Job 18
1 Forsothe Baldach Suythes answeride, and seide,
and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
2 `Til to what ende schalt thou booste with wordis? Vndurstonde thou first, and so speke we.
till where? to set: make [emph?] snare to/for speech to understand and after to speak: speak
3 Whi ben we arettid as beestis, and han we be foule bifor thee?
why? to devise: think like/as animal to defile in/on/with eye: seeing your
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?
to tear soul: myself his in/on/with face: anger his because you to leave: forsake land: country/planet and to proceed rock from place his
5 Whethir the liyt of a wickid man schal not be quenchid; and the flawme of his fier schal not schyne?
also light wicked to put out and not to shine flame fire his
6 Liyt schal wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lanterne, which is on hym, schal be quenchid.
light to darken in/on/with tent his and lamp his upon him to put out
7 The steppis of his vertu schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym doun.
be distressed step strength his and to throw him counsel his
8 For he hath sent hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschis therof.
for to send: depart in/on/with net in/on/with foot his and upon latticework to go: walk
9 His foot schal be holdun with a snare; and thirst schal brenne out ayens hym.
to grasp in/on/with heel snare to strengthen: hold upon him snare
10 The foot trappe of hym is hid in the erthe, and his snare on the path.
to hide in/on/with land: soil cord his and snare his upon path
11 Dredis schulen make hym aferd on ech side, and schulen biwlappe hise feet.
around: side to terrify him terror and to scatter him to/for foot his
12 His strengthe be maad feble bi hungur; and pouert asaile hise ribbis.
to be hungry strength his and calamity to establish: prepare to/for stumbling his
13 Deuoure it the fairnesse of his skyn; the firste gendrid deth waste hise armes.
to eat alone: pole skin his to eat alone: pole his firstborn death
14 His trist be takun awei fro his tabernacle; and perischyng, as a kyng, aboue trede on hym.
to tear from tent his confidence his and to march him to/for king terror
15 The felowis of hym that is not, dwelle in his tabernacle; brymston be spreynt in his tabernacle.
to dwell in/on/with tent his from without to/for him to scatter upon pasture his brimstone
16 The rootis of hym be maad drie bynethe; sotheli his ripe corn be al to-brokun aboue.
from underneath: under root his to wither and from above to languish foliage his
17 His mynde perische fro the erthe; and his name be not maad solempne in stretis.
memorial his to perish from land: country/planet and not name to/for him upon face: surface outside
18 He schal put hym out fro `liyt in to derknessis; and he schal bere hym ouer fro the world.
to thrust him from light to(wards) darkness and from world to wander him
19 Nethir his seed nether kynrede schal be in his puple, nether ony relifs in hise cuntreis.
not offspring to/for him and not progeny in/on/with people his and nothing survivor in/on/with sojourning his
20 The laste men schulen wondre in hise daies; and hidousnesse schal asaile the firste men.
upon day: today his be desolate: appalled last and eastern to grasp shuddering
21 Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a wickid man; and this is the place of hym, that knowith not God.
surely these tabernacle unjust and this place not to know God
