Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 22:1 | So Eliphas the Themanite gaue aunswere, and sayde |
| 22:2 | May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise may be profitable vnto him selfe |
| 22:3 | Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect |
| 22:4 | Is he afrayde to reproue thee, and to step foorth with thee into iudgement |
| 22:5 | Is not thy wickednesse great, and thy vngratious deedes innumerable |
| 22:6 | For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing |
| 22:7 | To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie |
| 22:8 | But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it |
| 22:9 | Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken |
| 22:10 | Therefore art thou compassed about with snares, & sodenly vexed with feare |
| 22:11 | Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee |
| 22:12 | Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are |
| 22:13 | Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude |
| 22:14 | Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen |
| 22:15 | Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked |
| 22:16 | Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer |
| 22:17 | Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them |
| 22:18 | He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me |
| 22:19 | The righteous sawe it and were glad, and the innocent laughed them to scorne |
| 22:20 | Is our substaunce bewen downe? As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed |
| 22:21 | Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well |
| 22:22 | Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart |
| 22:23 | For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling |
| 22:24 | Thou shalt lay vp golde as plentyful as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers |
| 22:25 | Yea almightie God his owne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer |
| 22:26 | Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God |
| 22:27 | Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises |
| 22:28 | Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establishe it vnto thee, and the light shall shine in thy wayes |
| 22:29 | When the wicked be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person |
| 22:30 | The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.