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The Great Bible 1539
| 6:1 | There is yet a plage vnder the sunne, & it is a generall thing among men: |
| 6:2 | when God geueth a man ryches, goodes and honoure, so that he wanteth nothynge of all that hys herre can desyre: and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioye the same, but another man spendeth them. This is a vayne thinge & a miserable plage. |
| 6:3 | If a man begett an hundred children, & lyue many yeares, so that his dayes are many in nombre, and yet can not enioye his good, nether be buryed: as for him I saye, that an vntymely byrth is better then he. |
| 6:4 | For he commeth to naught, & spendeth his tyme in darrknes, & his name is forgotten. |
| 6:5 | Moreouer, he seeth not the sonne, & knoweth not of it: & yet hath he more rest then the other. |
| 6:6 | Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good lyfe. Come not all to one place? |
| 6:7 | All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, & yet his desire is neuer fylled after his minde. |
| 6:8 | For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke wt fooles before the lyuing? |
| 6:9 | The cleare syght of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde walke after desires of the luste. Howbeit, this is also a vayne thinge & a dysquietnesse of mynde. |
| 6:10 | The thinge that hath bene: is named allready, & knowen that it is euen man him selfe: nether maye he go to lawe wt hym that is myghtier then he. |
| 6:11 | Many thinges ther be that increace vanite, & what hath a man els. |
| 6:12 | For who knoweth what is good for man lyuinge, in the dayes of hys vayne lyfe, which is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sunne? |
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."