Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 26:1 | Iob answered, and sayde: |
| 26:2 | Whom hast thou helped? Him that is wtout strength? what comforte geuest thou vnto hym that hath no strength? |
| 26:3 | Where is the councell that thou shuldest geue him, which hath no wysdome? Hast thou shewed the waye of ryght lyuinge. |
| 26:4 | To whom hast thou spoken those wordes? Who made the breth to come out of thy mouth? |
| 26:5 | Are not deed thinges shapen vnder the waters: & thinges by the waters syde? |
| 26:6 | Hell is naked before him, and the very destruccion it selfe cannot be hyd out of his syght. |
| 26:7 | He stretcheth out the north ouer the emptie, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing. |
| 26:8 | He byndeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them. |
| 26:9 | He holdeth back his stole, that it cannot be sene, and spredeth his cloude before it. |
| 26:10 | He hath compased the waters with certayne boundes vntill the daye & nyght come to an ende. |
| 26:11 | The very pyllers of heauen tremble and quake at his reprofe. |
| 26:12 | He stilleth the se with his power, and thorow his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof. |
| 26:13 | Hys sprete hath garnisshed the heauens, and hys hande hath made the rebellious serpent. |
| 26:14 | Lo, this is nowe a shorte summe of his wayes. But who is able sufficiently to rehearse hys workes? Who can perceaue and vnderstande the thondre of hys power? |
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."