2 WYC and seide, Who is this man, wlappynge sentences with vnwise wordis? BSB BSB: “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3 WYC Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me. BSB BSB: Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
5 WYC Who settide mesures therof, if thou knowist? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronne? BSB BSB: Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 WYC On what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who sente doun the corner stoon therof, BSB BSB: On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 WYC whanne the morew sterris herieden me togidere, and alle the sones of God sungun ioyfuli? BSB BSB: while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 WYC Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge forth as of the wombe? BSB BSB: Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 WYC Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof, and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of yong childhed. BSB BSB: when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
10 WYC Y cumpasside it with my termes, and Y settide a barre, and doris; BSB BSB: when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
11 WYC and Y seide, `Til hidur thou schalt come, and thou schalt not go forth ferthere; and here thou schalt breke togidere thi bolnynge wawis. BSB BSB: and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
12 WYC Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundist to the bigynnyng of dai, and schewidist to the morewtid his place? BSB BSB: In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
13 WYC Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men therfro? BSB BSB: that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
14 WYC A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal stonde as a cloth. BSB BSB: The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
15 WYC The liyt of wickid men schal be takun awey fro hem, and an hiy arm schal be brokun. BSB BSB: Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
16 WYC Whethir thou entridist in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist in the laste partis of the occian? BSB BSB: Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
17 WYC Whether the yatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thou the derk doris? BSB BSB: Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 WYC Whethir thou hast biholde the brede of erthe? Schewe thou to me, if thou knowist alle thingis, BSB BSB: Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
19 WYC in what weie the liyt dwellith, and which is the place of derknesse; BSB BSB: Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
20 WYC that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows. BSB BSB: so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
21 WYC Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies? BSB BSB: Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
22 WYC Whethir thou entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the tresours of hail? BSB BSB: Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
23 WYC whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiytyng and of batel. BSB BSB: which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
24 WYC Bi what weie is the liyt spred abrood, heete is departid on erthe? BSB BSB: In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
25 WYC Who yaf cours to the strongeste reyn, BSB BSB: Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
26 WYC and weie of the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reyne on the erthe with out man in desert, where noon of deedli men dwellith? BSB BSB: to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
27 WYC That it schulde fille a lond with out weie and desolat, and schulde brynge forth greene eerbis? BSB BSB: to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
28 WYC Who is fadir of reyn, ether who gendride the dropis of deew? BSB BSB: Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 WYC Of whos wombe yede out iys, and who gendride frost fro heuene? BSB BSB: From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
30 WYC Watris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouer part of occian is streyned togidere. BSB BSB: when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 WYC Whether thou schalt mowe ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades, ethir thou schalt mowe distrie the cumpas of Arturis? BSB BSB: Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
32 WYC Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that is, dai sterre, in his tyme, and makist euene sterre to rise on the sones of erthe? BSB BSB: Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
33 WYC Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof in erthe? BSB BSB: Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
34 WYC Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude, and the fersnesse of watris schal hile thee? BSB BSB: Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
35 WYC Whethir thou schalt sende leitis, and tho schulen go, and tho schulen turne ayen, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present? BSB BSB: Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 WYC Who puttide wisdoom in the entrailis of man, ethir who yaf vndurstondyng to the cok? BSB BSB: Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
37 WYC Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep? BSB BSB: Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
38 WYC Whanne dust was foundid in the erthe, and clottis weren ioyned togidere? BSB BSB: when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
40 WYC whanne tho liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes? BSB BSB: when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 WYC Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis? BSB BSB: Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
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