Wycliffe - Job - 21

21:1  Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide,

21:2  Y preye, here ye my wordis, and do ye penaunce.

21:3  Suffre ye me, that Y speke; and leiye ye aftir my wordis, if it schal seme worthi.

21:4  Whether my disputyng is ayens man, that skilfuli Y owe not to be sori?

21:5  Perseyue ye me, and be ye astonyed; and sette ye fyngur on youre mouth.

21:6  And whanne Y bithenke, Y drede, and tremblyng schakith my fleisch.

21:7  Whi therfor lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, and coumfortid with richessis.

21:8  Her seed dwellith bifor hem; the cumpeny of kynesmen, and of sones of sones dwellith in her siyt.

21:9  Her housis ben sikur, and pesible; and the yerde of God is not on hem.

21:10  The cow of hem conseyuede, and caluede not a deed calf; the cow caluyde, and is not priued of hir calf.

21:11  Her litle children goen out as flockis; and her yonge children `maken fulli ioye with pleies.

21:12  Thei holden tympan, and harpe; and ioien at the soun of orgun.

21:13  Thei leden in goodis her daies; and in a point thei goen doun to hellis.

21:14  Whiche men seiden to God, Go thou awei fro us; we nylen the kunnyng of thi weies.

21:15  Who is Almiyti God, that we serue him? and what profitith it to vs, if we preien him?

21:16  Netheles for her goodis ben not in her hond, `that is, power, the counsel of wickid men be fer fro me.

21:17  Hou ofte schal the lanterne of wickid men be quenchid, and flowing schal come on hem, and God schal departe the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce?

21:18  Thei schulen be as chaffis bifor the face of the wynd; and as a deed sparcle, whiche the whirlewynd scaterith abrood.

21:19  God schal kepe the sorewe of the fadir to hise sones; and whanne he hath yoldun, thanne he schal wite.

21:20  Hise iyen schulen se her sleyng; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce of Almyyti God.

21:21  For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey?

21:22  Whether ony man schal teche God kunnyng, which demeth hem that ben hiye?

21:23  This yuel man dieth strong and hool, riche and blesful, `that is, myrie.

21:24  Hise entrails ben ful of fatnesse; and hise boonys ben moistid with merowis.

21:25  Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis.

21:26  And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem.

21:27  Certis Y knowe youre wickid thouytis, and sentensis ayens me.

21:28  For ye seien, Where is the hows of the prince? and where ben the tabernaclis of wickid men?

21:29  Axe ye ech of `the weie goeris; and ye schulen knowe, that he vndurstondith these same thingis,

21:30  that an yuel man schal be kept in to the dai of perdicioun, and schal be led to the dai of woodnesse.

21:31  Who schal repreue hise weies bifor hym? and who schal yelde to hym tho thingis, whiche he hath doon?

21:32  He schal be led to the sepulcris; and he schal wake in the heep of deed men.

21:33  He was swete to the `stoonys, ether filthis, of helle; and drawith ech man aftir hym, and vnnoumbrable men bifor him.

21:34  Hou therfor coumforten ye me in veyn, sithen youre answeris ben schewid to `repugne to treuthe?