Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 8:1 | O that I myght fynde the wythout, and kysse the, whom I loue as my brother whych suckte my mothers brestes: and that thou shalt not be despised |
| 8:2 | I will leade the, and brynge the in to my mothers house: that thou myghtest teach me, & that I myght geue the drynke of spiced wyne, & of the swete sappe of my pongranates. |
| 8:3 | His left hande shalbe vnder my head & hys ryght hande shall embrace me. |
| 8:4 | I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, that ye wake not vp my loue, ner touch her, tyll she be content her selfe. |
| 8:5 | What is she this, that commeth vp from the wildernes, and leaneth vpon her loue? I waked the vp amonge the apple trees, where thy mother conceyued the, where thy mother (I saye) brought the into the worlde. |
| 8:6 | O set me as a seale vpon thine herte, and as a seale vpon thyne arme: for loue is myghtie as the death, & gelousy as the hel. Her coales are of fyre, & a very flamme of the Lorde: |
| 8:7 | so that many waters are not able to quenche loue, nether maye the streames droune it. Yee, yf a man wolde geue all the good of his house for loue, he shuld counte it nothyng, |
| 8:8 | Our syster is but yonge, & hath no brestes: What shall we do for our syster, whan she shall be spoken for? |
| 8:9 | Yf she be a wall, we shal buylde a syluer bolwercke ther vpon: yf she be an open dore, we shall fasten her with borders of Cedre tree. |
| 8:10 | I am a wall, and my brestes lyke towres, then was I as one that hath founde fauoure in his syght. |
| 8:11 | Salomon hath a vyneyarde at Baal Hamon, & this vyneyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers: that euery one for the frute therof shulde geue hym a thousande peces of syluer. |
| 8:12 | My vyneyard is in my sight: thou (O Salomon) must haue a thousande, and the kepers two hundred with the frute. |
| 8:13 | Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let me heare thy voyce, that my companyons maye herken to the same. |
| 8:14 | O get the awaye, my loue, and be as a roo or a yong hert vpon the swete smellynge mountaynes. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."