Sirach 34
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | Veyn hope and a leesyng to an vnwijs man; and dremes enhaunsen vnprudent men. |
| 2 | As he that takith schadewe, and pursueth wynd, so and he that takith heede to leesyngis seyn. |
| 3 | Vpe this thing is the siyt of dremes; bifore the face of a man is the licnesse of another man. |
| 4 | What schal be clensid of him that is vnclene, and what trewe thing schal be seid of a liere? |
| 5 | Fals dyuynyng of errour, and fals dyuynyngis bi chiteryng of briddis, and dremes of witchis, is vanyte. |
| 6 | And as the herte of a womman trauelynge of child, thin herte suffrith fantasies; no but visitacioun is sent out of the hiyeste, yyue thou not thin herte in tho dremes. |
| 7 | For whi dremes han maad many men for to erre, and men hopynge in tho fellen doun. |
| 8 | The word of the lawe `of God and of hise profetis, schal be maad perfit with out leesyng; and wisdom in the mouth of a feithful man schal be maad pleyn. |
| 9 | What kan he, that is not asaied? A man asaied in many thingis, schal thenke many thingis; and he that lernyde many thingis, schal telle out vndirstondyng. |
| 10 | He that is not asaied, knowith fewe thingis; forsothe he that is a fool in many thingis, schal multiplie malice. |
| 11 | What maner thingis kan he, that is not asaied? He that is not plauntid, schal be plenteuouse in wickidnesse. |
| 12 | I siy many thingis in tellyng out, and ful many customs of wordis. |
| 13 | Sum tyme Y was in perel `til to deth, for the cause of these thingis; and Y was delyuered bi the grace of God. |
| 14 | The spirit of hem that dreden God is souyt, and schal be blessid in the biholding of hym. |
| 15 | For whi the hope of hem is in to God sauynge hem; and the iyen of the Lord ben in to hem, that louen hym. |
| 16 | He that dredith God, schal not tremble for ony thing, and he schal not drede; for whi God is his hope. |
| 17 | The soule of hym that dredith the Lord, is blessid. |
| 18 | To whom biholdith he, and who is his strengthe? |
| 19 | The iyen of the Lord ben on hem that dreden hym. God is a defendere of myyt, stidfastnesse of vertu, hilyng of heete, and a schadewyng place of myddai; |
| 20 | bisechyng of offendyng, and help of fallyng, enhaunsynge the soule, and liytnynge the iyen, and yyuynge heelthe, and lijf, and blessyng. |
| 21 | The offryng of hym that offrith of wickid thing, is defoulid; and the scornyngis of vniust men ben not wel plesaunt. |
| 22 | The Lord aloone is to hem that abiden hym in the weie of treuthe, and of riytfulnesse. |
| 23 | The hiyeste appreueth not the yiftis of wickid men, nethir biholdith in the offryngis of wickid men, nether in the multitude of her sacrifices he schal do mercy to synnes. |
| 24 | He that offrith sacrifice of the catel of pore men, is as he that sleeth the sone in the siyt of his fadir. |
| 25 | The breed of nedi men is the lijf of a pore man; he that defraudith hym, is a man of blood. |
| 26 | He that takith awei breed in swoot, is as he that sleeth his neiybore. |
| 27 | He that schedith out blood, and he that doith fraude to an hirid man, ben britheren. |
| 28 | Oon bildynge, and oon distriynge; what profitith it to hem, no but trauel? |
| 29 | Oon preiynge, and oon cursynge; whos vois schal the Lord here? |
| 30 | What profitith the waischyng of hym, that is waischun for a deed bodi, and touchith eft a deed bodi? |
| 31 | So a man that fastith in hise synnes, and eft doynge the same synnes, what profitith he in mekynge hym silf? who schal here his preyer? |