Job 11

1 Forsothe Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide,

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 Whether he, that spekith many thingis, schal not also here? ether whethir a man ful of wordis schal be maad iust?

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Schulen men be stille to thee aloone? whanne thou hast scorned othere men, schalt thou not be ouercomun of ony man?

Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

4 For thou seidist, My word is cleene, and Y am cleene in thi siyt.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.

5 And `Y wolde, that God spak with thee, and openyde hise lippis to thee;

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;

6 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.

And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

7 In hap thou schalt comprehende the steppis of God, and thou schalt fynde Almyyti God `til to perfeccioun.

Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty unto perfection?

8 He is hiyere than heuene, and what schalt thou do? he is deppere than helle, and wherof schalt thou knowe? (Sheol h7585)

It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 His mesure is lengere than erthe, and brodere than the see.

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 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?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

11 For he knowith the vanyte of men; and whether he seynge byholdith not wickidnesse?

For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

12 A veyn man is reisid in to pride; and gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse.

For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

13 But thou hast maad stidefast thin herte, and hast spred abrood thin hondis to hym.

If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;

14 If thou doest awei `fro thee the wickidnesse, which is in thin hond, and vnriytfulnesse dwellith not in thi tabernacle,

If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.

15 thanne thou schalt mowe reise thi face with out wem, and thou schalt be stidefast, and thou schalt not drede.

For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

16 And thou schalt foryete wretchidnesse, and thou schalt not thenke of it, as of watris that han passid.

Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

17 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.

And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.

18 And thou schalt haue trist, while hope schal be set forth to thee; and thou biried schalt slepe sikurli.

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

19 Thou schalt reste, and `noon schal be that schal make thee aferd; and ful many men schulen biseche thi face.

Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto you.

20 But the iyen of wickid men schulen faile; and socour schal perische fro hem, and the hope of hem schal be abhominacyioun of soule.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the spirit.