Job 8

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¹Sotheli Baldath Suytes answeride, and seide,

²Hou longe schalt thou speke siche thingis? The spirit of the word of thi mouth is manyfold.

³Whether God supplauntith, `ethir disseyueth, doom, and whether Almyyti God distrieth that, that is iust?

⁴Yhe, thouy thi sones synneden ayens hym, and he lefte hem in the hond of her wickidnesse;

⁵netheles, if thou risist eerli to God, and bisechist `Almyyti God, if thou goist clene and riytful,

⁶anoon he schal wake fulli to thee, and schal make pesible the dwellyng place of thi ryytfulnesse;

⁷in so miche that thi formere thingis weren litil, and that thi laste thingis be multiplied greetli.

⁸For 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.

¹⁰And thei schulen teche thee, thei schulen speke to thee, and of her herte thei schulen bring forth spechis.

¹¹Whether a rusche may lyue with out moysture? ethir a spier `may wexe with out watir?

¹²Whanne it is yit in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor alle erbis.

¹³So the weies of alle men, that foryeten God; and the hope of an ypocrite schal perische.

¹⁴His cowardise schal not plese hym, and his trist schal be as a web of yreyns.

¹⁵He schal leene, `ether reste, on his hows, and it schal not stonde; he schal vndursette it, and it schal not rise togidere.

¹⁶The rusche semeth moist, bifor that the sunne come; and in the risyng of the sunne the seed therof schal go out.

¹⁷Rootis therof schulen be maad thicke on an heep of stoonys, and it schal dwelle among stoonys.

¹⁸If a man drawith it out of `his place, his place schal denye it, and schal seie, Y knowe thee not.

¹⁹For this is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft othere ruschis springe out of the erthe.

²⁰Forsothe God schal not caste a wei a symple man, nethir schal dresse hond to wickid men;

²¹til thi mouth be fillid with leiytir, and thi lippis with hertli song.

²²Thei that haten thee schulen be clothid with schenschip; and the tabernacle of wickid men schal not stonde.

Job 8

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

³Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

⁴If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

⁵If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

⁶If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

⁷Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

⁸For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

⁹(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

¹⁰Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

¹¹Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

¹²Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

¹³So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

¹⁴Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

¹⁵He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

¹⁶He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

¹⁷His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

¹⁸If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

²⁰Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

²¹Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

²²They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.