Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 33:1 | Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becommeth vpright men to be thankefull. |
| 33:2 | Prayse the Lord with harpe: sing vnto him with viole and instrument of ten strings. |
| 33:3 | Sing vnto him a newe song: sing cheerefully with a loude voyce. |
| 33:4 | For the word of the Lord is righteous, and all his workes are faithfull. |
| 33:5 | He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. |
| 33:6 | By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth. |
| 33:7 | He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures. |
| 33:8 | Let all the earth feare the Lord: let al them that dwell in the world, feare him. |
| 33:9 | For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood. |
| 33:10 | The Lord breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people. |
| 33:11 | The counsell of the Lord shall stand for euer, and the thoughts of his heart throughout all ages. |
| 33:12 | Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance. |
| 33:13 | The Lord looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the children of men. |
| 33:14 | From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth. |
| 33:15 | He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes. |
| 33:16 | The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength. |
| 33:17 | A horse is a vaine helpe, and shall not deliuer any by his great strength. |
| 33:18 | Beholde, the eye of the Lord is vpon them that feare him, and vpon them, that trust in his mercie, |
| 33:19 | To deliuer their soules from death, and to preserue them in famine. |
| 33:20 | Our soule waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helpe and our shielde. |
| 33:21 | Surely our heart shall reioyce in him, because we trusted in his holy Name. |
| 33:22 | Let thy mercie, O Lord, be vpon vs, as we trust in thee. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.