Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 33:1 | Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my speeches, and hearken to all my wordes. |
| 33:2 | Behold, now I haue opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. |
| 33:3 | My words shalbe of the vprightnesse of my heart: and my lippes shall vtter knowledge clearely. |
| 33:4 | The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightie hath giuen me life. |
| 33:5 | If thou canst, answere me, set thy wordes in order before me, stand vp. |
| 33:6 | Behold, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I also am formed out of the clay. |
| 33:7 | Behold, my terrour shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heauie vpon thee. |
| 33:8 | Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I haue heard the voice of thy words, saying, |
| 33:9 | I am cleane without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquitie in me. |
| 33:10 | Behold, hee findeth occasions against mee, hee counteth mee for his enemie. |
| 33:11 | He putteth my feete in the stockes, he marketh all my pathes. |
| 33:12 | Behold, in this thou art not iust: I will answere thee, That God is greater then man. |
| 33:13 | Why doest thou striue against him? for he giueth not account of any of his matters. |
| 33:14 | For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiueth it not. |
| 33:15 | In a dreame, in a vision of the night, when deepe sleepe falleth vpon men, in slumbrings vpon the bed: |
| 33:16 | Then hee openeth the eares of men, and sealeth their instruction, |
| 33:17 | That hee may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. |
| 33:18 | Hee keepeth backe his soule from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. |
| 33:19 | Hee is chastened also with paine vpon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong paine. |
| 33:20 | So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soule daintie meate. |
| 33:21 | His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seene; and his bones that were not seene, sticke out. |
| 33:22 | His soule draweth neere vnto the graue, and his life to the destroyers. |
| 33:23 | If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew vnto man his vprightnesse: |
| 33:24 | Then hee is gracious vnto him, and sayth, Deliuer him from going downe to the pit; I haue found a ransome. |
| 33:25 | His flesh shall be fresher then a childes: he shall returne to the dayes of his youth. |
| 33:26 | He shall pray vnto God, and hee will be fauourable vnto him, and hee shall see his face with ioy: for hee will render vnto man his righteousnesse. |
| 33:27 | He looketh vpon men, and if any say, I haue sinned, and peruerted that which was right, and it profited mee not: |
| 33:28 | Hee will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. |
| 33:29 | Loe, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, |
| 33:30 | To bring backe his soule from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the liuing. |
| 33:31 | Marke well, O Iob, hearken vnto me, hold thy peace, and I wil speake. |
| 33:32 | If thou hast any thing to say, answere me: speake, for I desire to iustifie thee. |
| 33:33 | If not, hearken vnto me: holde thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisedome. |
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.