Ecclesiastes 7:2 Cross References - Wycliffe

² A good name is betere than preciouse oynementis; and the dai of deth is betere than the dai of birthe.

¹ And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Joseph, that his fadir was sijk. And he took hise twei sones, Manasses and Effraym, and he disposide to go. ² And it was seid to the elde man, Lo! thi sone Joseph cometh to thee; which was coumfortid, and sat in the bed. ³ And whanne Joseph entride to hym, he seide, Almyyti God apperide to me in Luza, which is in the lond of Canaan, and blesside me, ⁴ and seide, Y schal encreesse and multiplie thee, and Y schal make thee in to cumpanyes of puplis, and Y schal yyue to thee this lond, and to thi seed aftir thee, in to euerlastinge possessioun. ⁵ Therfor thi twei sones, that ben borun to thee in the lond of Egipt bifore that Y cam hidir to thee, schulen be myne, Effraym and Manasses as Ruben and Symeon schulen be arettid to me; ⁶ forsothe the othere whiche thou schalt gendre aftir hem schulen be thine; and thei schulen be clepid bi the name of her britheren in her possessiouns. ⁷ Forsothe whanne Y cam fro Mesopotamye, Rachel was deed to me in the lond of Canaan, in thilke weie; and it was the bigynnyng of somer; and Y entride in to Effrata, and beriede hir bisidis the weie of Effrata, which bi anothir name is clepid Bethleem. ⁸ Forsothe Jacob seiy the sones of Joseph, and seide to him, Who ben these? ⁹ He answeride, Thei ben my sones, whiche God yaf to me in this place. Jacob seide, Brynge hem to me that Y blesse hem. ¹⁰ For `the iyen of Israel, dasewiden for greet eelde, and he myyte not se clereli; and he kisside and collide tho children ioyned to hym, and seide to his sone, <sup>11</sup> Y am not defraudid of thi siyt; ferthermore God schewide to me thi seed. <sup>12</sup> And whanne Joseph hadde take hem fro `the fadris lappe, he worschipide lowe to erthe. ¹³ And he sette Effraym on his riyt side, that is, on the lift side of Israel; forsothe he settide Manasses in his lift side, that is, on the riyt side of the fadir; and he ioynede bothe to hym. ¹⁴ Which helde forth the riyt hond, and settide on `the heed of Effraym, the lesse brothir; sotheli he settide the left hond on `the heed of Manasses, that was the more thury birthe. Jacob chaungide `the hondes, <sup>15</sup> and blesside his sone Joseph, and seide, God, in whos siyt my fadris Abraham and Isaac yeden; God, that fedith me fro my yong wexynge age til in to present day; <sup>16</sup> the aungel that delyuerede me fro alle yuelis, blesse thes children, and my name be clepid on hem, and the names of my fadris Abraham and Ysaac; and wexe thei in multitude on erthe. <sup>17</sup> Forsothe Joseph seiy that his fadir hadde set the riyt hond on the heed of Effraym, and took heuyli, and he enforside to reise the fadris hond takun fro the heed of Effraym, and to bere `ouer on `the heed of Manasses. <sup>18</sup> And he seide to the fadir, Fadir, it acordith not so; for this is the firste gendrid; sette thi riyt hond on the heed `of hym. ¹⁹ Which forsook and seide, Y woot, my sone, Y woot; and sotheli this child schal be in to puplis, and he schal be multiplied; but his yonger brother schal be more than he, and `his seed schal encreesse in to folkis. ²⁰ And he blesside hem in that tyme, and seide, Israel schal be blessid in thee, Joseph, and it schal be seid, God do to thee as to Effraym and as to Manasses. And he settide Effraym bifore Manasses; ²¹ and seide to Joseph, his sone, Lo! Y die, and God schal be with you, and schal lede you ayen to the lond of youre fadris; ²² Y yyue to thee o part ouer thi britheren which Y took fro the hand of Amorei, in my swerd and bowe.

