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The Great Bible 1539
| 4:1 | And the angel that talked with me cam agayne, and waked me vp, as a man that is raysed out of hys slep |
| 4:2 | & sayd vnto me: what seyst thou? And I sayde I haue loked, and beholde: a candelstycke al of golde with a boule vpon it, & his seuen lampes therin, and vpon euery lampe seuen stalkes. |
| 4:3 | And two olyue trees therby, one vpon the ryght syde of the boule, and the other vpon the lyftesyde. |
| 4:4 | So I answered, and spake to the angel that talked wt me saying, O my Lord what are these? |
| 4:5 | the angell that talked wyth me answered and sayde vnto me: knoweste thou not what these be? and I sayde: No my Lorde. |
| 4:6 | He answered & sayde vnto me: This is the worde of the Lorde vnto Zorobabel, sayinge: Nether thorow an hooste of men nor thorowe strengthe, but thorowe my sprete, sayeth the Lorde of hoostes. |
| 4:7 | What art thou thou great mountayne, before Zorobabel? thou must be made euen. And he shal brynge vp the fyrste stone, so that men shal crye vnto him good lucke good lucke. |
| 4:8 | Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me sayinge. |
| 4:9 | The handes of Zorobobel haue layed the foundacyon of the house: hys handes, shall also fynyshe it, that ye maye knowe howe that the Lorde of hoostes hath sent me vnto you. |
| 4:10 | For he that hath bene dispysed a lytle ceason, shall reioyce, when he seeth the tynne weyght in Zorobabels hande. The .vii. eyes are the Lordes whych go thorow the whole world. |
| 4:11 | Then answered I, and sayd vnto him, what are these two olyue trees vpon the ryght and lefte syde of the candelstick? |
| 4:12 | I spake moreouer, and sayd vnto him what be these two olyue braunches (whych thorow the two golden pypes) emptie them selues into the gold? |
| 4:13 | He answered me & sayd knowest thou not, what these be? And I sayde, no, my Lorde. |
| 4:14 | Then sayd he. These are the two olyue braunches, that stande before the ruler of the whole earth. |
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."