Job 12
1 Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide,
and to answer Job and to say
2 Therfor ben ye men aloone, that wisdom dwelle with you?
truly for you(m. p.) people and with you to die wisdom
3 And to me is an herte, as and to you, and Y am not lowere than ye; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ye knowen?
also to/for me heart like you not to fall: fall I from you and with who? nothing like these
4 He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; for the symplenesse of a iust man is scorned.
laughter to/for neighbor his to be to call: call to to/for god and to answer him laughter righteous unblemished: blameless
5 A laumpe is dispisid at the thouytis of riche men, and the laumpe is maad redi to a tyme ordeyned.
to/for disaster contempt to/for thought secure blow to/for to slip foot
6 The tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, `ether ful of goodis; and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath youe alle thingis in to her hondis.
to prosper tent to/for to ruin and security to/for to tremble God to/for which to come (in): bring god in/on/with hand his
7 No wondur, ax thou beestis, and tho schulen teche thee; and axe thou volatilis of the eir, and tho schulen schewe to thee.
and but to ask please animal and to show you and bird [the] heaven and to tell to/for you
8 Speke thou to the erthe, and it schal answere thee; and the fischis of the see schulen telle tho thingis.
or to muse to/for land: soil and to show you and to recount to/for you fish [the] sea
9 Who knowith not that the hond of the Lord made alle these thingis?
who? not to know in/on/with all these for hand: power LORD to make: do this
10 In whos hond the soule is of ech lyuynge thing, and the spirit, `that is, resonable soule, of ech fleisch of man.
which in/on/with hand: power his soul: life all alive and spirit: breath all flesh man
11 Whether the eere demeth not wordis, and the chekis of the etere demen sauour?
not ear speech to test and palate food to perceive to/for him
12 Wisdom is in elde men, and prudence is in myche tyme.
in/on/with aged wisdom and length day: old understanding
13 Wisdom and strengthe is at God; he hath counsel and vndurstondyng.
with him wisdom and might to/for him counsel and understanding
14 If he distrieth, no man is that bildith; if he schittith in a man, `noon is that openith.
look! to overthrow and not to build to shut upon man and not to open
15 If he holdith togidere watris, alle thingis schulen be maad drie; if he sendith out tho watris, tho schulen distrie the erthe.
look! to restrain in/on/with water and to wither and to send: depart them and to overturn land: country/planet
16 Strengthe and wisdom is at God; he knowith bothe hym that disseyueth and hym that is disseyued.
with him strength and wisdom to/for him to go astray and to wander
17 And he bryngith conselours in to a fonned eende, and iugis in to wondryng, ethir astonying.
to go: take to advise barefoot and to judge to be foolish
18 He vnbindith the girdil of kyngis, and girdith her reynes with a coorde.
discipline: bonds king to open and to bind girdle in/on/with loin their
19 He ledith her prestis with out glorie, and he disseyueth the principal men, `ethir counselours;
to go: take priest barefoot and strong to pervert
20 and he chaungith the lippis of sothefast men, and takith awei the doctrine of elde men.
to turn aside: remove lip: words to/for be faithful and taste old: elder to take: take
21 He schedith out dispisyng on princes, and releeueth hem, that weren oppressid.
to pour: pour contempt upon noble and belt channel to slacken
22 Which schewith depe thingis fro derknessis; and bryngith forth in to liyt the schadewe of deeth.
to reveal: reveal deep from darkness and to come out: produce to/for light shadow
23 Which multiplieth folkis, and leesith hem, and restorith hem destried in to the hool.
to grow great to/for nation and to perish them to spread to/for nation and to lead them
24 Which chaungith the herte of princes of the puple of erthe; and disseyueth hem, that thei go in veyn out of the weie.
to turn aside: remove heart head: leader people [the] land: country/planet and to go astray them in/on/with formlessness not way: road
25 Thei schulen grope, as in derknessis, and not in liyt; and he schal make hem to erre as drunken men.
to feel darkness and not light and to go astray them like/as drunken
