< Job 40 >

1 And the Lord addide, and spak to Joob,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
2 Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so liytli? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere to hym.
to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
3 Forsothe Joob answeride to the Lord,
and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
4 and seide, What may Y answere, which haue spoke liytli? Y schal putte myn hond on my mouth.
look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
5 Y spak o thing, which thing Y wold, that Y hadde not seid; and Y spak anothir thing, to which Y schal no more adde.
one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
6 Forsothe the Lord answeride to Joob fro the whirlewynd,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) (tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
7 and seide, Girde thou as a man thi leendis, and Y schal axe thee, and schewe thou to me.
to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
8 Whether thou schalt make voide my doom, and schalt condempne me, that thou be maad iust?
also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
9 And if thou hast an arm, as God hath, and if thou thundrist with lijk vois, `take thou fairnesse aboute thee,
and if: surely yes arm like/as God to/for you and in/on/with voice like him to thunder
10 and be thou reisid an hiy, and be thou gloriouse, and be thou clothid `in faire clothis.
to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
11 Distrie thou proude men in thi woodnesse, and biholde thou, and make lowe ech bostere.
to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
12 Biholde thou alle proude men, and schende thou hem; and al to-breke thou wickid men in her place.
to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
13 Hide thou hem in dust togidere, and drenche doun her faces in to a diche.
to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide
14 And Y schal knowleche, that thi riyt hond may saue thee.
and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
15 Lo! behemot, whom Y made with thee, schal as an oxe ete hey.
behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
16 His strengthe is in hise leendis, and his vertu is in the nawle of his wombe.
behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
17 He streyneth his tail as a cedre; the senewis of his `stones of gendrure ben foldid togidere.
to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *Q(K)*) to intertwine
18 Hise boonys ben as the pipis of bras; the gristil of hym is as platis of yrun.
bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron
19 He is the bigynnyng of the weies of God; he, that made hym, schal sette his swerd to hym.
he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
20 Hillis beren eerbis to this behemot; alle the beestis of the feeld pleien there.
for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
21 He slepith vndur schadewe, in the pryuete of rehed, in moiste places.
underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
22 Schadewis hilen his schadewe; the salewis of the ryuer cumpassen hym.
to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
23 He schal soupe vp the flood, and he schal not wondre; he hath trist, that Jordan schal flowe in to his mouth.
look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
24 He schal take hem bi `the iyen of hym, as bi an hook; and bi scharpe schaftis he schal perse hise nosethirlis.
in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose

< Job 40 >