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?

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

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

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

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

I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

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

Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they 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 sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto 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 givest thou to him? or what doth 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 [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness 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.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason 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 saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

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

There they cry, and he answereth not, 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 vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

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

But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

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

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.