Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 12:1 | Ephraim is fed with ayre, and foloweth after the east winde: he is euer increasynge lyes and destruccyon. They be confederate with the Assyrians, their oyle is caryed into Egypt. |
| 12:2 | The Lorde hath a courte to holde wt Iuda, and wyll punyshe Iacob. After their awne wayes and accordynge to theyr awne inuencyons, shall he recompense them. |
| 12:3 | He toke his brother by the hele, when he was yet in his mothers wombe: and in hys strength he wrestled with God. |
| 12:4 | He strowe with the angell, and gatt the victorye: so that he prayde & desyred hym. He founde him at Bethell, and there he talketh with vs. |
| 12:5 | Yee, the Lorde God of Hoostes, euen the Lorde him selfe remembred him. |
| 12:6 | Then turne to thy God, kepe mercy and equite, & hope styll in thy God. |
| 12:7 | But thou art lyke the marchaunt that hath a false weyght in his hande, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcyon. |
| 12:8 | Ephraim thinketh thus: Tush, I am rich. I haue good ynough: In all my worckes shall not one fawte be founde that I haue offended. |
| 12:9 | Yet am I the Lord thy God, euen as when I brought the out of the lande of Egypte, and sett the in thy tentes, and as in the hye feaste dayes. |
| 12:10 | I haue spoken thorowe the prophetes, & shewed diuerse visyons and declared my selfe by the ministracion of the prophetes. |
| 12:11 | But at Gilaad is the abhominacyon, they are fallen to vanyte. At Gilgal they haue slayne oxen: as many heapes of stones as they had in theyr lande forowes, so many aulters haue they made. |
| 12:12 | Iacob fled in to the lande of Siria, & Israell serued for a wife, & for a wife he kepte shepe. |
| 12:13 | By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt, and by a prophet he preserued them. |
| 12:14 | But Ephraim hath puoked him to displeasure thorowe his abhominacyons, therfore shall his bloude be poured vpon him selfe, and the Lorde hys God shall rewarde hym hys blasphemyes. |
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."