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Bishops Bible 1568
| 37:1 | At this also my heart is astonied, and moued out of his place |
| 37:2 | Heare then the sounde of his voyce, & the noyse that goeth out of his mouth |
| 37:3 | He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde |
| 37:4 | A roring voyce foloweth it: for his glorious maiestie geueth a thuder clappe, & he will not stay whe his voyce is heard |
| 37:5 | God thundreth marueylously with his voyce, great thinges doth he which we can not comprehend |
| 37:6 | He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe |
| 37:7 | With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his workes |
| 37:8 | The beastes creepe into their dennes, and remaine in their places |
| 37:9 | Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out from the north winde |
| 37:10 | At the breath of God the hoare frost is geuen, and the brode waters are frosen |
| 37:11 | He maketh the cloudes to labour in geuing moystnesse, and againe with his light he dryueth away the cloude |
| 37:12 | He turneth the heauens about by his gouernement, that they may do whatsoeuer he commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde |
| 37:13 | Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him |
| 37:14 | Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God |
| 37:15 | Didst thou know when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloudes to shine |
| 37:16 | Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloudes, and the wonderous workes of him which is perfect in knowledge |
| 37:17 | And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde |
| 37:18 | Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a loking glasse |
| 37:19 | Teache vs what we shall saye vnto him: for we are vnmeete to frame our talke because of darkenesse |
| 37:20 | Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed |
| 37:21 | For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them |
| 37:22 | The faire weather commeth out of the north, the prayse thereof is to God who is terrible |
| 37:23 | It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not |
| 37:24 | Let men therefore feare him: for there shall no man see him that is wyse in his owne conceit |
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.