Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 12:1 | So Iob answered, and sayd: |
| 12:2 | Then (no doute) ye are the men alone, & wysdome shall perysh with you. |
| 12:3 | But I haue vnderstandyng as wel as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee, who knoweth not these thynges? |
| 12:4 | Thus he that calleth vpon God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of hys neyghboure: the godly and innocent man is laughed to scorne. |
| 12:5 | Godlynes is a lyght despysed in the hertes of the ryche, and is set for them to stomble vpon. |
| 12:6 | The houses of robers are in wealth & prosperite: and they that malyciously medle agaynst God, dwell without care, in those thynges that God hath geuen rychely with hys hande. |
| 12:7 | Aske the catell, and they shall infourme the: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell the. |
| 12:8 | Or the increace of the earth, and it shall shewe the. Or the fysshers of the see, and they shall certifye the. |
| 12:9 | What is he, but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these? |
| 12:10 | In whose hande is the soule of euery liuyng thynge, and the breth of the flesh of all men. |
| 12:11 | Haue not the eares pleasure in hering, and and the mouth in tastynge the thynge that it eateth? |
| 12:12 | Amonge olde personnes there is wisdome, and in age is vnderstandyng. |
| 12:13 | Yee, with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath councell and forknowledge. |
| 12:14 | Beholde, If he breake downe a thyng, who can set it vp agayne? If he shut a thynge, who will open it? |
| 12:15 | Behold, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp. If he let them go, they destroye the erth. |
| 12:16 | With him is strength & wysdome: he knoweth both the disceauer & hym that is disceaued. |
| 12:17 | He carieth awaye the wyse men, as it were a spoyle, and bryngeth the iudges oute of theyr wittes. |
| 12:18 | He taketh awaye the subieccion of the people from their kinges, and gyrdeth theyr loynes with a bonde. |
| 12:19 | He ledeth awaye the greate men into captiuyte, and turneth the mightye vpsyde downe. |
| 12:20 | He taketh the veryte from out of the mouth, and disapointeth the aged of theyr reason. |
| 12:21 | He poureth the confusion vpon prynces, and comforteth them that haue bene oppressed. |
| 12:22 | Loke what lyeth hyd in darcknes, he declareth it openly: and the very shadowe of death bryngeth he to lyght. |
| 12:23 | He both increaseth the people, and destroyeth them. He maketh them to multyplye, and dryueth them awaye. |
| 12:24 | He chaungeth the herte of them that rule the people of the earthe, and disapoynteth them: so that they go wandrynge out of the waye, |
| 12:25 | and grope in the darcke without lyght: he maketh them also to stacker to and fro lyke droncken men. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."