Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

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

2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

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

3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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

5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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

6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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

7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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

8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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

9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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

10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

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

11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

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

12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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

13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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

14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

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

15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

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