² be ye gaderid, `and here, ye sones of Jacob, here ye Israel youre fadir. <sup>3</sup> Ruben, my firste gendrid sone, thou art my strengthe and the bigynnyng of my sorewe; thou ouytist to be the former in yiftis, the more in lordschip; <sup>4</sup> thou art sched out as watir; wexe thou not, for thou stiedist on the bed of thi fader, and defoulidist his bed. <sup>5</sup> Symeon and Leuy, britheren, fiytynge vessils of wickidnesse; <sup>6</sup> my soule come not in to the councel of hem, and my glorie be not in the congregacioun of hem; for in her woodnesse thei killiden a man, and in her wille thei myneden the wal; <sup>7</sup> curside be the woodnesse of hem, for it is obstynat, and the indignacioun of hem for it is hard; Y schal departe hem in Jacob, and I schal scatere hem in Israel. <sup>8</sup> Judas, thi britheren schulen preise thee, thin hondis schulen be in the nollis of thin enemyes; the sones of thi fadir schulen worschipe thee. <sup>9</sup> `A whelp of lioun `is Judas; my sone thou stiedist to prey; thou restidist, and hast leyn as a lioun, and as a lionesse who schal reise hym? <sup>10</sup> The septre schal not be takun awey fro Juda, and a duyk of his hipe, til he come that schal be sent, and he schal be abiding of hethene men; <sup>11</sup> and he schal tye his colt at the vyner, and his femal asse at the vyne; A! my sone, he schal waische his stoole in wyn, and his mentil in the blood of grape; <sup>12</sup> hise iyen ben fairere than wyn, and hise teeth ben whittere than mylk. <sup>13</sup> Zabulon schal dwelle in the brenk of the see, and in the stondyng of schipis; and schal stretche til to Sydon. <sup>14</sup> Isachar, a strong asse, <sup>15</sup> liggynge bitwixe termes, seiy reste, that it was good and seiy the lond that it was best, and he vndirsettide his schuldre to bere, and he was maad seruynge to tributis. <sup>16</sup> Dan schal deme his puple, as also another lynage in Israel. <sup>17</sup> Dan be maad a serpent in the weie, and cerastes in the path, and bite the feet of an hors, that the `stiere therof falle bacward; Lord, ¹⁸ Y schal abide thin helthe. ¹⁹ Gad schal be gird, and schal fiyte bifor hym, and he schal be gird bihynde. ²⁰ Aser his breed schal be plenteuouse, and he schal yyue delicis to kyngis. ²¹ Neptalym schal be an hert sent out, and yyuynge spechis of fairenesse. ²² Joseph, a sone encreessynge, `a sone encresinge, and fair in biholdyng; douytris runnen aboute on the wal, ²³ but hise brithren wraththeden hym, and chidden, and thei hadden dartis, and hadden enuye to hym. ²⁴ His bowe sat in the stronge, and the boondis of his armes, and hondis weren vnboundun bi the hond of the myyti of Jacob; of hym a scheepherd yede out, the stoon of Israel. ²⁵ God of thi fadir schal be thin helpere, and Almyyti God schal blesse thee with blessyngis of heuene fro aboue, and with blessyngis of the see liggynge binethe, with blessyngis of tetis, and of wombe; ²⁶ the blessyngis of thi fadir ben coumfortid, the blessyngis of his fadris, til the desire of euerlastynge hillis cam; blessyngis ben maad in the heed of Joseph, and in the nol of Nazarei among his britheren. ²⁷ Beniamyn, a rauyschynge wolf, schal ete prey eerly, and in the euentid he schal departe spuylis. ²⁸ Alle these weren in twelue kynredis of Israel; her fadir spak these thingys to hem, and blesside hem alle by propre blessyngis, ²⁹ and comaundide hem, and seide, Y am gaderid to my puple, birie ye me with my fadris in the double denne, which is in the lond of Efron Ethei, ayens Manbre, ³⁰ in the lond of Canaan, which denne Abraham bouyte with the feeld of Efron Ethei, in to possessioun of sepulcre. ³¹ There thei birieden hym, and Sare his wijf, also Ysaac was biried there with Rebecca his wijf; there also Lia liggith biried. ³² And whanne the comaundementis weren endid, bi whiche he tauyte the sones, he gaderide hise feet on the bed, and diede, and he was put to his puple.

¹⁵ And whanne the fadir was deed, the britheren of Joseph dredden, and spaken togidere, lest perauenture he be myndeful of the wrong which he suffride, and yelde to vs al the yuel, that we diden. ¹⁶ And thei senten to hym, and seiden, Thi fadir comaundide to vs, ¹⁷ bifore that he diede, that we schulden seie to thee these thingis bi hise wordis; Y beseche, that thou foryete the wickidnesse of thi britheren, and the synne, and malice which thei hauntiden ayens thee; also we preien, that thou foryyue this wickidnesse to thi fadir, the seruaunt of God. Whanne these thingis weren herd, Joseph wepte.

