Wycliffe - Job - 18

18:1  Forsothe Baldach Suythes answeride, and seide,

18:2  `Til to what ende schalt thou booste with wordis? Vndurstonde thou first, and so speke we.

18:3  Whi ben we arettid as beestis, and han we be foule bifor thee?

18:4  What leesist thou thi soule in thi woodnes? Whether the erthe schal be forsakun `for thee, and hard stoonys schulen be borun ouer fro her place?

18:5  Whethir the liyt of a wickid man schal not be quenchid; and the flawme of his fier schal not schyne?

18:6  Liyt schal wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lanterne, which is on hym, schal be quenchid.

18:7  The steppis of his vertu schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym doun.

18:8  For he hath sent hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschis therof.

18:9  His foot schal be holdun with a snare; and thirst schal brenne out ayens hym.

18:10  The foot trappe of hym is hid in the erthe, and his snare on the path.

18:11  Dredis schulen make hym aferd on ech side, and schulen biwlappe hise feet.

18:12  His strengthe be maad feble bi hungur; and pouert asaile hise ribbis.

18:13  Deuoure it the fairnesse of his skyn; the firste gendrid deth waste hise armes.

18:14  His trist be takun awei fro his tabernacle; and perischyng, as a kyng, aboue trede on hym.

18:15  The felowis of hym that is not, dwelle in his tabernacle; brymston be spreynt in his tabernacle.

18:16  The rootis of hym be maad drie bynethe; sotheli his ripe corn be al to-brokun aboue.

18:17  His mynde perische fro the erthe; and his name be not maad solempne in stretis.

18:18  He schal put hym out fro `liyt in to derknessis; and he schal bere hym ouer fro the world.

18:19  Nethir his seed nether kynrede schal be in his puple, nether ony relifs in hise cuntreis.

18:20  The laste men schulen wondre in hise daies; and hidousnesse schal asaile the firste men.

18:21  Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a wickid man; and this is the place of hym, that knowith not God.