1 WYC Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, Y `herde ofte siche thingis; BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 WYC alle ye ben heuy coumfortouris. BSB BSB: “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3 WYC Whether wordis ful of wynd schulen haue an ende? ether ony thing is diseseful to thee, if thou spekist? BSB BSB: Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
4 WYC Also Y myyte speke thingis lijk to you, and `Y wolde, that youre soule were for my soule; and Y wolde coumfort you by wordis, and Y wolde moue myn heed on you; BSB BSB: I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
5 WYC Y wolde make you stronge bi my mouth, and Y wolde moue lippis as sparynge you. BSB BSB: But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
6 WYC But what schal Y do? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not; and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me. BSB BSB: Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7 WYC But now my sorewe hath oppressid me, and alle my lymes ben dryuun in to nouyt. BSB BSB: Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8 WYC My ryuelyngis seien witnessyng ayens me, and a fals spekere is reisid ayens my face, and ayenseith me. BSB BSB: You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9 WYC He gaderide togidere his woodnesse in me, and he manaasside me, and gnastide ayens me with his teeth; myn enemye bihelde me with ferdful iyen. BSB BSB: His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
10 WYC Thei openyden her mouthis on me, and thei seiden schenschip, and smytiden my cheke; and thei ben fillid with my peynes. BSB BSB: They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
11 WYC God hath closid me togidere at the wickid, and hath youe me to the hondis of wickid men. BSB BSB: God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
12 WYC Y thilke riche man and famouse sum tyme, am al to brokun sudeynli; `he helde my nol; he hath broke me, and hath set me as in to a signe. BSB BSB: I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
13 WYC He hath cumpasside me with hise speris, he woundide togidere my leendis; he sparide not, and schedde out myn entrails in to the erthe. BSB BSB: His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
14 WYC He beet me with wounde on wounde; he as a giaunt felde in on me. BSB BSB: He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
15 WYC Y sewide togidere a sak on my skyn; and Y hilide my fleisch with aische. BSB BSB: I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
16 WYC My face bolnyde of wepynge, and myn iyeliddis wexiden derke. BSB BSB: My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
17 WYC Y suffride these thingis with out wickidnesse of myn hond, `that is, werk, whanne Y hadde cleene preieris to God. BSB BSB: yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18 WYC Erthe, hile thou not my blood, and my cry fynde not in thee a place of hidyng. BSB BSB: O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
19 WYC `For, lo! my witnesse is in heuene; and the knowere of my consience is in hiye places. BSB BSB: Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20 WYC A! my frendis, ful of wordis, myn iye droppith to God. BSB BSB: My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 WYC And `Y wolde, that a man were demed so with God, as the sone of man is demed with his felowe. BSB BSB: Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
22 WYC `For lo! schorte yeeris passen, and Y go a path, bi which Y schal not turne ayen. BSB BSB: For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.