Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 27:1 | Moreouer Iob continued his parable, and sayd, |
| 27:2 | As God liueth, who hath taken away my iudgment, and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soule; |
| 27:3 | All the while my breath is in mee, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
| 27:4 | My lips shall not speake wickednesse, nor my tongue vtter deceit. |
| 27:5 | God forbid that I should iustifie you: till I die, I will not remoue my integritie from me. |
| 27:6 | My righteousnesse I hold fast, and will not let it goe: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I liue. |
| 27:7 | Let mine enemie be as the wicked, and he that riseth vp against me, as the vnrighteous. |
| 27:8 | For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soule? |
| 27:9 | Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him? |
| 27:10 | Will he delight himselfe in the Almightie? will hee alwayes call vpon God? |
| 27:11 | I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almightie, will I not conceale. |
| 27:12 | Behold, all ye your selues haue seene it, why then are yee thus altogether vaine? |
| 27:13 | This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressours which they shall receiue of the Almightie. |
| 27:14 | If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offpring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
| 27:15 | Those that remaine of him shall bee buried in death: and his widowes shall not weepe. |
| 27:16 | Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay: |
| 27:17 | He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall diuide the siluer. |
| 27:18 | He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. |
| 27:19 | The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not: |
| 27:20 | Terrours take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. |
| 27:21 | The East winde carieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storme hurleth him out of his place. |
| 27:22 | For God shall cast vpon him, and not spare: hee would faine flee out of his hand. |
| 27:23 | Men shall clap their handes at him, and shall hisse him out of his place. |
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.