Job 24
1 Tymes ben not hid fro Almyyti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daies.
Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?
2 Othere men turneden ouer the termes of neiyboris eritage, thei token awei flockis, and fedden tho.
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
3 Thei driueden awei the asse of fadirlesse children, and token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed.
The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
4 Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe.
They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.
5 Othere men as wielde assis in deseert goon out to her werk; and thei waken to prey, and bifor maken redy breed to her children.
Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;
6 Thei kitten doun a feeld not hern, and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence.
In the field—a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;
7 Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold;
Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
8 whiche men the reynes of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys.
With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.
9 Thei diden violence, and robbiden fadirles and modirles children; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbiden, the comynte of pore men.
Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
10 Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men.
Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;
11 Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho men, that thirsten, whanne the presses ben trodun.
Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
12 Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it not to go awei vnpunyschid.
Out of the city—out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.
13 Thei weren rebel to liyt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden ayen bi the pathis therof.
They, have become rebels against the light, —they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.
14 A mansleere risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi man, and a pore man; sotheli bi nyyt he schal be as a nyyt theef.
With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.
15 The iye of avouter kepith derknesse, and seith, An yye schal not se me; and he schal hile his face.
And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
16 Thei mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liyt.
He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, —By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
17 If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, thei demen the schadewe of deth; and so thei goon in derknessis as in liyt.
For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.
18 He is vnstablere than the face of the water; his part in erthe be cursid, and go he not bi the weie of vyneris.
Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards.
19 Passe he to ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hym `til to hellis. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Merci foryete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful.
Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.
21 For he fedde the bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe.
He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
22 He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet state, he schal not bileue to his lijf.
Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;
23 God yaf to hym place of penaunce, and he mysusith that in to pride; for the iyen of God ben in the weies of that man.
It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon their ways.
24 Thei ben reisid at a litil, and thei schulen not stonde; and thei schulen be maad low as alle thingis, and thei schulen be takun awei; and as the hyynessis of eeris of corn thei schulen be al to-brokun.
They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.
25 That if it is not so, who may repreue me, that Y liede, and putte my wordis bifor God?
But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
