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The Great Bible 1539
| 30:1 | The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iakei, and the prophecie that the same man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel, and Uchal: |
| 30:2 | I am more foolysh then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng |
| 30:3 | I neuer lerned wysdome, ner had knowledge of holy thynges. |
| 30:4 | Who hath clymed vp into heauen? Who hath come doune from thence? Who hath holden the wynd fast in his hand? Who hath comprehended the waters in a garment? Who hath sett all the endes of the worlde? What is hys name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell |
| 30:5 | all the wordes of God are pure and cleane, for he is a shylde vnto all them, that put theyr trust in hym. |
| 30:6 | Put thou nothyng vnto hys wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde a lyar. |
| 30:7 | Two thynges haue I requyred of the, that thou wylt not denye me before I dye. |
| 30:8 | Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me nether pouerte nor ryches, onely graunte me a necessary lyuynge. |
| 30:9 | Lest yf I be to full, I denye the, and saye: who is the Lorde? And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte, fall vnto stealynge, and take the name of my God in vayne. |
| 30:10 | Accuse not a seruaunt vnto hys master, lest he speake euell of the, and thou be hurte. |
| 30:11 | There is a generacyon that curseth theyr father, and doth not blesse theyr mother. |
| 30:12 | There is a generacion that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not clensed from theyr fylthynesse. |
| 30:13 | There is a generacyon that hath a proude loke, & doth cast vp theyr eye lyddes. |
| 30:14 | There is a generacion whose teth are swerdes, & with theyr chaw bones they consume & deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge men. |
| 30:15 | The horsleche hath two daughters cryeng: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. |
| 30:16 | There be thre thynges that are neuer satysfyed, yee, fowre thynges sayeth neuer hoo. The graue: a womans wombe closed: and the earth that hath neuer water ynough. As for fyre, it sayeth neuer hoo. |
| 30:17 | Who so laugheth hys father to scorne, and setteth hys mothers commaundement at naught: the rauens pycke out hys eyes in the valleye, and deuoured be he of the yonge Aegles. |
| 30:18 | There be thre thynges to hye for me, yea foure that passeth my knowledge. |
| 30:19 | The waye af an Aegle in the ayre, the waye of a serpent ouer a stone, the waye of a shyp in the see, and the waye of a man wyth a yonge woman. |
| 30:20 | Soch is the waye also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten and sayeth: As for me. I haue done no harme. |
| 30:21 | Thorow thre thynges the earth is dysquieted, & the fourth may it not beare: |
| 30:22 | Thorow a seruaunt that beareth rule. Thorow a foole that hath to moche breed, |
| 30:23 | thorow a wife worthy hatered when she is maryed, and thorow an hand mayden that is heyre to her mastres. |
| 30:24 | These be foure thynges in the earth, the which are very lytle: but in wysdome they exceade the wyse |
| 30:25 | The emmettes are but weake people yet gather they theyr meate together in the haruest. |
| 30:26 | The Conyes are but a feble folke, yet make they theyr couches amonge the rockes. |
| 30:27 | The greshoppers haue not a gyde, yet go they forth together by heapes. |
| 30:28 | The spyder laboureth with her handes, & is in Kynges places. |
| 30:29 | There be thre thynges that go styfly, yea fowre ar comlye in goinge. |
| 30:30 | A Lyon, which is strongest among beastes, and geueth place to no man: |
| 30:31 | A grehounde stronge in the hynder partes: A ramme also & a Kyng, agaynst whom no man aryseth vp. |
| 30:32 | Yf thou hast done foolyshly whan thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euell councell: then laye thyne hande vpon thy mouth. |
| 30:33 | Who so chyrmeth mylcke, maketh butter: and he that rubbeth hys nose, maketh it blede: Euen so he that causeth wrath bringeth forth stryfe. |
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."