Job 38
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| 1 | Forsothe the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob, |
| 2 | and seide, Who is this man, wlappynge sentences with vnwise wordis? |
| 3 | Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me. |
| 4 | Where were thou, whanne Y settide the foundementis of erthe? schewe thou to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng. |
| 5 | Who settide mesures therof, if thou knowist? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronne? |
| 6 | On what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who sente doun the corner stoon therof, |
| 7 | whanne the morew sterris herieden me togidere, and alle the sones of God sungun ioyfuli? |
| 8 | Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge forth as of the wombe? |
| 9 | Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof, and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of yong childhed. |
| 10 | Y cumpasside it with my termes, and Y settide a barre, and doris; |
| 11 | and Y seide, `Til hidur thou schalt come, and thou schalt not go forth ferthere; and here thou schalt breke togidere thi bolnynge wawis. |
| 12 | Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundist to the bigynnyng of dai, and schewidist to the morewtid his place? |
| 13 | Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men therfro? |
| 14 | A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal stonde as a cloth. |
| 15 | The liyt of wickid men schal be takun awey fro hem, and an hiy arm schal be brokun. |
| 16 | Whethir thou entridist in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist in the laste partis of the occian? |
| 17 | Whether the yatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thou the derk doris? |
| 18 | Whethir thou hast biholde the brede of erthe? Schewe thou to me, if thou knowist alle thingis, |
| 19 | in what weie the liyt dwellith, and which is the place of derknesse; |
| 20 | that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows. |
| 21 | Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies? |
| 22 | Whethir thou entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the tresours of hail? |
| 23 | whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiytyng and of batel. |
| 24 | Bi what weie is the liyt spred abrood, heete is departid on erthe? |
| 25 | Who yaf cours to the strongeste reyn, |
| 26 | and weie of the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reyne on the erthe with out man in desert, where noon of deedli men dwellith? |
| 27 | That it schulde fille a lond with out weie and desolat, and schulde brynge forth greene eerbis? |
| 28 | Who is fadir of reyn, ether who gendride the dropis of deew? |
| 29 | Of whos wombe yede out iys, and who gendride frost fro heuene? |
| 30 | Watris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouer part of occian is streyned togidere. |
| 31 | Whether thou schalt mowe ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades, ethir thou schalt mowe distrie the cumpas of Arturis? |
| 32 | Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that is, dai sterre, in his tyme, and makist euene sterre to rise on the sones of erthe? |
| 33 | Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof in erthe? |
| 34 | Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude, and the fersnesse of watris schal hile thee? |
| 35 | Whethir thou schalt sende leitis, and tho schulen go, and tho schulen turne ayen, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present? |
| 36 | Who puttide wisdoom in the entrailis of man, ethir who yaf vndurstondyng to the cok? |
| 37 | Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep? |
| 38 | Whanne dust was foundid in the erthe, and clottis weren ioyned togidere? |
| 39 | Whether thou schalt take prey to the lionesse, and schalt fille the soulis of hir whelpis, |
| 40 | whanne tho liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes? |
| 41 | Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis? |
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