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The Great Bible 1539
| 35:1 | Elihu spake moreouer, & sayde: |
| 35:2 | Thynkest thou it ryght, that thou sayest: I am ryghtuous before God? |
| 35:3 | For thou sayest: What aduauntage will it be vnto the, and what profyt shalt thou haue of my synne. |
| 35:4 | Therfore will I geue answere vnto the and to thy companyons wyth the |
| 35:5 | loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: consydre the cloudes, whych are hyer then thou. |
| 35:6 | If thou hast synned, what hast thou done against him? If thine offences be many, what hast thou done vnto hym? |
| 35:7 | If thou be ryghtuous what geuest thou him? Or what will he receaue of thy hand? |
| 35:8 | Of soche an vngodly personne as thou, and of the sonne of man that is ryghtuous as thou pretendest to be: |
| 35:9 | there is a greate cry and complaynte made by them that are oppressed wyth vyolence, yee, euery man complayneth vpon the crueltye of tyrauntes. |
| 35:10 | For soche a one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? & that geueth vs occasion to prayse him in the night? |
| 35:11 | Whych geueth vs more vnderstandyng then he doth the beastes of the earth, & teacheth vs more then he doth the foules of heauen. |
| 35:12 | If any soch complayne, no man geueth answere, and that because of the wyckednesse of proude tyrauntes. |
| 35:13 | But yf a man call vpon God, doth not he heare him? Doth not the almyghtye accepte his crye? |
| 35:14 | Whan thou speakest then, shulde not he pardon the, yf thou open thy selfe before hym, and put thy trust in hym? |
| 35:15 | Then vseth he no vyolence in hys wrath, nether hath he pleasure in curyous & depe inquysycions. |
| 35:16 | Therfore doth Iob open hys mouth but in vayne, and folyshly doth he make so many wordes. |
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."