Ecclesiastes 2:23 Cross References - Wycliffe

²³ Alle hise daies ben ful of sorewis and meschefs, and bi nyyt he restith not in soule; and whether this is not vanyte?

⁹ And he answeride, The daies of pilgrymage of my lijf, ben feewe and yuele, of an hundrid and thretti yeer, and tho `camen not til to the daies of my fadris, in whiche thei weren pilgryms.

¹ The kyng ledde that nyyt with out sleep, and he comaundide the stories and the bookis of yeeris `of formere tymes to be brouyt to hym. And whanne tho weren red in his presense,

⁷ A man is borun to labour, and a brid to fliyt.

¹³ If Y seie, My bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge with me in my bed; ¹⁴ thou schalt make me aferd bi dremys, and thou schalt schake me with `orrour, ethir hidousnesse, `bi siytis.

¹ A man is borun of a womman, and lyueth schort tyme, and is fillid with many wretchidnessis.

⁶ For noon is in deeth, which is myndful of thee; but in helle who schal knouleche to thee? ⁷ I traueilide in my weilyng, Y schal waische my bed bi ech nyyt; Y schal moiste, `ether make weet, my bedstre with my teeris.

⁴ For the word of the Lord is riytful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse.

² I schal opene my mouth in parablis; Y schal speke perfite resouns fro the bigynnyng. ³ Hou grete thingis han we herd, aud we han knowe tho; and oure fadris. telden to vs. ⁴ Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide.

⁷ A thousynde schulen falle doun fro thi side, and ten thousynde fro thi riytside; forsothe it schal not neiye to thee. ⁸ Netheles thou schalt biholde with thin iyen; and thou schalt se the yelding of synneris. ⁹ For thou, Lord, art myn hope; thou hast set thin help altherhiyeste. ¹⁰ Yuel schal not come to thee; and a scourge schal not neiye to thi tabernacle.

¹⁵ He criede to me, and Y schal here him, Y am with him in tribulacioun; Y schal delyuere him, and Y schal glorifie hym.

² For thou schalt ete the trauels of thin hondis; thou art blessid, and it schal be wel to thee.

¹⁸ for in myche wisdom is myche indignacioun, and he that encressith kunnyng, encreessith also trauel.

¹² Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y siy vndur the sunne; richessis ben kept in to the yuel of her lord.

¹⁸ Thanne the kyng yede in to his hous, and slepte with out soper, and metis weren not brouyte bifore hym; ferthermore and sleep yede awei fro hym.

²² And whanne thei hadden ordeined prestis to hem bi alle citees, and hadden preied with fastyngis, thei bitoken hem to the Lord, in whom thei bileueden.