Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,
2 Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
For thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee.
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God.
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
For wickidnesse hath tauyt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee.
7 Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed bifor alle little hillis?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Whether it is greet, that God coumforte thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this.
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
What reisith thin herte thee, and thou as thenkynge grete thingis hast iyen astonyed?
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
What bolneth thi spirit ayens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis?
14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Lo! noon among hise seyntis is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not cleene in his siyt.
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
How myche more a man abhomynable and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water?
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siy.
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris.
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
To whiche aloone the erthe is youun, and an alien schal not passe bi hem.
20 The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise yeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn.
21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne pees is, he supposith euere tresouns.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
He bileueth not that he may turne ayen fro derknessis to liyt; and biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd.
23 He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
Whanne he stirith hym to seke breed, he woot, that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in his hond.
24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
Tribulacioun schal make hym aferd, and angwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng which is maad redi to batel.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
For he helde forth his hond ayens God, and he was maad strong ayens Almyyti God.
26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
He ran with neck reisid ayens God, and he was armed with fat nol.
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Fatnesse, that is, pride `comyng forth of temporal aboundaunce, hilide his face, `that is, the knowyng of vndurstondyng, and outward fatnesse hangith doun of his sidis.
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
He schal dwelle in desolat citees, and in deseert, `ethir forsakun, housis, that ben turned in to biriels.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal dwelle stidefastli; nether he schal sende his roote in the erthe,
30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
nether he schal go awei fro derknessis. Flawme schal make drie hise braunchis, and he schal be takun a wey bi the spirit of his mouth.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Bileue he not veynli disseyued bi errour, that he schal be ayenbouyt bi ony prijs.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Bifor that hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye;
33 God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his flour.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken yiftis wilfuli.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
He conseyuede sorewe, and childide wickidnesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcheries.
