Wisdom 4
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
|---|---|
| 1 | A! hou fair is chast generacioun with clerenesse; for the mynde therof is vndeedli, for it is knowun, both anentis God, and anentis men. |
| 2 | Whanne it is present, thei suen it; and thei desiren it, whanne it hath led out it silf, and it ouercomyng getith bi victorie the mede of batels vndefoulid, and is corouned with outen ende. |
| 3 | But the many fold gendrid multitude of wickid men schal not be profitable; and plauntyngis of auoutrie schulen not yyue deepe rootis, nether schulen sette stable stidfastnesse. |
| 4 | Thouy thei buriounen in bowis in time, thei set vnstidfastli schulen be moued of the wynd, and schulen be drawun out bi the roote of the greetnesse of wyndys. |
| 5 | For whi bowis vnperfit schulen be brokun togidere; and the fruytis of hem ben vnprofitable, and soure to ete, and couenable to no thing. |
| 6 | For whi alle sones, that ben borun of wickid men, ben witnessis of wickidnesse ayens fadirs and modris, in her axyng. |
| 7 | But a iust man, thouy he be bifore ocupied bi deth, schal be in refreischyng. |
| 8 | For whi worschipful eelde is not of long tyme, nether is rikened bi the noumbre of yeeris; the wittis of a man ben hoore, |
| 9 | and the age of eelde is lijf withouten wem. |
| 10 | He pleside God, and was maad dereworth, and he lyuynge among synneris was `borun ouer; he was rauyschid, |
| 11 | lest malice schulde chaunge his vnderstondyng, ethir lest feynyng schulde disseyue his soule. |
| 12 | For whi disseyuyng of trifelyng makith derk goode thingis, and the vnstablenesse of coueitise turneth ouer the wit without malice. |
| 13 | He was endid in schort tyme, and fillide many tymes; |
| 14 | for whi his soule was plesant to God; for this thing God hastide to lede hym out fro the myddis of wickidnesses; but puplis sien and vndurstoden not, nether settiden siche thingis in `the inwardnesses. |
| 15 | For whi the grace and merci of God is on hise seyntis, and biholdyng of `Goddis coumfort is on hise chosun men. |
| 16 | Forsothe a iust man deed condempneth quyke wickid men; and yongthe endid swiftliere condempneth long lijf of an vniust man. |
| 17 | For thei schulen se the ende of a wise man, and thei schulen not vndurstonde, what thing God thouyte of hym, and whi the Lord made hym lesse. |
| 18 | For thei schulen se, and schulen dispise hym; but the Lord schal scorne hem. |
| 19 | And aftir these thingis thei schulen be fallynge doun withouten onour, and in dispisyng among deed men with outen ende. For he schal al to-breke hem bolnyd with out vois, and he schal moue hem fro the foundementis; and thei schulen be desolat til to the laste thing. And thei schulen be weilynge, and the mynde of hem schal perische. |
| 20 | Thei schulen come ferdful in the thouyt of her synnes; and her wickidnessis on the contrarie side schulen lede hem ouer. |