Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 127:1 | A songe of Salomon of the stayres. Except the Lorde buylde the house, their laboure is but lost that buylde it. |
| 127:2 | Except the Lorde kepe the cytie the watchman waketh but in vayne. |
| 127:3 | It is but lost laboure that ye haste to ryse vp early, and so late take rest, and eate the breade of carefulnesse: for so he gyueth hys beloued sleape. |
| 127:4 | Lo, chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage and gyfte, that commeth of the Lorde. |
| 127:5 | Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt, euen so are the yonge chyldren. Happy is the man, that hath hys quyuer full of them, they shall not be ashamed, when they speake wyth theyr enemyes in the gate. |
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."