Wycliffe - Job - 20

20:1  Forsothe Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide,

20:2  Therfor my thouytis dyuerse comen oon aftir anothir; and the mynde is rauyischid in to dyuerse thingis.

20:3  Y schal here the techyng, bi which thou repreuest me; and the spirit of myn vndurstondyng schal answere me.

20:4  Y woot this fro the bigynnyng, sithen man was set on erthe,

20:5  that the preisyng of wickid men is schort, and the ioie of an ypocrite is at the licnesse of a poynt.

20:6  Thouy his pride `stieth in to heuene, and his heed touchith the cloudis,

20:7  he schal be lost in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen seie, Where is he?

20:8  As a dreem fleynge awei he schal not be foundun; he schal passe as `a nyytis siyt.

20:9  The iye that siy hym schal not se; and his place schal no more biholde him.

20:10  Hise sones schulen be `al to-brokun with nedynesse; and hise hondis schulen yelde to hym his sorewe.

20:11  Hise boonys schulen be fillid with the vices of his yong wexynge age; and schulen slepe with hym in dust.

20:12  For whanne yuel was swete in his mouth, he hidde it vndur his tunge.

20:13  He schal spare it, and schal not forsake it; and schal hide in his throte.

20:14  His breed in his wombe schal be turned in to galle of snakis withynne.

20:15  He schal spue out the richessis, whiche he deuouride; and God schal drawe tho ritchessis out of his wombe.

20:16  He schal souke the heed of snakis; and the tunge of an addre schal sle hym.

20:17  Se he not the stremys of the flood of the stronde, of hony, and of botere.

20:18  He schal suffre peyne for alle thingis whiche he hath do, netheles he schal not be wastid; aftir the multitude of his fyndyngis, so and `he schal suffre.

20:19  For he brake, and made nakid the hows of a pore man; he rauyschide, and bildide it not.

20:20  And his wombe was not fillid; and whanne he hath that, that he couetide, he may not holde in possessioun.

20:21  `No thing lefte of his mete; and therfor no thing schal dwelle of his goodis.

20:22  Whanne he is fillid, he schal be maad streit; he schal `be hoot, and alle sorewe schal falle in on hym.

20:23  `Y wolde, that his wombe be fillid, that he sende out in to hym the ire of his strong veniaunce, and reyne his batel on hym.

20:24  He schal fle yrun armuris, and he schal falle in to a brasun boowe.

20:25  Led out, and goynge out `of his schethe, and schynynge, `ether smytinge with leit, `in to his bittirnesse; orrible fendis schulen go, and schulen come on hym.

20:26  Alle derknessis ben hid in hise priuytees; fier, which is not teendid, schal deuoure hym; he schal be turmentid left in his tabernacle.

20:27  Heuenes schulen schewe his wickidnesse; and erthe schal rise togidere ayens hym.

20:28  The seed of his hows schal be opyn; it schal be drawun doun in the dai of the strong veniaunce of the Lord.

20:29  This is the part of a wickid man, `which part is youun of God, and the eritage of hise wordis of the Lord.