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The Great Bible 1539
| 42:1 | Then Iob answered the Lorde, and sayde. |
| 42:2 | I knowe that thou hast power ouer all thynges, and that there is no thought hyd vnto the. |
| 42:3 | For who can kepe hys awne councell so secrete, but it shalbe knowne? Therfore haue I spoken that I vnderstode not, the thynges that are so hye, & passe myne vnderstanding. |
| 42:4 | O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere vnto the thyng that I wyll aske the. |
| 42:5 | I haue geuen diligent care vnto the, and now I se the wyth myne eyes. |
| 42:6 | Wherfore, I geue myne awne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes. |
| 42:7 | Now when the Lorde had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, it fortuned, that the Lord sayde vnto Eliphas the Themanite: I am displeased with the, and thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken of me the thynge that is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. |
| 42:8 | Therfore, take you now seuen oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offre vp for youre selues a brent offeringe: and my seruaunt Iob shall praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, and not deale wyth you after youre folyshnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thinge whych is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done. |
| 42:9 | So Eliphas the Themanite, and Bildad the Suhite & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordyng as the Lord commaunded them, The Lord also accepted the personne of Iob, |
| 42:10 | and the Lorde turned the captiuite of Iob, when he prayed for his frindes: Yee, the Lord gaue Iob twyse as moch as he had afore. |
| 42:11 | And then came there vnto hym all hys brethren, all hys systers, & all they that had bene of hys acquayntaunce afore, & dyd eat bread with him in his housse, wondrynge at hym, and comfortynge hym ouer all the trouble, that the Lorde had brought vpon hym. Euery man also gaue hym a certayne some of money and a Iewell of golde. |
| 42:12 | And the Lorde made Iob rycher then he was before: for he had fourtene .M. shepe .vj.M. camels, a .M. youck of oxen, and a .M. asses. |
| 42:13 | He had seuen sonnes also & thre daughters. |
| 42:14 | The fyrst daughter called he Iemima: the second Kezia, and the thirde Kerenhapuch. |
| 42:15 | In all the land were no wemen found so fayre, as the daughters of Iob, and their father gaue them enheritaunce amonge their brethren. |
| 42:16 | After thys lyued Iob an hundred and fourty yeares, so that he sawe hys chyldren, & hys chyldrens chyldren into the fourth generacion. |
| 42:17 | And so Iob dyed, beynge olde & of a perfect age. |
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."