Job 2:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then sayd his wyfe vnto him: Doest thou continue yet in thy perfectnesse? curse God, and dye.

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  • Job 2:3 : 3 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob? howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth, a perfect and a iust man? one that feareth God, and eschueth euil, & continueth still in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against hym, to destroy him without cause.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym, and touch once his bone and his fleshe, and he shall curse thee to thy face.
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 They say also vnto God: Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes. 15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye haue saide: it is but vayne to serue God, and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement, & that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes?
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate.
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
  • 2 Kgs 6:33 : 33 While he yet talked with them: behold, the messenger came downe vnto him, & sayd, Behold, this euyl is of the Lorde: And what more shall I loke for of the Lorde?
  • Job 1:11 : 11 But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touche all that he hath, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

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    10But he sayde vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: shal we receaue good at the hande of God, and not receaue euyll? In all these thinges did not Iob sinne with his lippes.

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    3And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob? howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth, a perfect and a iust man? one that feareth God, and eschueth euil, & continueth still in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against hym, to destroy him without cause.

    4And Satan aunswered the Lord, and sayd, Skinne for skinne, yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life.

    5But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym, and touch once his bone and his fleshe, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

    6And the Lord sayde vnto Satan: Lo, he is in thyne hand, but saue his lyfe.

    7So went Satan foorth from the presence of the Lorde, and smote Iob with sore byles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

    8And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym: and he sat downe among the asshes.

  • Job 3:1-2
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    1After this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day,

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  • Job 1:8-11
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    8And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill?

    9Satan aunswered, and saide vnto the Lorde: Doth Iob feare God for naught?

    10Hast thou not preserued him and his house, and al that he hath on euery side? Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes, and his possession is encreased in the lande.

    11But laye thyne hand now vpon him, and touche all that he hath, and he shall curse thee to thy face.

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    1Iob aunswered, and sayde,

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    1Iob aunswered, and saide:

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    20Then Iob stoode vp, and rent his clothes, & shaued his head, fell downe vpon the ground, worshipped,

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    22In all these thinges dyd Iob not offende, nor charged God foolishly.

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

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    1Iob aunswered, & said:

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    1Iob aunswered, and saide:

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    1And Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying,

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    14Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes?

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