Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 14:1 | Man that is borne of woman, hath but a short tyme to lyue, and is full of miserye. |
| 14:2 | He commeth vp and is cutt downe lyke a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer contynueth in one state. |
| 14:3 | Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon soche one, and bryngest me in thy iudgement? |
| 14:4 | Who can make cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thynge? Nobody. |
| 14:5 | The dayes of man surely are determyned, the nombre of his monethes are knowne onely vnto the. Thou hast appoynted hym hys boundes, whych he can not go beyonde. |
| 14:6 | God from hym, that he maye rest vntyll hys daye come: which he loketh for, lyke as an hyrelynge doth. |
| 14:7 | If a tre be cut downe, there is some hope yet, that it wyll sproute, and shute forth the braunches agayne. |
| 14:8 | For though the rote of it be waxen olde, and the stock therof be dead in the ground, yet when it |
| 14:9 | getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde, and brynge forth bowes, lyke as a tre that is planted. |
| 14:10 | But as for man, when he is dead, perisshed and consumed awaye, what becommeth of hym? |
| 14:11 | The floudes when they be dryed vp, and the ryuers when they be empty, are filled agayne thorowe the flowynge waters of the see: |
| 14:12 | but when man slepeth, he ryseth not agayne, (of hys awne strength) vntyll the heauen perysh: he shall not wake vp ner ryse out of hys slepe. |
| 14:13 | O that thou woldest kepe me, and hyde me in the hell, vntyll thy wrath were stylled: and to appoynte me a tyme, wherin thou myghtest remembre me. |
| 14:14 | Maye a dead man lyue agayne? All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I waite styll, tyll my chaungynge shall come. |
| 14:15 | Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere the: despyse not thou the worke of thyne awne handes. |
| 14:16 | For now thou nombrest all my goinges, yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes. |
| 14:17 | My iniquite is sealed vp, as it were in a bagg but be mercyfull vnto my wickednesse. |
| 14:18 | The mountaynes fall awaye at the last, the rockes are remoued out of theyr place, |
| 14:19 | the waters pearse thorowe the very stones by lytle and lytle, the floudes wasshe a waye the grauell and earth. And destroyest thou the hope of man? |
| 14:20 | Thou preuaylest styl agaynst him, so that he passeth awaye: thou chaungest hys estate, and puttest hym from the. |
| 14:21 | And whether hys chyldren come to worshyp or no, he cannot tell. And yf they be men of lowe degre, he knoweth not. |
| 14:22 | Whyle he lyueth, hys flesh must haue trauayle, and while the soule is in hym, he must be in sorowe. |
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."