Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:

Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene,

2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',

`ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God?

3 That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne?

4 I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.

Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.

5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou.

6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?

If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym?

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?

Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond?

8 Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.

Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.

10 But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;

And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt?

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene.

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.

14 Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.

Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym.

15 And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?

For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.

16 But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.