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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 12:1 | Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeares drawe nye, when thou shalt saye: I haue no pleasure in them |
| 12:2 | before the sunne, the lyght, the moone and starres be darkened, and or the cloudes turne agayn after the rayne: |
| 12:3 | when the kepers of the house shall tremble, & when the strong men shall bowe them selfes: when the myllers stande styll, because they be so fewe, & when the sight of the wyndowes shal waxe dymme: |
| 12:4 | when the dores in the stretes shalbe shut, & when the voyce of the myller shalbe layed doune: when men shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde, and when all the daughters of musicke shalbe brought lowe: |
| 12:5 | when men shall feare in hye places, and be afrayed in the stretes: when the Almonde tree shalbe despised, the greshopper borne out, & when great pouerte shall breake in: when man goeth to his longe home, and the mourners go about the stretes. |
| 12:6 | Or euer the siluer lace be taken awaye, and or the golden bande be broken: Or the pot be broken at the wel, and the whele vpon the cysterne: |
| 12:7 | Or dust be turned agayn vnto earth from whence it came, and or the sprete returne vnto God, whyche gaue it. |
| 12:8 | All is but vanitie (sayeth the Preacher) all is but playne vanite. |
| 12:9 | The same Preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the ground & set forth many parables. |
| 12:10 | His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth. |
| 12:11 | For the wordes of the wise are like prickes and nayles that go thorow, wherewith men are kepte together: for they are geuen of one shepeherde onely. |
| 12:12 | Therfore be ware (my sonne) that aboue these thou make the uot many and innumerable bokes, nor take diuerse doctrynes in hande, to weery thy body withall. |
| 12:13 | Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes, For that toucheth al men: |
| 12:14 | For God shal iudge all workes and secrete thynges, whether they be good or euell. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.