Job 23 Comparison: Wycliffe Bible (1395) vs KJV with Apocrypha

Job 23

¹Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide,

²Now also my word is in bitternesse, and the hond of my wounde is agreggid on my weilyng.

³Who yyueth to me, that Y knowe, and fynde hym, and come `til to his trone?

⁴Y schal sette doom bifor hym, and Y schal fille my mouth with blamyngis;

⁵that Y kunne the wordis, whiche he schal answere to me, and that Y vnderstonde, what he schal speke to me.

⁶Y nyle, that he stryue with me bi greet strengthe, nether oppresse me with the heuynesse of his greetnesse.

⁷Sette he forth equite ayens me, and my doom come perfitli to victorie.

⁸If Y go to the eest, God apperith not; if Y go to the west, Y schal not vndurstonde hym; if Y go to the left side,

⁹what schal Y do? Y schal not take hym; if Y turne me to the riyt side, Y schal not se hym.

¹⁰But he knowith my weie, and he schal preue me as gold, that passith thorouy fier.

¹¹My foot suede hise steppis; Y kepte his weie, and Y bowide not awey fro it.

¹²Y yede not awei fro the comaundementis of hise lippis; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his mouth.

¹³For he is aloone, and no man may turne awei hise thouytis; and what euer thing he wolde, his wille dide this thing.

¹⁴Whanne he hath fillid his wille in me, also many othere lijk thingis ben redi to hym.

¹⁵And therfor Y am disturblid of his face, and Y biholdynge hym am anguyschid for drede.

¹⁶God hath maad neische myn herte, and Almyyti God hath disturblid me.

¹⁷For Y perischide not for derknessis neiyynge; nethir myist hilide my face.

Job 23

¹Then Job answered and said,

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

³Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁶Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁷There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁸Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁹On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹¹My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹⁴For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁵Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁷Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.