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The Great Bible 1539
| 32:1 | So these thre men wolde stryue no more with Iob, because he helde hym selfe a ryghteous man. |
| 32:2 | But Elihu the sonne of Barachell the Bussyte of the kynred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, because he called hym selfe iust before God. |
| 32:3 | And with Iobs thre frendes he was angry also, because they had founde no reasonable answere to ouercome Iob. |
| 32:4 | Now taried Elihu, tyll they had ended theyr communicacion with Iob, for why, they were elder then he. |
| 32:5 | So when Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Bussyte sawe, that these thre men were not able to make Iob answere, he was myscontent: |
| 32:6 | Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Bussite answered hym selfe, and sayde: Considringe, that I am younge, and ye be men of age, I was afrayed, and durst not shew forth my mynde, |
| 32:7 | For I thought thus within my selfe. It becommeth olde men to speake, and the aged to teach wysdome. |
| 32:8 | Euery man (no doute) hath a mynde, but it is the inspiracion of the Almyghty that geueth vnderstandinge. |
| 32:9 | Great men are not all waye wyse, nether doth euery aged man vnderstande the thynge that is lawfull. |
| 32:10 | Therfore will I speake also (heare me) and I wyll shew you also myne vnderstandinge. |
| 32:11 | For when I had wayted tyll ye made an ende of youre talkynge, and hearde youre wysdome, what argumentes ye made in youre communicacyon: |
| 32:12 | yee, when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde, I founde not one of you that made any good argument agaynst Iob, that directly coulde make answere vnto his wordes: |
| 32:13 | lest ye shulde saye. We haue founde out wysdome: God shall cast hym downe, and no man. |
| 32:14 | He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wyll not answere hym as ye haue done |
| 32:15 | (for they were so abasshed, that they coulde not make answere, nor speake one worde) |
| 32:16 | but in so moche as ye wyll not speake, standynge styll lyke domme men, and makynge no answere: |
| 32:17 | I haue a good hope for my parte to shape hym an answere, and to shewe him my meanynge: |
| 32:18 | For I am full of wordes, and the sprete that is within me, compelleth me. |
| 32:19 | Beholde, my belly is as the wyne, which hath no vente, and bursteth the new vessels in sunder. |
| 32:20 | Therfore will I speake that I may haue a vente: I will open my lyppes, & make answere. |
| 32:21 | I will regarde no maner of personne, no man will I spare. |
| 32:22 | For yf I wold go aboute to please men, I knowe not howe sone my maker wolde take me awaye: |
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."