< Job 39 >

1 Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth calues?
to know time to beget goat crag to twist: give birth doe to keep: look at
2 Hast thou noumbrid the monethis of her conseyuyng, and hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng?
to recount month to fill and to know time to beget they
3 Tho ben bowid to the calf, and caluen; and senden out roryngis.
to bow youth their to cleave pain their to send: let go
4 Her calues ben departid, and goen to pasture; tho goen out, and turnen not ayen to `tho hyndis.
be healthy son: child their to multiply in/on/with field to come out: come and not to return: return to/for them
5 Who let go the wielde asse fre, and who loside the boondis of hym?
who? to send: let go wild donkey free and bond wild donkey who? to open
6 To whom Y haue youe an hows in wildirnesse, and the tabernacles of hym in the lond of saltnesse.
which to set: put plain house: home his and tabernacle his saltiness
7 He dispisith the multitude of citee; he herith not the cry of an axere.
to laugh to/for crowd town shout to oppress not to hear: hear
8 He lokith aboute the hillis of his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis.
to spy mountain: mount pasture his and after all green to seek
9 Whether an vnycorn schal wilne serue thee, ethir schal dwelle at thi cratche?
be willing wild ox to serve you if: surely no to lodge upon crib your
10 Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ere, ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis aftir thee?
to conspire wild ox in/on/with furrow cord his if: surely no to harrow valley after you
11 Whether thou schalt haue trist in his grete strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueils?
to trust in/on/with him for many strength his and to leave: forsake to(wards) him toil your
12 Whether thou schalt bileue to hym, that he schal yelde seed to thee, and schal gadere togidere thi cornfloor?
be faithful in/on/with him for (to return: return *Q(K)*) seed your and threshing floor your to gather
13 The fethere of an ostriche is lijk the fetheris of a gerfawcun, and of an hauk;
wing ostrich to rejoice if: surely yes pinion stork and plumage
14 which ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the dust.
for to leave: forsake to/for land: country/planet egg her and upon dust to warm
15 He foryetith, that a foot tredith tho, ethir that a beeste of the feeld al tobrekith tho.
and to forget for foot to crush her and living thing [the] land: wildlife to tread her
16 He is maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei ben not hise; he traueilide in veyn, while no drede constreynede.
to harden son: young animal her to/for not to/for her to/for vain toil her without dread
17 For God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `yaf not vnderstondyng to hym.
for to forget her god wisdom and not to divide to/for her in/on/with understanding
18 Whanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hiy; he scorneth the hors, and his ridere.
like/as time in/on/with height to flap to laugh to/for horse and to/for to ride his
19 Whether thou schalt yyue strengthe to an hors, ether schal yyue neiyng `aboute his necke?
to give: give to/for horse might to clothe neck his mane
20 Whether thou schalt reyse hym as locustis? The glorie of hise nosethirlis is drede.
to shake him like/as locust splendor snorting his terror
21 He diggith erthe with the foot, he `fulli ioieth booldli; he goith ayens armed men.
to search in/on/with valley and to rejoice in/on/with strength to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet weapon
22 He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he yyueth not stide to swerd.
to laugh to/for dread and not to to be dismayed and not to return: return from face: before sword
23 An arowe caas schal sowne on hym; a spere and scheeld schal florische.
upon him to rattle quiver flame spear and javelin
24 He is hoot, and gnastith, and swolewith the erthe; and he arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sowneth.
in/on/with quaking and turmoil to swallow land: soil and not be faithful for voice: sound trumpet
25 Whanne he herith a clarioun, he `seith, Joie! he smellith batel afer; the excityng of duykis, and the yellyng of the oost.
in/on/with sufficiency trumpet to say Aha! and from distant to smell battle thunder ruler and shout
26 Whether an hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom?
from understanding your to fly hawk to spread (wing his *Q(K)*) to/for south
27 Whether an egle schal be reisid at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hiy places?
if: surely no upon lip: word your to exult eagle and for to exalt nest his
28 He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche `me may not neiye.
crag to dwell and to lodge upon tooth: crag crag and fortress
29 Fro thennus he biholdith mete, and hise iyen loken fro fer.
from there to search food to/for from distant eye his to look
30 Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere a careyn is, anoon he is present.
(and young his *Q(K)*) to suck blood and in/on/with in which slain: killed there he/she/it

< Job 39 >