Job 14
1 A man is borun of a womman, and lyueth schort tyme, and is fillid with many wretchidnessis.
man to beget woman short day and sated turmoil
2 Which goith out, and is defoulid as a flour; and fleeth as schadewe, and dwellith neuere perfitli in the same staat.
like/as flower to come out: issue and to languish and to flee like/as shadow and not to stand: stand
3 And gessist thou it worthi to opene thin iyen on siche a man; and to brynge hym in to doom with thee?
also upon this to open eye your and [obj] me to come (in): bring in/on/with justice: judgement with you
4 Who may make a man clene conseyued of vnclene seed? Whether not thou, which art aloone?
who? to give: give pure from unclean not one
5 The daies of man ben schorte, the noumbre of his monethis is at thee; thou hast set, ethir ordeyned, hise termes, whiche moun not be passid.
if to decide day his number month his with you (statute: allotment his *Q(K)*) to make and not to pass
6 Therfor go thou awey fro hym a litil, `that is, bi withdrawyng of bodili lijf, that he haue reste; til the meede coueitid come, and his dai is as the dai of an hirid man.
to gaze from upon him and to cease till to accept like/as hired day his
7 A tree hath hope, if it is kit doun; and eft it wexith greene, and hise braunches spreden forth.
for there to/for tree hope if to cut: cut and still to pass and shoot his not to cease
8 If the roote therof is eeld in the erthe, and the stok therof is nyy deed in dust;
if be old in/on/with land: soil root his and in/on/with dust to die stock his
9 it schal buriowne at the odour of watir, and it schal make heer, as whanne it was plauntid first.
from aroma water to sprout and to make foliage like plantation
10 But whanne a man is deed, and maad nakid, and wastid; Y preye, where is he?
and great man to die and to weaken and to die man and where? he
11 As if watris goen awei fro the see, and a ryuer maad voide wexe drie,
be gone water from sea and river to dry and to wither
12 so a man, whanne he hath slept, `that is, deed, he schal not rise ayen, til heuene be brokun, `that is, be maad newe; he schal not wake, nether he schal ryse togidere fro his sleep.
and man to lie down: lay down and not to arise: rise till lest heaven not to awake and not to rouse from sleep their
13 Who yiueth this to me, that thou defende me in helle, and that thou hide me, til thi greet veniaunce passe; and thou sette to me a tyme, in which thou haue mynde on me? (Sheol h7585)
who? to give: if only! in/on/with hell: Sheol to treasure me to hide me till to return: turn back face: anger your to set: appoint to/for me statute: portion and to remember me (Sheol h7585)
14 Gessist thou, whethir a deed man schal lyue ayen? In alle the daies, in whiche Y holde knyythod, now Y abide, til my chaungyng come.
if to die great man to live all day army: duty my to wait: wait till to come (in): come change my
15 Thou schalt clepe me, and Y schal answere thee; thou schalt dresse the riyt half, `that is, blis, to the werk of thin hondis.
to call: call to and I to answer you to/for deed: work hand your to long
16 Sotheli thou hast noumbrid my steppis; but spare thou my synnes.
for now step my to recount not to keep: look at upon sin my
17 Thou hast seelid as in a bagge my trespassis, but thou hast curid my wickidnesse.
to seal in/on/with bundle transgression my and to smear upon iniquity: crime my
18 An hil fallynge droppith doun; and a rooche of stoon is borun ouer fro his place.
and but mountain: mount to fall: fall to wither and rock to proceed from place his
19 Watris maken stoonys holowe, and the erthe is wastid litil and litil bi waischyng a wey of watir; and therfor thou schalt leese men in lijk maner.
stone to beat water to overflow outpouring her dust land: soil and hope human to perish
20 Thou madist a man strong a litil, that he schulde passe with outen ende; thou schalt chaunge his face, and schalt sende hym out.
to prevail him to/for perpetuity and to go: went to change face his and to send: depart him
21 Whether hise sones ben noble, ether vnnoble, he schal not vndurstonde.
to honor: honour son: child his and not to know and be little and not to understand to/for them
22 Netheles his fleisch, while he lyueth, schal haue sorewe, and his soule schal morne on hym silf.
surely flesh his upon him to pain and soul: myself his upon him to mourn
