Baldad chargeth Job to have spoken, unjustly exhorting him to turn to God, and so he shall prosper better than heretofore. 13. shewing that hypocrites shall not prosper, 20. inferreth (falsely) that God afflicteth not the sincere, nor helpeth the malignant.Baldad chargeth Iob to haue spoken, vniustly exhorting him to turne to God, and so he shal prosper better then heretofore. 13. shewing that hypocrites shal not prosper, 20. inferreth (falsly) that God afflicteth not the sincere, nor helpeth the malignant.✦
But Baldad the Suhite answering, said:BVt Baldad the Suhite answering, sayd:✦Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit :
2How long wilt thou speak such things, and shall the spirit of the word of thy mouth be multiplied?How long wilt thou speake such thinges, and shal the spirit of the word of thy mouth be multiplied?Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui ?
3Why doth God supplantat: overthrow: not displace or supersede judgement? or doth the Omnipotent subvert that which is just?Why doth God supplant iugement? or doth the Omnipotent subuert that which is iust?✦Numquid Deus supplantat judicium ? aut Omnipotens subvertit quod justum est ?
4Although thy children have sinned to him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:Although thy children haue sinned to him, and he hath leaft them in the hand of their iniquitie:Etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suæ :
5Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Omnipotent:Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt besech the Omnipotent:tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum, et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus ;
6If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will forthwith awake unto thee, and will make the habitation of thy justice peaceable:If thou wilt walke cleane & vpright, he wil forthwith awake vnto thee, and wil make the habitation of thy iustice peaceable:si mundus et rectus incesseris : statim evigilabit ad te, et pacatum reddet habitaculum justitiæ tuæ,
7In so much, that if thy former things have been little, thy later things may be multiplied exceedingly.In so much, that if thy former thinges haue bene litle, thy later thinges may be multipled exceedingly.✦in tantum ut si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
8For ask the old generation, and search diligently the memory of the fathers.For aske the old generation, and search diligently the memorie of the fathers.✦Interroga enim generationem pristinam, et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam
9(For we are but as yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon the earth are as a shadow.)(For we are but as yesterday, and are ignorant that our daies vpon the earth are as a shadow.)✦(hesterni quippe sumus, et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram),
10And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and from their heart shall utter words.And they shal teach thee: they shal speake to thee, and from their hart shal vtter wordes.✦et ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi, et de corde suo proferent eloquia.
11Can the rush be green without moisture? or a carectum: sedgy: a bed of sedge place grow without water?Can the rush be greene without moysture? or a seggie place grow without water?✦Numquid virere potest scirpus absque humore ? aut crescere carectum sine aqua ?
12When it is yet in his flower, and is not plucked with the hand, it withereth before all herbs:When it is yet in his flowre, and is not plucked with the hand, it withereth before al hearbes:✦Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.
13Even so the ways of all, that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:Euen so the waies of al, that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shal perish:Sic viæ omnium qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes hypocritæ peribit.
14His folly shall not please him, and his confidence as the spider's web.His folie shal not please him, and his confidence as the spiders webbe.✦Non ei placebit vecordia sua, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia ejus.
15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall stay it up, and it shall not rise:He shal leane vpon his house. and it shal not stand: he shal stay it vp, and it shal not rise:✦Innitetur super domum suam, et non stabit ; fulciet eam, et non consurget.
16He seemeth moistened before the sun come, and in his rising his blossom shall go forth.He semeth moystened before the sunne come, and in his rising his blossome shal goe forth.✦Humectus videtur antequam veniat sol, et in ortu suo germen ejus egredietur.
17Upon a heap of rocks his roots shall be thick, and among stones he shall abide.Vpon a heape of rockes his rootes shal be thicke, and among stones he shal abide.✦Super acervum petrarum radices ejus densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.
18If he swallow him up out of his place, he will deny him, and will say: I know thee not.If he swallow him vp out of his place, he wil denie him, & wil say: I know thee not.✦Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum, et dicet : Non novi te.
19For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again of the earth.For this is the ioy of his way, that others may spring againe of the earth.✦Hæc est enim lætitia viæ ejus, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.
20God will not reject the simple, nor reach his hand to the malignant.God wil not reiect the simple, nor reach his hand to the malignant.✦Deus non projiciet simplicem, nec porriget manum malignis,
21Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with jubilation.Vntil thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lippes with iubilation.✦donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua jubilo.
22They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the tabernaculum: dwelling: tent of the impious shall not stand.They that hate thee, shal be clothed with confusion: and the tabernacle of the impious shal not stand.✦Qui oderunt te induentur confusione, et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.