1 WYC Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 WYC Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire? BSB BSB: “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
3 WYC For thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee. BSB BSB: Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
4 WYC As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God. BSB BSB: But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
5 WYC For wickidnesse hath tauyt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris. BSB BSB: For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 WYC Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee. BSB BSB: Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
7 WYC Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed bifor alle little hillis? BSB BSB: Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
8 WYC Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou? BSB BSB: Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
9 WYC What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not? BSB BSB: What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 WYC Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs. BSB BSB: Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
11 WYC Whether it is greet, that God coumforte thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this. BSB BSB: Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
12 WYC What reisith thin herte thee, and thou as thenkynge grete thingis hast iyen astonyed? BSB BSB: Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
13 WYC What bolneth thi spirit ayens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis? BSB BSB: so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
14 WYC What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust? BSB BSB: What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
15 WYC Lo! noon among hise seyntis is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not cleene in his siyt. BSB BSB: If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
16 WYC How myche more a man abhomynable and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water? BSB BSB: how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
17 WYC I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siy. BSB BSB: Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
18 WYC Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris. BSB BSB: what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
19 WYC To whiche aloone the erthe is youun, and an alien schal not passe bi hem. BSB BSB: to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
20 WYC A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise yeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn. BSB BSB: A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
21 WYC The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne pees is, he supposith euere tresouns. BSB BSB: Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
22 WYC He bileueth not that he may turne ayen fro derknessis to liyt; and biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd. BSB BSB: He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23 WYC Whanne he stirith hym to seke breed, he woot, that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in his hond. BSB BSB: He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
24 WYC Tribulacioun schal make hym aferd, and angwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng which is maad redi to batel. BSB BSB: Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
25 WYC For he helde forth his hond ayens God, and he was maad strong ayens Almyyti God. BSB BSB: For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
26 WYC He ran with neck reisid ayens God, and he was armed with fat nol. BSB BSB: rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
27 WYC 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. BSB BSB: Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
28 WYC He schal dwelle in desolat citees, and in deseert, `ethir forsakun, housis, that ben turned in to biriels. BSB BSB: he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
29 WYC He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal dwelle stidefastli; nether he schal sende his roote in the erthe, BSB BSB: He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
30 WYC 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. BSB BSB: He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
31 WYC Bileue he not veynli disseyued bi errour, that he schal be ayenbouyt bi ony prijs. BSB BSB: Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
32 WYC Bifor that hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye; BSB BSB: It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
33 WYC he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his flour. BSB BSB: He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
34 WYC For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken yiftis wilfuli. BSB BSB: For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 WYC He conseyuede sorewe, and childide wickidnesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcheries. BSB BSB: They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
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