  • 11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.

  • 29 If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,

  • 26 Therefore I awaked and behelde, and my sleepe was sweete vnto me.

  • 5 The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

  • 17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.

  • 20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

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    3 When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: & this was my portion of all my trauaile.

    11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

  • 7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

  • 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? And where is the place of darkenesse,

  • 21 And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.

  • 31 And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.

  • 24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.

  • 21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,

  • Job 29:6-7
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    6 When I washed my pathes with butter, & when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:

    7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.

  • 37 I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince.

  • 19 He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.

  • 16 I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.

  • 32 Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.

  • 16 If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,

  • 14 I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • 28 I went mourning without sunne: I stood vp in the congregation and cryed.

  • 19 If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,

  • 5 Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

  • 9 Let the starres of that twilight be dimme through darkenesse of it: let it looke for light, but haue none: neither let it see the dawning of the day,

  • 6 The sunne shall not smite thee by day, nor the moone by night.