Job 18
1 Forsothe Baldach Suythes answeride, and seide,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 `Til to what ende schalt thou booste with wordis? Vndurstonde thou first, and so speke we.
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Whi ben we arettid as beestis, and han we be foule bifor thee?
Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
4 What leesist thou thi soule in thi woodnes? Whether the erthe schal be forsakun `for thee, and hard stoonys schulen be borun ouer fro her place?
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Whethir the liyt of a wickid man schal not be quenchid; and the flawme of his fier schal not schyne?
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 Liyt schal wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lanterne, which is on hym, schal be quenchid.
The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.
7 The steppis of his vertu schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym doun.
The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.
8 For he hath sent hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschis therof.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 His foot schal be holdun with a snare; and thirst schal brenne out ayens hym.
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
10 The foot trappe of hym is hid in the erthe, and his snare on the path.
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.
11 Dredis schulen make hym aferd on ech side, and schulen biwlappe hise feet.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
12 His strengthe be maad feble bi hungur; and pouert asaile hise ribbis.
His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.
13 Deuoure it the fairnesse of his skyn; the firste gendrid deth waste hise armes.
The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.
14 His trist be takun awei fro his tabernacle; and perischyng, as a kyng, aboue trede on hym.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15 The felowis of hym that is not, dwelle in his tabernacle; brymston be spreynt in his tabernacle.
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.
16 The rootis of hym be maad drie bynethe; sotheli his ripe corn be al to-brokun aboue.
His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.
17 His mynde perische fro the erthe; and his name be not maad solempne in stretis.
His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.
18 He schal put hym out fro `liyt in to derknessis; and he schal bere hym ouer fro the world.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 Nethir his seed nether kynrede schal be in his puple, nether ony relifs in hise cuntreis.
He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20 The laste men schulen wondre in hise daies; and hidousnesse schal asaile the firste men.
Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
21 Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a wickid man; and this is the place of hym, that knowith not God.
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
