Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 11:1 | Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes |
| 11:2 | Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth |
| 11:3 | When the cloudes are full, they powre out raine vpon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be towarde the south or north, in what place soeuer it fall, there it lieth |
| 11:4 | He that regardeth the winde, shall not sowe: and he that hath respect vnto the cloudes, shall not reape |
| 11:5 | Nowe like as thou knowest not the way of the spirite, nor howe the bones do growe in the wombe of her that is with chylde: Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God, which is the workmaster of all |
| 11:6 | Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede, whether it be in the morning or in the euening: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better |
| 11:7 | The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne |
| 11:8 | If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie |
| 11:9 | Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges |
| 11:10 | Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie |
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.