Job 34
1 Moreouer Elihu answered, and saide,
And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
2 Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
3 For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
4 Let vs seeke iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good.
Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
5 For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
6 Should I lye in my right? my wound of the arrowe is grieuous without my sinne.
For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
7 What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
8 Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?
that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
9 For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
10 Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.
Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
11 For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.
For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
12 And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
13 Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?
What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
14 If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall returne vnto dust.
Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
16 And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
17 Shal he that hateth iudgement, gouerne? and wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?
Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
18 Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly?
Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
19 How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
`Which takith not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne he stryuede ayens a pore man; for alle men ben the werk of hise hondis.
20 They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.
Thei schulen die sudeynli, and at mydnyyt puplis schulen be troblid, `ethir schulen be bowid, as othere bookis han; and schulen passe, and schulen take `awei `a violent man with out hond.
21 For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.
For the iyen of God ben on the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem.
22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
23 For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into iudgement with God.
for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
24 He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.
God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
25 Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.
For he knowith the werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn niyt, and thei schulen be al to-brokun.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
27 Because they haue turned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:
Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
28 So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
29 And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?
For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that condempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath power `to do siche thingis.
30 Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.
Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
31 Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
32 But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
33 Wil he performe the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued it, because that thou hast chosen, and not I. now speake what thou knowest.
Whether God axith that wickidnesse of thee, for it displeside thee? For thou hast bigunne to speke, and not Y; that if thou knowist ony thing betere, speke thou.
34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.
Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
36 I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.
My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
37 For he addeth rebellion vnto his sinne: he clappeth his handes among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God.
`that addith blasfemye ouer hise synnes. Be he constreyned among vs in the meene tyme; and thanne bi hise wordis stire he God to the doom.
