9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
1Siluer hath bigynnyngis of his veynes; and a place is to gold, in which it is wellid togidere.
2Irun is takun fro erthe, and a stoon resolued, `ethir meltid, bi heete, is turned in to money.
3God hath set tyme to derknessis, and he biholdith the ende of alle thingis.
4Also a stronde departith a stoon of derknesse, and the schadewe of deth, fro the puple goynge in pilgrymage; it departith tho hillis, whiche the foot of a nedi man foryat, and hillis with out weie.
5The erthe, wher of breed cam forth in his place, is destried bi fier.
6The place of saphir ben stoonys therof, and the clottis therof ben gold.
7A brid knewe not the weie, and the iye of a vultur, ethir rauenouse brid, bihelde it not.
8The sones of marchauntis tretiden not on it, and a lyonesse passide not therbi.
9God stretchide forth his hond to a flynt; he distriede hillis fro the rootis.
10He hewide doun ryuers in stoonys; and his iye siy al precious thing.
11And he souyte out the depthis of floodis; and he brouyte forth hid thingis in to liyt.
12But where is wisdom foundun, and which is the place of vndurstondyng?
13A man noot the prijs therof, nether it is foundun in the lond of men lyuynge swetli, `ether delicatli.
14The depthe of watris seith, It is not in me; and the see spekith, It is not with me.
15Gold ful cleene schal not be youun for wisdom, nether siluer schal be weied in the chaungyng therof.
16It schal not be comparysound to the died colours of Iynde, not to the moost preciouse stoon of sardius, nether to saphir.
17Nether gold, nether glas schal be maad euene worth therto;
18and hiye and fer apperynge vessels of gold schulen not be chaungid for wisdom, nether schulen be had in mynde in comparisoun therof. Forsothe wisdom is drawun of pryuy thingis;
19topasie of Ethiope schal not be maad euene worth to wisdom, and moost preciouse diyngis schulen not be set togidere in prijs, `ether comparisound, therto.
20Therfor wherof cometh wisdom, and which is the place of vndurstondyng?
21It is hid fro the iyen of alle lyuynge men; also it is hid fro briddis of heuene.
22Perdicioun and deeth seiden, With oure eeris we herden the fame therof.
23God vndurstondith the weye therof, and he knowith the place therof.
24For he biholdith the endis of the world, and biholdith alle thingis that ben vndur heuene.
25`Which God made weiyte to wyndis, and weiede watris in mesure.
26Whanne he settide lawe to reyn, and weie to tempestis sownynge;
27thanne he siy wisdom, and telde out, and made redi, and souyte out.
28And he seide to man, Lo! the drede of the Lord, thilke is wisdom; and to go awei fro yuel, is vndurstondyng.