1 WYC Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene, BSB BSB: And Elihu went on to say:
2 WYC `ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God? BSB BSB: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 WYC For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne? BSB BSB: For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 WYC Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee. BSB BSB: I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 WYC Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou. BSB BSB: Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 WYC If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym? BSB BSB: If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 WYC Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond? BSB BSB: If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 WYC Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man. BSB BSB: Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 WYC Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis. BSB BSB: Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 WYC And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt? BSB BSB: But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 WYC Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene. BSB BSB: who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 WYC There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men. BSB BSB: There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 WYC For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man. BSB BSB: Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 WYC Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym. BSB BSB: How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 WYC For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye. BSB BSB: and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 WYC Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng. BSB BSB: So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
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