Job 38
1 Forsothe the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) ([the] tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
2 and seide, Who is this man, wlappynge sentences with vnwise wordis?
who? this to darken counsel in/on/with speech without knowledge
3 Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me.
to gird please like/as great man loin your and to ask you and to know me
4 Where were thou, whanne Y settide the foundementis of erthe? schewe thou to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng.
where? to be in/on/with to found I land: country/planet to tell if to know understanding
5 Who settide mesures therof, if thou knowist? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronne?
who? to set: make measurement her for to know or who? to stretch upon her line
6 On what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who sente doun the corner stoon therof,
upon what? socket her to sink or who? to shoot stone corner her
7 whanne the morew sterris herieden me togidere, and alle the sones of God sungun ioyfuli?
in/on/with to sing unitedness star morning and to shout all son: child God
8 Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge forth as of the wombe?
and to fence in/on/with door sea in/on/with to burst/come out he from womb to come out: produce
9 Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof, and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of yong childhed.
in/on/with to set: make I cloud clothing his and cloud swaddling his
10 Y cumpasside it with my termes, and Y settide a barre, and doris;
and to break upon him statute: allotment my and to set: make bar and door
11 and Y seide, `Til hidur thou schalt come, and thou schalt not go forth ferthere; and here thou schalt breke togidere thi bolnynge wawis.
and to say till here to come (in): come and not to add and here to set: appoint in/on/with pride heap: wave your
12 Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundist to the bigynnyng of dai, and schewidist to the morewtid his place?
from day your to command morning (to know [the] dawn *Q(K)*) place his
13 Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men therfro?
to/for to grasp in/on/with wing [the] land: country/planet and to shake wicked from her
14 A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal stonde as a cloth.
to overturn like/as homer signet and to stand like clothing
15 The liyt of wickid men schal be takun awey fro hem, and an hiy arm schal be brokun.
and to withhold from wicked light their and arm to exalt to break
16 Whethir thou entridist in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist in the laste partis of the occian?
to come (in): come till spring sea and in/on/with search abyss to go: walk
17 Whether the yatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thou the derk doris?
to reveal: reveal to/for you gate death and gate shadow to see: see
18 Whethir thou hast biholde the brede of erthe? Schewe thou to me, if thou knowist alle thingis,
to understand till breadth land: country/planet to tell if to know all her
19 in what weie the liyt dwellith, and which is the place of derknesse;
where? this [the] way: direction to dwell light and darkness where? this place his
20 that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows.
for to take: take him to(wards) border: area his and for to understand path house: home his
21 Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies?
to know for then to beget and number day your many
22 Whethir thou entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the tresours of hail?
to come (in): come to(wards) treasure snow and treasure hail to see: see
23 whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiytyng and of batel.
which to withhold to/for time distress to/for day battle and battle
24 Bi what weie is the liyt spred abrood, heete is departid on erthe?
where? this [the] way: direction to divide light to scatter east upon land: country/planet
25 Who yaf cours to the strongeste reyn,
who? to divide to/for flood conduit and way: road to/for lightning voice: thunder
26 and weie of the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reyne on the erthe with out man in desert, where noon of deedli men dwellith?
to/for to rain upon land: country/planet not man: anyone wilderness not man in/on/with him
27 That it schulde fille a lond with out weie and desolat, and schulde brynge forth greene eerbis?
to/for to satisfy devastation and desolation and to/for to spring exit grass
28 Who is fadir of reyn, ether who gendride the dropis of deew?
there to/for rain father or who? to beget drop dew
29 Of whos wombe yede out iys, and who gendride frost fro heuene?
from belly: womb who? to come out: come [the] ice and frost heaven who? to beget him
30 Watris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouer part of occian is streyned togidere.
like/as stone water to hide and face: surface abyss to capture
31 Whether thou schalt mowe ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades, ethir thou schalt mowe distrie the cumpas of Arturis?
to conspire bond Pleiades or cord Orion to open
32 Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that is, dai sterre, in his tyme, and makist euene sterre to rise on the sones of erthe?
to come out: send Mazzaroth in/on/with time his and Bear upon son: child her to lead them
33 Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof in erthe?
to know statute heaven if: surely no to set: make rule his in/on/with land: country/planet
34 Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude, and the fersnesse of watris schal hile thee?
to exalt to/for cloud voice your and abundance water to cover you
35 Whethir thou schalt sende leitis, and tho schulen go, and tho schulen turne ayen, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present?
to send: depart lightning and to go: went and to say to/for you look! we
36 Who puttide wisdoom in the entrailis of man, ethir who yaf vndurstondyng to the cok?
who? to set: put in/on/with inner parts wisdom or who? to give: give to/for heart understanding
37 Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep?
who? to recount cloud in/on/with wisdom and bag heaven who? to lie down: lay down
38 Whanne dust was foundid in the erthe, and clottis weren ioyned togidere?
in/on/with to pour: pour dust to/for casting and clod to cleave
39 Whether thou schalt take prey to the lionesse, and schalt fille the soulis of hir whelpis,
to hunt to/for lion prey and living thing lion to fill
40 whanne tho liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes?
for to bow in/on/with habitation to dwell in/on/with booth upon ambush
41 Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis?
who? to establish: prepare to/for raven food his for (youth his *Q(K)*) to(wards) God to cry to go astray to/for without food
