Job 35

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

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

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

What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?

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

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

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

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

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

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

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

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

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

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

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

Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.

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

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

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

But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

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

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

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

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

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

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.

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

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

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

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

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

so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.