Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 26:1 | But Iob answered and sayd, |
| 26:2 | Howe hast thou helped him that is without power? how sauest thou the arme that hath no strength? |
| 26:3 | How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisedome? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing, as it is? |
| 26:4 | To whom hast thou vttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? |
| 26:5 | Dead things are formed from vnder the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. |
| 26:6 | Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no couering. |
| 26:7 | He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing. |
| 26:8 | Hee bindeth vp the waters in his thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent vnder them. |
| 26:9 | Hee holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud vpon it. |
| 26:10 | Hee hath compassed the waters with bounds, vntill the day and night come to an end. |
| 26:11 | The pillars of heauen tremble, and are astonished at his reproofe. |
| 26:12 | Hee diuideth the sea with his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth through the proud. |
| 26:13 | By his spirit he hath garnished the heauens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. |
| 26:14 | Loe, these are parts of his waies, but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can vnderstand? |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.