< Job 24 >

1 Tymes ben not hid fro Almyyti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daies.
why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
2 Othere men turneden ouer the termes of neiyboris eritage, thei token awei flockis, and fedden tho.
border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
3 Thei driueden awei the asse of fadirlesse children, and token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed.
donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
4 Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe.
to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
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.
look! wild donkey in/on/with wilderness to come out: come in/on/with work their to seek to/for prey plain to/for him food to/for youth
6 Thei kitten doun a feeld not hern, and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence.
in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *Q(K)*) and vineyard wicked to glean
7 Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold;
naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
8 whiche men the reynes of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys.
from storm mountain: mount be moist and from without refuge to embrace rock
9 Thei diden violence, and robbiden fadirles and modirles children; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbiden, the comynte of pore men.
to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
10 Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men.
naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
11 Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho men, that thirsten, whanne the presses ben trodun.
between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to thirst
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 city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
13 Thei weren rebel to liyt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden ayen bi the pathis therof.
they(masc.) to be in/on/with to rebel light not to recognize way: conduct his and not to dwell in/on/with path his
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/for light to arise: rise to murder to slay afflicted and needy and in/on/with night to be like/as thief
15 The iye of avouter kepith derknesse, and seith, An yye schal not se me; and he schal hile his face.
and eye to commit adultery to keep: look at twilight to/for to say not to see me eye and secrecy face to set: make
16 Thei mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liyt.
to dig in/on/with darkness house: home by day to seal to/for them not to 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 morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
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.
swift he/she/it upon face: surface water to lighten portion their in/on/with land: country/planet not to turn way: road vineyard
19 Passe he to ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hym `til to hellis. (Sheol h7585)
dryness also heat to plunder water snow hell: Sheol to sin (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.
to forget him womb be sweet him worm still not to remember and to break like/as tree injustice
21 For he fedde the bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe.
to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
22 He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet state, he schal not bileue to his lijf.
and to draw mighty: strong in/on/with strength his to arise: rise and not be faithful in/on/with 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.
to give: give to/for him to/for security and to lean and eye his upon way: conduct 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.
be exalted little and nothing he and to sink like/as all to gather [emph?] and like/as head ear to languish
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? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my

< Job 24 >