1 WYC Forsothe Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide, BSB BSB: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 WYC Therfor my thouytis dyuerse comen oon aftir anothir; and the mynde is rauyischid in to dyuerse thingis. BSB BSB: “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
3 WYC Y schal here the techyng, bi which thou repreuest me; and the spirit of myn vndurstondyng schal answere me. BSB BSB: I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
4 WYC Y woot this fro the bigynnyng, sithen man was set on erthe, BSB BSB: Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
5 WYC that the preisyng of wickid men is schort, and the ioie of an ypocrite is at the licnesse of a poynt. BSB BSB: the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 WYC Thouy his pride `stieth in to heuene, and his heed touchith the cloudis, BSB BSB: Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 WYC he schal be lost in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen seie, Where is he? BSB BSB: he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 WYC As a dreem fleynge awei he schal not be foundun; he schal passe as `a nyytis siyt. BSB BSB: He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
9 WYC The iye that siy hym schal not se; and his place schal no more biholde him. BSB BSB: The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
10 WYC Hise sones schulen be `al to-brokun with nedynesse; and hise hondis schulen yelde to hym his sorewe. BSB BSB: His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
11 WYC Hise boonys schulen be fillid with the vices of his yong wexynge age; and schulen slepe with hym in dust. BSB BSB: The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
12 WYC For whanne yuel was swete in his mouth, he hidde it vndur his tunge. BSB BSB: Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
13 WYC He schal spare it, and schal not forsake it; and schal hide in his throte. BSB BSB: though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 WYC His breed in his wombe schal be turned in to galle of snakis withynne. BSB BSB: yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 WYC He schal spue out the richessis, whiche he deuouride; and God schal drawe tho ritchessis out of his wombe. BSB BSB: He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 WYC He schal souke the heed of snakis; and the tunge of an addre schal sle hym. BSB BSB: He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 WYC Se he not the stremys of the flood of the stronde, of hony, and of botere. BSB BSB: He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 WYC He schal suffre peyne for alle thingis whiche he hath do, netheles he schal not be wastid; aftir the multitude of his fyndyngis, so and `he schal suffre. BSB BSB: He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
19 WYC For he brake, and made nakid the hows of a pore man; he rauyschide, and bildide it not. BSB BSB: For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 WYC And his wombe was not fillid; and whanne he hath that, that he couetide, he may not holde in possessioun. BSB BSB: Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
21 WYC `No thing lefte of his mete; and therfor no thing schal dwelle of his goodis. BSB BSB: Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
22 WYC Whanne he is fillid, he schal be maad streit; he schal `be hoot, and alle sorewe schal falle in on hym. BSB BSB: In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 WYC `Y wolde, that his wombe be fillid, that he sende out in to hym the ire of his strong veniaunce, and reyne his batel on hym. BSB BSB: When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
24 WYC He schal fle yrun armuris, and he schal falle in to a brasun boowe. BSB BSB: Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
25 WYC Led out, and goynge out `of his schethe, and schynynge, `ether smytinge with leit, `in to his bittirnesse; orrible fendis schulen go, and schulen come on hym. BSB BSB: It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
26 WYC Alle derknessis ben hid in hise priuytees; fier, which is not teendid, schal deuoure hym; he schal be turmentid left in his tabernacle. BSB BSB: Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
27 WYC Heuenes schulen schewe his wickidnesse; and erthe schal rise togidere ayens hym. BSB BSB: The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 WYC The seed of his hows schal be opyn; it schal be drawun doun in the dai of the strong veniaunce of the Lord. BSB BSB: The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
29 WYC This is the part of a wickid man, `which part is youun of God, and the eritage of hise wordis of the Lord. BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
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