Job 34
1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
2 Hear my words, O ye wise [men; ] and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
7 What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
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 upon man, [if] he gather unto himself 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 turn again unto dust.
Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
`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 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away 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] upon the ways 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 darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right; ] that he should enter into judgment with God.
for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are 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 open sight of others;
He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth 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 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
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 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more: ]
Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
33 [Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak 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 understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
36 My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers 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 unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words 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.
