Job · Chapter 18

[ edit] Anſwerende forſoþe Baldaþ Suyþes ſeide, In to what ende woordis þou ſhalt boſte? Vnderſtond raþere, and ſo ſpeke wee. Whi be wee holden as beſtis, and wee han waxe foul before þee? What leſiſt þou þi ſoule in þi wodneſſe? Wheþer for þee þe erþe ſhal be forſaken, and rochis ſhal be tranſlatid fro þer placis? Wheþer þe liȝt of þe wycke man ſhal not be quenchid; ne þe flaume of his fyr ſhal ſhyne? Liȝt ſhal waxe derk in his tabernacle; and þe lanterne þat is vpon hym ſhal be quenchid. Þe goingis of his vertue ſhul be ſtreitid; and his counſeyl ſhal putten hym doun. Forſoþe he putte in his feet in to þe nett; and in his filþis he goþ.

His ſole ſhal ben holde wiþ a grene; and þriſt ſhal brenne out aȝen hym. His foot grene is hid in þe erþe, and his deſceyuende gyn vp on þe ſty. Al aboute feris ſhul gaſten hym, and wiþinne wrappen his feet. His ſtrengþe ſhal ben feblid wiþ hunger; and ſcarſneſſe of mete aſaile his ribbis. Deuoure it þe fairneſſe of hys ſkin; þe firſte goten deþ waſte þe armys of hym. His troſt be pullid vp fro his tabernacle; and deþ trede vp on hym, as a king al aboue. Dwellen his felawis in þe tabernacle of hym þat is not; brumſton be ſprengd in his tabernacle. Doun be dried his rootis; aboue forſoþe be totreden his rip. Þe mynde of hym perſhe fro þe erþe; and his name be not maad ſolempne in ſtretis.

He ſhal putten hym out fro liȝt in to dercneſſis; and fro þe roundneſſe ouerbern hym. His ſed ne progenye ſhal ben in his puple, ne any remnaunt in þe regiouns of hym. In his daȝes þe laſte men ſhul ſtoneȝen; and griſing ſhal aſaile þe firſte. Þeſe þanne ben þe tabernaclis of þe wicke man; and þis his place, þat vnknowiþ God.