Eliphaz blameth Job as guilty of impatience, arguing thereupon that he was not so perfect in virtue as he seemed. 7 and therefore is now punished by God, who (as Eliphaz falsely supposeth) afflicteth not innocent men. 12. alleging for proof an imaginary vision.Eliphaz blameth Iob as guiltie of impatience, arguing thereupon that he was not so perfect in vertue as he semed. 7 and therfore is now punished by God, who (as Eliphaz falsly supposeth) afflicteth not innocent men. 12. alleaging for proofe an imaginarie vision.✦
The second part of the book begins here ("Divers discourses and disputes about the cause of Job's afflictions") — the first conflict, between Eliphaz and Job.The second part. Diuers discourses and disputes about the cause of Iobs afflictions.
But Eliphaz the Themanite answering, said:BVt Eliphaz the Themanite answering, sayd:✦Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit :
2If we shall begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it grievously, but the word conceived who can hold?If we shal begin to speake to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it greuously, but the word conceiued who can hold?Si cœperimus loqui tibi, forsitan moleste accipies ; sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis poterit ?
3Behold thou hast taught many, and weary hands thou hast strengthened:Behold thou hast taught manie, & wearie handes thou hast strengthned:✦Ecce docuisti multos, et manus lassas roborasti ;
4Them that wavered thy words have confirmed, and trembling knees thou hast strengthened:Them that wauered thy wordes haue confirmed, and trembling knees thou hast strengthened:vacillantes confirmaverunt sermones tui, et genua trementia confortasti.
5But now a plaga: an epidemic disease; a blow, stroke, affliction is come upon thee, and thou hast fainted: hath touched thee, and art troubled.But now a plague is come vpon thee, and thou hast faynred: hath touched thee, and art trubled.✦Nunc autem venit super te plaga, et defecisti ; tetigit te, et conturbatus es.
6Where is thy fear, thy strength, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?Where is thy feare, thy strength, thy patience, and the perfection of thy wayes?✦Ubi est timor tuus, fortitudo tua, patientia tua, et perfectio viarum tuarum ?
7Remember I beseech thee, who ever being innocent hath perished? or when have the just been destroyed?Remember I beseech thee, who euer being innocent hath perished? or when haue the iust bene destroyed?✦Recordare, obsecro te, quis umquam innocens periit ? aut quando recti deleti sunt ?
8Yea rather I have seen them, that work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,Yea rather I haue sene them, that worke iniquitie, and sow sorrowes, & reape them,✦Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem, et seminant dolores, et metunt eos,
9to have perished by the blast of God, and with the spirit of his wrath to have been consumed.to haue perished by the blast of God, and with the spirit of his wrath to haue bene consumed.flante Deo perisse, et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are contriti: lightly injured; crushed, broken in pieces:The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lionesse, & the teeth of the whelpes of lions are bruised:✦Rugitus leonis, et vox leænæ, et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt.
11The tiger hath perished, because he had no prey, and the lions' whelps are destroyed.The tigre hath perished, because he had no praye, and the lions whelpes are destroyed.✦Tigris periit, eo quod non haberet prædam, et catuli leonis dissipati sunt.
12Moreover to me there was spoken a secret word, and as it were by stealth hath mine ear received the venas: the slender channels, threads of the whispering thereof.More-ouer to me there was spoken a secret word, and as it were by stealth hath mine eare receiued the vaines of the whispering therof.✦Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum, et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.
13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,In the horrour of a vision by night, when deepe sleepe is wont to hold men,✦In horrore visionis nocturnæ, quando solet sopor occupare homines,
14fear held me, and trembling, and all my bones were made sore afraid:feare held me, and trembling, and al my bones were made sore afrayd:✦pavor tenuit me, et tremor, et omnia ossa mea perterrita sunt ;
15And when the spirit passed in my presence, the hairs of my flesh stood upright.And when the spirit passed in my presence, the heares of my flesh stood vpright.✦et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret, inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ.
16There stood one, whose countenance I knew not, an image before mine eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind.There stood one, whose countenance I knew not, an image before mine eies, and I heard the voyce as it were of a gentle winde.✦Stetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum, imago coram oculis meis, et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi.
17What, shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?What, shal man be iustified in comparison of God, or shal a man be more pure then his maker?✦Numquid homo, Dei comparatione, justificabitur ? aut factore suo purior erit vir ?
18Behold they that serve him, are not stable, and in his Angels he found wickedness:Behold they that serue him, are not stable, and in his Angels he found wickednes:✦Ecce qui serviunt ei, non sunt stabiles, et in angelis suis reperit pravitatem ;
19How much more they that inhabit houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, shall be consumed as it were of the moth?How much more they that inhabite houses of clay, which haue an earthly foundation, shal be consumed as it were of the moth?quanto magis hi qui habitant domos luteas, qui terrenum habent fundamentum, consumentur velut a tinea ?
20From morning until evening they shall be cut down: and because none understandeth, they shall perish forever.From morning vntil euening they shal be cut downe: and because none vnderstandeth, they shal perish foreuer.✦De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur ; et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.
21And they that shall be least, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.And they that shal be least, shal be taken away from them: they shal die, and not in wisedom.✦Qui autem reliqui fuerint, auferentur ex eis ; morientur, et non in sapientia.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.