Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 36:1 | Elihu also proceeded, and said, |
| 36:2 | Suffer mee a little, and I will shewe thee, that I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe. |
| 36:3 | I will fetch my knowledge from afarre, and will ascribe righteousnesse to my Maker. |
| 36:4 | For truely my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge, is with thee. |
| 36:5 | Behold, God is mightie, and despiseth not any: he is mightie in strength and wisedome. |
| 36:6 | He preserueth not the life of the wicked: but giueth right to the poore. |
| 36:7 | Hee withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne, yea he doth establish them for euer, and they are exalted. |
| 36:8 | And if they bee bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction: |
| 36:9 | Then hee sheweth them their worke, and their transgressions, that they haue exceeded. |
| 36:10 | He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie. |
| 36:11 | If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures. |
| 36:12 | But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. |
| 36:13 | But the hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath: they crie not when he bindeth them. |
| 36:14 | They die in youth, and their life is among the vncleane. |
| 36:15 | He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eares in oppression. |
| 36:16 | Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse. |
| 36:17 | But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee. |
| 36:18 | Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee. |
| 36:19 | Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength. |
| 36:20 | Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. |
| 36:21 | Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction. |
| 36:22 | Beholde, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? |
| 36:23 | Who hath inioyned him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquitie? |
| 36:24 | Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold. |
| 36:25 | Euery man may see it, man may behold it afarre off. |
| 36:26 | Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his yeeres be searched out. |
| 36:27 | For hee maketh small the drops of water: they powre downe raine according to the vapour thereof: |
| 36:28 | Which the clouds doe drop, and distill vpon man aboundantly. |
| 36:29 | Also can any vnderstand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? |
| 36:30 | Behold, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea. |
| 36:31 | For by them iudgeth he the people, he giueth meate in abundance. |
| 36:32 | With clouds he couereth the light, and commaundeth it not to shine, by the cloud that commeth betwixt. |
| 36:33 | The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattel also concerning the Uapour. |
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.