Job 24
1 Tymes ben not hid fro Almyyti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daies.
Why? from [the] Almighty not have they been stored up times (and [those who] know him *Q(K)*) not have they seen? days his.
2 Othere men turneden ouer the termes of neiyboris eritage, thei token awei flockis, and fedden tho.
Boundaries people reach flock[s] they seize and they have pastured [them].
3 Thei driueden awei the asse of fadirlesse children, and token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed.
[the] donkey of Fatherless ones they drive away they take as pledge [the] ox of a widow.
4 Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe.
They thrust aside needy [people] from [the] path together they are made to hide themselves [the] poor [people] of [the] earth.
5 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.
There! wild donkeys - in the wilderness they go forth in work their seeking for food a desert plain to it food for the children.
6 Thei kitten doun a feeld not hern, and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence.
In the field fodder its (they harvest *Q(K)*) and [the] vineyard of [the] wicked they glean.
7 Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold;
Naked they spend [the] night because not clothing and there not [is] covering in the coldness.
8 whiche men the reynes of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys.
From [the] rain of [the] mountains they are wet and because not shelter they embrace [the] rock.
9 Thei diden violence, and robbiden fadirles and modirles children; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbiden, the comynte of pore men.
People tear away from [the] breast a fatherless one and on [the] poor they take pledges.
10 Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men.
Naked they go about not clothing and hungry they carry a sheaf.
11 Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho men, that thirsten, whanne the presses ben trodun.
Between rows their they press out oil wine-presses they tread and they were thirsty.
12 Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it not to go awei vnpunyschid.
From [the] city men - they groan and [the] throat of [those] fatally wounded it cries for help and God not he puts offensiveness.
13 Thei weren rebel to liyt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden ayen bi the pathis therof.
They - they are among [those who] rebel against [the] light not they pay regard to ways its and not they dwell in paths its.
14 A mansleere risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi man, and a pore man; sotheli bi nyyt he schal be as a nyyt theef.
To the light he rises a murderer he kills [the] poor and [the] needy and in the night he is like thief.
15 The iye of avouter kepith derknesse, and seith, An yye schal not se me; and he schal hile his face.
And [the] eye of an adulterer - it watches for twilight saying not it will observe me an eye and covering of face he puts.
16 Thei mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liyt.
He digs into in darkness houses by day they seal up for themselves not they know light.
17 If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, thei demen the schadewe of deth; and so thei goon in derknessis as in liyt.
For together - [is] morning for them deep darkness for he is acquainted with [the] terrors of deep darkness.
18 He is vnstablere than the face of the water; his part in erthe be cursid, and go he not bi the weie of vyneris.
[is] swift He - on [the] surface of [the] waters it is cursed portion their in the land not anyone turns [the] direction of vineyards.
19 Passe he to ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hym `til to hellis. (Sheol h7585)
Drought also heat they snatch away [the] waters of snow Sheol [those who] they have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Merci foryete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful.
It forgets him [the] womb - it sucks on him maggot[s] again not he is remembered and it was broken like tree injustice.
21 For he fedde the bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe.
[he] feeds on A barren [woman] [who] not she gives birth and a widow not he does good to.
22 He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet state, he schal not bileue to his lijf.
And he drags off mighty [ones] by power his he rises and not anyone trusts in life.
23 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.
He gives to him to security so he may support himself and eyes his [are] on ways their.
24 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.
They are exalted a little - and there not [is] he and they are brought low like everyone they are contracted! and like a head of grain they wither.
25 That if it is not so, who may repreue me, that Y liede, and putte my wordis bifor God?
And if not then who? will he prove a liar me and will he make? into nothing speech my.
