1 WYC Joob answeride, and seide, Verili Y woot, that it is so, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 WYC and that a man comparisound to God schal not be maad iust. BSB BSB: “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3 WYC If he wole stryue with God, he may not answere to God oon for a thousynde. BSB BSB: If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 WYC He is wiys in herte, and strong in myyt; who ayenstood hym, and hadde pees? BSB BSB: God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5 WYC Which bar hillis fro o place to anothir, and thei wisten not; whiche he distriede in his strong veniaunce. BSB BSB: He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6 WYC Which stirith the erthe fro his place, and the pilers therof schulen `be schakun togidere. BSB BSB: He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7 WYC Which comaundith to the sunne, and it risith not; and he closith the sterris, as vndur a signet. BSB BSB: He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
8 WYC Which aloone stretchith forth heuenes, and goith on the wawis of the see. BSB BSB: He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 WYC Which makith Ariture, and Orionas, and Hiadas, `that is, seuene sterris, and the innere thingis of the south. BSB BSB: He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 WYC Which makith grete thingis, and that moun not be souyt out, and wondurful thingis, of whiche is noon noumbre. BSB BSB: He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11 WYC If he cometh to me, `that is, bi his grace, Y schal not se hym; if he goith awey, `that is, in withdrawynge his grace, Y schal not vndurstonde. BSB BSB: Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12 WYC If he axith sodeynli, who schal answere to hym? ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doist thou so? BSB BSB: If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 WYC `God is he, whos wraththe no man may withstonde; and vndur whom thei ben bowid, that beren the world. BSB BSB: God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14 WYC Hou greet am Y, that Y answere to hym, and speke bi my wordis with hym? BSB BSB: How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15 WYC Which also schal not answere, thouy Y haue ony thing iust; but Y schal biseche my iuge. BSB BSB: For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16 WYC And whanne he hath herd me inwardli clepynge, Y bileue not, that he hath herd my vois. BSB BSB: If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17 WYC For in a whirlewynd he schal al to-breke me, and he schal multiplie my woundis, yhe, without cause. BSB BSB: For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18 WYC He grauntith not, that my spirit haue reste, and he fillith me with bittirnesses. BSB BSB: He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19 WYC If strengthe is souyt, `he is moost strong; if equyte of doom is souyt, no man dar yelde witnessynge for me. BSB BSB: If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 WYC If Y wole make me iust, my mouth schal dampne me; if Y schal schewe me innocent, he schal preue me a schrewe. BSB BSB: Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 WYC Yhe, thouy Y am symple, my soule schal not knowe this same thing; and it schal anoye me of my lijf. BSB BSB: Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 WYC O thing is, which Y spak, he schal waste `bi deth also the innocent and wickid man. BSB BSB: It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 WYC If he betith, sle he onys, and leiye he not of the peynes of innocent men. BSB BSB: When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 WYC The erthe is youun in to the hondis of the wickid; he hilith the face of iugis; that if he is not, who therfor is? BSB BSB: The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 WYC Mi daies weren swiftere than a corour; thei fledden, and sien not good. BSB BSB: My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 WYC Thei passiden as schippis berynge applis, as an egle fleynge to mete. BSB BSB: They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 WYC Whanne Y seie, Y schal not speke so; Y chaunge my face, and Y am turmentid with sorewe. BSB BSB: If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 WYC Y drede alle my werkis, witynge that thou `woldist not spare the trespassour. BSB BSB: I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 WYC Sotheli if Y am also thus wickid, whi haue Y trauelid in veyn? BSB BSB: Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 WYC Thouy Y am waischun as with watris of snow, and thouy myn hondis schynen as moost cleene, BSB BSB: If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 WYC netheles thou schalt dippe me in filthis, and my clothis, `that is, werkis, schulen holde me abhomynable. BSB BSB: then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 WYC Trewli Y schal not answere a man, which is lijk me; nether that may be herd euenli with me in doom. BSB BSB: For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33 WYC `Noon is, that may repreue euer eithir, and sette his hond in bothe. BSB BSB: Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34 WYC Do he awei his yerde fro me, and his drede make not me aferd. BSB BSB: Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35 WYC Y schal speke, and Y schal not drede hym; for Y may not answere dredynge. BSB BSB: Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
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