1 WYC Sotheli Baldath Suytes answeride, and seide, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 WYC Hou longe schalt thou speke siche thingis? The spirit of the word of thi mouth is manyfold. BSB BSB: “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
3 WYC Whether God supplauntith, `ethir disseyueth, doom, and whether Almyyti God distrieth that, that is iust? BSB BSB: Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 WYC Yhe, thouy thi sones synneden ayens hym, and he lefte hem in the hond of her wickidnesse; BSB BSB: When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
5 WYC netheles, if thou risist eerli to God, and bisechist `Almyyti God, if thou goist clene and riytful, BSB BSB: But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
6 WYC anoon he schal wake fulli to thee, and schal make pesible the dwellyng place of thi ryytfulnesse; BSB BSB: if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
7 WYC in so miche that thi formere thingis weren litil, and that thi laste thingis be multiplied greetli. BSB BSB: Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
8 WYC For whi, axe thou the formere generacioun, and seke thou diligentli the mynde of fadris. For we ben men of yistirdai, and `kunnen not; for oure daies ben as schadewe on the erthe. BSB BSB: Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
10 WYC And thei schulen teche thee, thei schulen speke to thee, and of her herte thei schulen bring forth spechis. BSB BSB: Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
11 WYC Whether a rusche may lyue with out moysture? ethir a spier `may wexe with out watir? BSB BSB: Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
12 WYC Whanne it is yit in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor alle erbis. BSB BSB: While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
13 WYC So the weies of alle men, that foryeten God; and the hope of an ypocrite schal perische. BSB BSB: Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 WYC His cowardise schal not plese hym, and his trist schal be as a web of yreyns. BSB BSB: His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 WYC He schal leene, `ether reste, on his hows, and it schal not stonde; he schal vndursette it, and it schal not rise togidere. BSB BSB: He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 WYC The rusche semeth moist, bifor that the sunne come; and in the risyng of the sunne the seed therof schal go out. BSB BSB: He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 WYC Rootis therof schulen be maad thicke on an heep of stoonys, and it schal dwelle among stoonys. BSB BSB: His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 WYC If a man drawith it out of `his place, his place schal denye it, and schal seie, Y knowe thee not. BSB BSB: If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 WYC For this is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft othere ruschis springe out of the erthe. BSB BSB: Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 WYC Forsothe God schal not caste a wei a symple man, nethir schal dresse hond to wickid men; BSB BSB: Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
21 WYC til thi mouth be fillid with leiytir, and thi lippis with hertli song. BSB BSB: He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
22 WYC Thei that haten thee schulen be clothid with schenschip; and the tabernacle of wickid men schal not stonde. BSB BSB: Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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