¹⁰ Who may noumbre the dust, that is, kynrede, of Jacob, and knowe the noumbre of the generacioun of Israel? My lijf die in the deeth of iust men, and my laste thingis be maad lijk hem!

²⁹ Y wolde that thei saueriden, and `vnderstoden, and purueiden the laste thingis.

⁴⁶ Putte ye youre hertis in to alle the wordis whiche Y witnesse to you to day, that ye comaunde to youre sones, to kepe, and do tho, and to fulfille alle thingis that ben writun in the book of this lawe;

¹² Thei schulen beere thee in the hondis; leste perauenture thou hirte thi foot at a stoon.

¹¹ Wo to you that risen togidere eerli to sue drunkennesse, and to drinke `til to euentid, that ye brenne with wyn. ¹² Harpe, and giterne, and tympan, and pipe, and wyn ben in youre feestis; and ye biholden not the werk of the Lord, nether ye biholden the werkis of hise hondis.

¹² And the Lord God of oostis schal clepe in that dai to wepyng, and to morenyng, and to ballidnesse, and to a girdil of sak; and lo! ¹³ ioie and gladnesse is to sle caluys, and to strangle wetheris, to ete fleisch, and to drynke wyn; ete we, and drynke we, for we schulen die to morewe. ¹⁴ And the vois of the Lord of oostis is schewid in myn eeris, This wickidnesse schal not be foryouun to you, til ye dien, seith the Lord God of oostis.

⁷ and thou seidist, With outen ende Y schal be ladi; thou puttidist not these thingis on thin herte, nether thou bithouytist on thi laste thing.

³ And ye ben departid in to yuel dai, and neiyen to the seete of wickidnesse; ⁴ and ye slepen in beddis of yuer, and doen letcherie in youre beddis; and ye eten a lomb of the flok, and calues of the myddil of droue; ⁵ and ye syngen at vois of sautree. As Dauid thei gessiden hem for to haue instrumentis of song, and drynken wyn in viols; ⁶ and with beste oynement thei weren anoynted; and in no thing thei hadden compassioun on the sorewe, ether defoulyng, of Joseph.

⁵ And now the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Putte ye youre hertis on youre weies.

² If ye wolen here, and if ye `wolen not putte on the herte, that ye yyue glorie to my name, seith the Lord of oostis, Y schal sende nedynesse in to you, and Y schal curse to youre blessyngis; and Y schal curse hem, for ye han not putte on the herte.

⁴ Blessid ben mylde men, for thei schulen welde the erthe.

⁶ But in the dai of Heroudis birthe, the douytir of Herodias daunside in the myddil, and pleside Heroude. ⁷ Wherfor with an ooth he bihiyte to yyue to hir, what euere thing she hadde axid of hym. ⁸ And she bifor warned of hir modir, seide, Yif thou to me here the heed of Joon Baptist in a disch. ⁹ And the kyng was sorewful, but for the ooth, and for hem that saten to gidere at the mete, he comaundide to be youun. ¹⁰ And he sente, and bihedide Joon in the prisoun. ¹¹ And his heed was brouyt in a dische, and it was youun to the damysel, and she bar it to hir modir. ¹² And hise disciplis camen, and token his bodi, and birieden it; and thei camen, and tolden to Jhesu.

²¹ Therfor what fruyt hadden ye thanne in tho thingis, in whiche ye schamen now? For the ende of hem is deth. ²² But now ye delyuered fro synne, and maad seruauntis to God, han your fruyt in to holinesse, and the ende euerlastinge lijf. For the wagis of synne is deth; the grace of God is euerlastynge lijf in Crist Jhesu our Lord.

¹⁹ who ende is deth, whos god is the wombe, and the glorie in confusioun of hem, that saueren ertheli thingis.

²⁷ And as it is ordeynede to men,

³ For the time that is passid is ynow to the wille of hethene men to be endid, whiche walkiden in letcheries, and lustis, in myche drinking of wyn, in vnmesurable etyngis, and drynkyngis, and vnleueful worschiping of mawmetis. ⁴ In whiche now thei ben astonyed, in which thing thei wondren, for ye rennen not togidere `in to the same confusioun of letcherie, and blasfemen.