Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 2:1 | And then said he vnto me, Stande vp vpon thy fete (O thou sonne of man) and I wyll talke with thee |
| 2:2 | And the spirite entred into me when he had spoken vnto me, & set me vpon my feete, so that I heard him that spake vnto me |
| 2:3 | And he sayde vnto me, Thou sonne of man, I sende thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people which haue rebelled against me, both they and their forefathers haue wickedly behaued them selues against me, euen vnto this very day |
| 2:4 | For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart, I do sende thee vnto them, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God |
| 2:5 | And whether they wyll heare or refuse (for they are a rebellious house) yet they may knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them |
| 2:6 | And thou sonne of man feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, for bryers and thornes are with thee, and thou doest dwell among scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be abashed at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house |
| 2:7 | And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them, whether they wyll heare or refuse, for they are rebellious |
| 2:8 | Therefore thou sonne of man, obay thou all thinges that I say vnto thee, and be not thou rebellious lyke the rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eate that I geue thee |
| 2:9 | And when I looked, beholde a hand was sent vnto me, and lo, in it was a roule of a booke |
| 2:10 | And he opened it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein, lamentations, and mourning, and wo |
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.