Textus Receptus Bibles
Coverdale Bible 1535
| 28:1 | The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon. |
| 28:2 | Because of synne ye londe doth oft chaunge hir prynce: but thorow men of vnderstondinge & wy?dome a realme endureth longe. |
| 28:3 | One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute. |
| 28:4 | They that forsake the lawe, prayse ye vngodly; but soch as kepe the lawe, abhorre them. |
| 28:5 | Wicked men discerne not the thinge yt is right, but they that seke after the LORDE, discusse all thinges. |
| 28:6 | A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes. |
| 28:7 | Whoso kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstondinge: but he yt fedeth ryotous men, shameth his father. |
| 28:8 | Who so increaseth his riches by vautage & wynnynge, let him gather them to helpe the poore withall. |
| 28:9 | He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred. |
| 28:10 | Who so ledeth ye rightuous in to an euell waye, shal fall in to his owne pytt, but ye iust shal haue the good in possession. |
| 28:11 | The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough. |
| 28:12 | When rightuous men are in prosperite, the doth honoure florish: but when the vngodly come vp, ye state of men chaungeth. |
| 28:13 | He that hydeth his synnes, shall not prospere: but who so knowlegeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy. |
| 28:14 | Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe. |
| 28:15 | Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people. |
| 28:16 | Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge, there is greate oppression & wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shal longe raigne. |
| 28:17 | He that by violece sheddeth eny mans bloude, shal be a rennagate vnto his graue, and no man shal be able to sucor him. |
| 28:18 | Who so leadeth a godly and an innocet life, shalbe safe: but he that goeth frowarde wayes, shall once haue a fall. |
| 28:19 | He yt tylleth his londe, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he that foloweth ydilnesse, shal haue pouerte ynough. |
| 28:20 | A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie. |
| 28:21 | To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred. |
| 28:22 | He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him. |
| 28:23 | He that rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauoure at ye last, the he that flatreth him. |
| 28:24 | Who so robbeth his father and mother, and sayeth it is no synne: the same is like vnto a mortherer. |
| 28:25 | He that is of a proude stomacke, stereth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in ye LORDE, shalbe well fedd. |
| 28:26 | He that trusteth in his owne hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely, shalbe safe. |
| 28:27 | He that geueth vnto the poore, shal not wante: but he that turneth awaye his eyes from soch as be in necessite, shall suffre greate pouerte himself. |
| 28:28 | Whan the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hyde them selues: but whe they perish, the rightuous increase. |
Coverdale Bible 1535
The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in 1535, was the first complete English translation of the Bible to contain both the Old and New Testament and translated from the original Hebrew and Greek. The later editions (folio and quarto) published in 1539 were the first complete Bibles printed in England. The 1539 folio edition carried the royal license and was, therefore, the first officially approved Bible translation in English.
Tyndale never had the satisfaction of completing his English Bible; but during his imprisonment, he may have learned that a complete translation, based largely upon his own, had actually been produced. The credit for this achievement, the first complete printed English Bible, is due to Miles Coverdale (1488-1569), afterward bishop of Exeter (1551-1553).
The details of its production are obscure. Coverdale met Tyndale in Hamburg, Germany in 1529, and is said to have assisted him in the translation of the Pentateuch. His own work was done under the patronage of Oliver Cromwell, who was anxious for the publication of an English Bible; and it was no doubt forwarded by the action of Convocation, which, under Archbishop Cranmer's leading, had petitioned in 1534 for the undertaking of such a work.
Coverdale's Bible was probably printed by Froschover in Zurich, Switzerland and was published at the end of 1535, with a dedication to Henry VIII. By this time, the conditions were more favorable to a Protestant Bible than they had been in 1525. Henry had finally broken with the Pope and had committed himself to the principle of an English Bible. Coverdale's work was accordingly tolerated by authority, and when the second edition of it appeared in 1537 (printed by an English printer, Nycolson of Southwark), it bore on its title-page the words, "Set forth with the King's most gracious license." In licensing Coverdale's translation, King Henry probably did not know how far he was sanctioning the work of Tyndale, which he had previously condemned.
In the New Testament, in particular, Tyndale's version is the basis of Coverdale's, and to a somewhat less extent this is also the case in the Pentateuch and Jonah; but Coverdale revised the work of his predecessor with the help of the Zurich German Bible of Zwingli and others (1524-1529), a Latin version by Pagninus, the Vulgate, and Luther. In his preface, he explicitly disclaims originality as a translator, and there is no sign that he made any noticeable use of the Greek and Hebrew; but he used the available Latin, German, and English versions with judgment. In the parts of the Old Testament which Tyndale had not published he appears to have translated mainly from the Zurich Bible. [Coverdale's Bible of 1535 was reprinted by Bagster, 1838.]
In one respect Coverdale's Bible was groundbreaking, namely, in the arrangement of the books of the. It is to Tyndale's example, no doubt, that the action of Coverdale is due. His Bible is divided into six parts -- (1) Pentateuch; (2) Joshua -- Esther; (3) Job -- "Solomon's Balettes" (i.e. Canticles); (4) Prophets; (5) "Apocrypha, the books and treatises which among the fathers of old are not reckoned to be of like authority with the other books of the Bible, neither are they found in the canon of the Hebrew"; (6) the New Testament. This represents the view generally taken by the Reformers, both in Germany and in England, and so far as concerns the English Bible, Coverdale's example was decisive.