Job 24
1 “For this reason from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
Tymes ben not hid fro Almyyti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daies.
2 They reach the borders, They have taken a drove away violently, Indeed, they do evil.
Othere men turneden ouer the termes of neiyboris eritage, thei token awei flockis, and fedden tho.
3 They lead away the donkey of the fatherless, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Thei driueden awei the asse of fadirlesse children, and token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed.
4 They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe.
5 Behold, wild donkeys in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself—food for young ones.
Othere men as wielde assis in deseert goon out to her werk; and thei waken to prey, and bifor maken redy breed to her children.
6 They reap his provender in a field, And they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
Thei kitten doun a feeld not hern, and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold;
8 From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge—have embraced a rock.
whiche men the reynes of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys.
9 They take away violently The orphan from the breast, And they lay a pledge on the poor.
Thei diden violence, and robbiden fadirles and modirles children; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbiden, the comynte of pore men.
10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry—have taken away a sheaf.
Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men.
11 They make oil between their walls, They have trodden winepresses, and thirst.
Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho men, that thirsten, whanne the presses ben trodun.
12 Men groan because of enmity, And the soul of pierced ones cries, And God does not give praise.
Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it not to go awei vnpunyschid.
13 They have been those rebelling against light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abided in His paths.
Thei weren rebel to liyt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden ayen bi the pathis therof.
14 The murderer rises at the light, He slays the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
A mansleere risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi man, and a pore man; sotheli bi nyyt he schal be as a nyyt theef.
15 And the eye of an adulterer Has observed the twilight, Saying, No eye beholds me. And he puts the face in secret.
The iye of avouter kepith derknesse, and seith, An yye schal not se me; and he schal hile his face.
16 He has dug in the darkness—houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
Thei mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liyt.
17 When together, morning [is] death-shade to them, When he discerns the terrors of death-shade.
If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, thei demen the schadewe of deth; and so thei goon in derknessis as in liyt.
18 He [is] light on the face of the waters, Their portion is vilified in the earth, He does not turn the way of vineyards.
He is vnstablere than the face of the water; his part in erthe be cursid, and go he not bi the weie of vyneris.
Passe he to ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hym `til to hellis. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb forgets him, The worm sweetens [on] him, He is remembered no more, And wickedness is broken as a tree.
Merci foryete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful.
21 Treating evil the barren [who] does not bear, And he does no good [to] the widow,
For he fedde the bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe.
22 And [God] has drawn the mighty by His power, He rises, and none believes in life.
He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet state, he schal not bileue to his lijf.
23 He gives to him confidence, and he is supported, And His eyes [are] on their ways.
God yaf to hym place of penaunce, and he mysusith that in to pride; for the iyen of God ben in the weies of that man.
24 They were high [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. They are shut up as all [others], And cut off as the head of an ear of grain.
Thei ben reisid at a litil, and thei schulen not stonde; and thei schulen be maad low as alle thingis, and thei schulen be takun awei; and as the hyynessis of eeris of corn thei schulen be al to-brokun.
25 And if not now, who proves me a liar, And makes my word of nothing?”
That if it is not so, who may repreue me, that Y liede, and putte my wordis bifor God?
