Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 11:1 | Lay thy brede vpon weate faces, & so shalt thou fynde after many dayes. |
| 11:2 | Geue parte .vii. dayes, and also vpon the eyght, for thou knowest not what misery shall come vpon earth. |
| 11:3 | When the cloudes are full, they powre out rayne vpon the earth. And when the tre falleth (whether it be toward the South or North) in what place soeuer it fall, there it lyeth. |
| 11:4 | He that regardeth the winde, shall not sowe and he that hath respecte vnto the cloudes, shal not reape. |
| 11:5 | Now lyke as thou knowest not the waye of the spirite howe he entred into the body beinge yet in a mothers wombe: Euen so thou knowest not the worckes of God, whych is the worckemaster of all. |
| 11:6 | Cease not thou therfore with thy handes to sowe thy sede, whether it be in the morninge or in the euenynge: for thou knowest not whether this or that shal prospere, and yf they both take, it is the better. |
| 11:7 | The lyght is swete, & a pleasaunt thynge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sunne. |
| 11:8 | If a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darckenesse, whych shalbe many: and that foloweth, all thinges shall be but vanyte. |
| 11:9 | Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and let thyne hert be mery in thy yong dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne awne herte, & the lust of thine eyes but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thynges. |
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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."