Job 22 Comparison: Wycliffe Bible (1395) vs King James Version

Job 22

¹Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,

²Whether a man, yhe, whanne he is of perfit kunnyng, mai be comparisound to God?

³What profitith it to God, if thou art iust? ethir what schalt thou yyue to hym, if thi lijf is without wem?

⁴Whether he schal drede, and schal repreue thee, and schal come with thee in to doom,

⁵and not for thi ful myche malice, and thi wickidnessis with out noumbre, `these peynes bifelden iustli to thee?

⁶For thou hast take awei with out cause the wed of thi britheren; and hast spuylid nakid men of clothis.

⁷Thou yauest not watir to the feynt man; and thou withdrowist breed fro the hungri man.

⁸In the strengthe of thin arm thou haddist the lond in possessioun; and thou moost myyti heldist it.

⁹Thou leftist widewis voide; and al to-brakist the schuldris of fadirles children.

¹⁰Therfor thou art cumpassid with snaris; and sodeyn drede disturblith thee.

¹¹And thou gessidist, that thou schuldist not se derknessis; and that thou schuldist not be oppressid with the fersnesse of watris flowyng.

¹²Whether thou thenkist, that God is hiyere than heuene, and is enhaunsid aboue the coppe of sterris?

¹³And thou seist, What sotheli knowith God? and, He demeth as bi derknesse.

¹⁴A cloude is his hidyng place, and he biholdith not oure thingis, and he `goith aboute the herris of heuene.

¹⁵Whether thou coueitist to kepe the path of worldis, which wickid men han ofte go?

¹⁶Whiche weren takun awei bifor her tyme, and the flood distriede the foundement of hem.

¹⁷Whiche seiden to God, Go thou awei fro vs; and as if Almyyti God may do no thing, thei gessiden hym,

¹⁸whanne he hadde fillid her housis with goodis; the sentence of whiche men be fer fro me.

¹⁹Iust men schulen se, and schulen be glad; and an innocent man schal scorne hem.

²⁰Whether the reisyng of hem is not kit doun, and fier schal deuoure the relifs of hem?

²¹Therfor assente thou to God, and haue thou pees; and bi these thingis thou schalt haue best fruytis.

²²Take thou the lawe of his mouth, and sette thou hise wordis in thin herte.

²³If thou turnest ayen to Almyyti God, thou schalt be bildid; and thou schalt make wickidnesse fer fro thi tabernacle.

²⁴He schal yyue a flynt for erthe, and goldun strondis for a flynt.

²⁵And Almyyti God schal be ayens thin enemyes; and siluer schal be gaderid togidere to thee.

²⁶Thanne on Almyyti God thou schalt flowe with delicis; and thou schalt reise thi face to God.

²⁷Thou schalt preye hym, and he schal here thee; and thou schalt yelde thi vowis.

²⁸Thou schalt deme a thing, and it schal come to thee; and lyyt schal schyne in thi weies.

²⁹For he that is mekid, schal be in glorie; and he that bowith doun hise iyen, schal be saued.

³⁰An innocent schal be saued; sotheli he schal be saued in the clennesse of hise hondis.

Job 22

¹Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

²Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

³Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

⁴Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

⁵Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

⁶For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

⁷Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

⁸But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

⁹Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

¹⁰Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

¹¹Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

¹²Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

¹³And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

¹⁴Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

¹⁵Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

¹⁷Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

¹⁸Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁹The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

²⁰Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

²¹Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

²²Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

²³If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

²⁴Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

²⁵Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

²⁶For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

²⁷Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

²⁸Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

²⁹When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

³⁰He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.