Job 8

Great^{(i) 1} Then answered Baldad the Suhite, and sayde: ² How longe wilt thou talke of soch thynges? how longe shall thy mouth speake so proude wordes? ³ Doth God peruerte the thynge that is laufull? Or doth the almyghtye destroye the thynge that is ryght? ⁴ For seyng that thy sonnes synned agaynst hym, dyd not he punysh them for theyr wyckednesse? ⁵ If thou woldest now resort vnto God by tymes, and make thyne humble prayer to the almyghty: ⁶ yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly lyfe: shulde he not awake vp vnto the immediatly, and geue the, the bewtye of ryghtewesnesse agayne? ⁷ In so moche, that where in so euer thou haddest lytle afore, thou shuldest now haue greate aboundaunce. ⁸ Enquere (I praye the) of them that haue bene before the, and search diligently amonge theyr fathers. ⁹ For we are but of yesterdaye, and consydre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are but a very shadowe. ¹⁰ Shall not they shewe the, and tell the, yee, and gladly confesse the same? ¹¹ Maye a rysshe be grene without moystnesse? Or maye the grasse growe without water? ¹² No: but (or euer it be shot forth, & or euer it be gathered) it withered, before eny other herbe. ¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrites hope come to naught. ¹⁴ Hys confydence shalbe destroyed, and hys trust shalbe a spiders webbe. ¹⁵ He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stande: he shall holde hym fast by it, yet shall it not endure. ¹⁶ It is euen as a grene tree before the sonne, & shoteth forth the braunches in hys garden. ¹⁷ It taketh many rotes by a well syde, in so moch that it is lyke an house of stones. ¹⁸ But yf it be taken out of hys place, euery man denyeth it, sayenge: I knowe the not. ¹⁹ Lo, thus is it with him, that reioyseth in his awne doynges: and as for other, they growe out of the earth. ²⁰ Behold, God will not cast awaye a vertuous man, nether wyll he helpe the vngodly. ²¹ Thy mouth shall he fyll with laughing, and thy lyppes with gladnesse. ²² They also that hate the, shalbe confounded, and the dwellinge of the vngodly shall come to naught.