Job 15
1 Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
2 Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire?
Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
3 For thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee.
Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
4 As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God.
Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For wickidnesse hath tauyt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris.
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
6 Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee.
Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
7 Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed bifor alle little hillis?
Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
8 Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou?
Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
9 What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not?
What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
10 Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs.
With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
11 Whether it is greet, that God coumforte thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this.
Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
12 What reisith thin herte thee, and thou as thenkynge grete thingis hast iyen astonyed?
Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
13 What bolneth thi spirit ayens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis?
That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
14 What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust?
What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
15 Lo! noon among hise seyntis is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not cleene in his siyt.
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
16 How myche more a man abhomynable and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water?
How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
17 I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siy.
I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
18 Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris.
Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
19 To whiche aloone the erthe is youun, and an alien schal not passe bi hem.
To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
20 A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise yeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn.
The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
21 The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne pees is, he supposith euere tresouns.
A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
22 He bileueth not that he may turne ayen fro derknessis to liyt; and biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd.
He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
23 Whanne he stirith hym to seke breed, he woot, that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in his hond.
He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
24 Tribulacioun schal make hym aferd, and angwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng which is maad redi to batel.
Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
25 For he helde forth his hond ayens God, and he was maad strong ayens Almyyti God.
For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
26 He ran with neck reisid ayens God, and he was armed with fat nol.
Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
27 Fatnesse, that is, pride `comyng forth of temporal aboundaunce, hilide his face, `that is, the knowyng of vndurstondyng, and outward fatnesse hangith doun of his sidis.
Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
28 He schal dwelle in desolat citees, and in deseert, `ethir forsakun, housis, that ben turned in to biriels.
Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
29 He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal dwelle stidefastli; nether he schal sende his roote in the erthe,
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
30 nether he schal go awei fro derknessis. Flawme schal make drie hise braunchis, and he schal be takun a wey bi the spirit of his mouth.
He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
31 Bileue he not veynli disseyued bi errour, that he schal be ayenbouyt bi ony prijs.
He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
32 Bifor that hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye;
His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
33 he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his flour.
God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
34 For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken yiftis wilfuli.
For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
35 He conseyuede sorewe, and childide wickidnesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcheries.
For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
