1 WYC Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide, BSB BSB: Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 WYC Whether a man, yhe, whanne he is of perfit kunnyng, mai be comparisound to God? BSB BSB: “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3 WYC What profitith it to God, if thou art iust? ethir what schalt thou yyue to hym, if thi lijf is without wem? BSB BSB: Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4 WYC Whether he schal drede, and schal repreue thee, and schal come with thee in to doom, BSB BSB: Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5 WYC and not for thi ful myche malice, and thi wickidnessis with out noumbre, `these peynes bifelden iustli to thee? BSB BSB: Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6 WYC For thou hast take awei with out cause the wed of thi britheren; and hast spuylid nakid men of clothis. BSB BSB: For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7 WYC Thou yauest not watir to the feynt man; and thou withdrowist breed fro the hungri man. BSB BSB: You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8 WYC In the strengthe of thin arm thou haddist the lond in possessioun; and thou moost myyti heldist it. BSB BSB: while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9 WYC Thou leftist widewis voide; and al to-brakist the schuldris of fadirles children. BSB BSB: You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10 WYC Therfor thou art cumpassid with snaris; and sodeyn drede disturblith thee. BSB BSB: Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11 WYC And thou gessidist, that thou schuldist not se derknessis; and that thou schuldist not be oppressid with the fersnesse of watris flowyng. BSB BSB: it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12 WYC Whether thou thenkist, that God is hiyere than heuene, and is enhaunsid aboue the coppe of sterris? BSB BSB: Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 WYC And thou seist, What sotheli knowith God? and, He demeth as bi derknesse. BSB BSB: Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14 WYC A cloude is his hidyng place, and he biholdith not oure thingis, and he `goith aboute the herris of heuene. BSB BSB: Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15 WYC Whether thou coueitist to kepe the path of worldis, which wickid men han ofte go? BSB BSB: Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16 WYC Whiche weren takun awei bifor her tyme, and the flood distriede the foundement of hem. BSB BSB: They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17 WYC Whiche seiden to God, Go thou awei fro vs; and as if Almyyti God may do no thing, thei gessiden hym, BSB BSB: They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 WYC whanne he hadde fillid her housis with goodis; the sentence of whiche men be fer fro me. BSB BSB: But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
19 WYC Iust men schulen se, and schulen be glad; and an innocent man schal scorne hem. BSB BSB: The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20 WYC Whether the reisyng of hem is not kit doun, and fier schal deuoure the relifs of hem? BSB BSB: ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21 WYC Therfor assente thou to God, and haue thou pees; and bi these thingis thou schalt haue best fruytis. BSB BSB: Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22 WYC Take thou the lawe of his mouth, and sette thou hise wordis in thin herte. BSB BSB: Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23 WYC If thou turnest ayen to Almyyti God, thou schalt be bildid; and thou schalt make wickidnesse fer fro thi tabernacle. BSB BSB: If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24 WYC He schal yyue a flynt for erthe, and goldun strondis for a flynt. BSB BSB: and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
25 WYC And Almyyti God schal be ayens thin enemyes; and siluer schal be gaderid togidere to thee. BSB BSB: then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26 WYC Thanne on Almyyti God thou schalt flowe with delicis; and thou schalt reise thi face to God. BSB BSB: Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27 WYC Thou schalt preye hym, and he schal here thee; and thou schalt yelde thi vowis. BSB BSB: You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28 WYC Thou schalt deme a thing, and it schal come to thee; and lyyt schal schyne in thi weies. BSB BSB: Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29 WYC For he that is mekid, schal be in glorie; and he that bowith doun hise iyen, schal be saued. BSB BSB: When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30 WYC An innocent schal be saued; sotheli he schal be saued in the clennesse of hise hondis. BSB BSB: He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
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