Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 126:1 | When God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne: we shalbe as men that dreamed |
| 126:2 | Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter: and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse. (126:3) Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say: God hath brought great thinges to passe, that he myght do for them |
| 126:3 | (126:4) God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs: we be made merie |
| 126:4 | (126:5) Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie: for to returne as riuers into the south |
| 126:5 | (126:6) They that sowe in teares: shall reape in ioy |
| 126:6 | (126:7) He that goeth foorth on his way, and wepyng beareth pretious seede: shall doubtlesse returning, come againe with a ioyfull noyse, bryngyng his sheaues with hym |
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.