Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
Forsothe Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
Whether he, that spekith many thingis, schal not also here? ether whethir a man ful of wordis schal be maad iust?
3 Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
Schulen men be stille to thee aloone? whanne thou hast scorned othere men, schalt thou not be ouercomun of ony man?
4 And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'
For thou seidist, My word is cleene, and Y am cleene in thi siyt.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;
And `Y wolde, that God spak with thee, and openyde hise lippis to thee;
6 And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
to schewe to thee the priuetees of wisdom, and that his lawe is manyfold, and thou schuldist vndurstonde, that thou art requirid of hym to paie myche lesse thingis, than thi wickidnesse disserueth.
7 Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
In hap thou schalt comprehende the steppis of God, and thou schalt fynde Almyyti God `til to perfeccioun.
8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
He is hiyere than heuene, and what schalt thou do? he is deppere than helle, and wherof schalt thou knowe? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
His mesure is lengere than erthe, and brodere than the see.
10 If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
If he distrieth alle thingis, ethir dryueth streitli `in to oon, who schal ayenseie hym? Ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doest thou so?
11 For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
For he knowith the vanyte of men; and whether he seynge byholdith not wickidnesse?
12 But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
A veyn man is reisid in to pride; and gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse.
13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —
But thou hast maad stidefast thin herte, and hast spred abrood thin hondis to hym.
14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents —
If thou doest awei `fro thee the wickidnesse, which is in thin hond, and vnriytfulnesse dwellith not in thi tabernacle,
15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;
thanne thou schalt mowe reise thi face with out wem, and thou schalt be stidefast, and thou schalt not drede.
16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;
And thou schalt foryete wretchidnesse, and thou schalt not thenke of it, as of watris that han passid.
17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
And as myddai schynynge it schal reise to thee at euentid; and whanne thou gessist thee wastid, thou schalt rise vp as the dai sterre.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.
And thou schalt haue trist, while hope schal be set forth to thee; and thou biried schalt slepe sikurli.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Thou schalt reste, and `noon schal be that schal make thee aferd; and ful many men schulen biseche thi face.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
But the iyen of wickid men schulen faile; and socour schal perische fro hem, and the hope of hem schal be abhominacyioun of soule.
