Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 31:1 | I made couenaunt with myn iyen, that Y schulde not thenke of a virgyn. |
| 31:2 | For what part schulde God aboue haue in me, and eritage Almyyti God of hiye thingis? |
| 31:3 | Whether perdicioun is not to a wickid man, and alienacioun of God is to men worchynge wickidnesse? |
| 31:4 | Whether he biholdith not my weies, and noumbrith alle my goyngis? |
| 31:5 | If Y yede in vanyte, and my foot hastide in gile, |
| 31:6 | God weie me in a iust balaunce, and knowe my symplenesse. |
| 31:7 | If my step bowide fro the weie; if myn iye suede myn herte, and a spotte cleuede to myn hondis; |
| 31:8 | sowe Y, and another ete, and my generacioun be drawun out bi the root. |
| 31:9 | If myn herte was disseyued on a womman, and if Y settide aspies at the dore of my frend; my wijf be the hoore of anothir man, |
| 31:10 | and othir men be bowid doun on hir. |
| 31:11 | For this is vnleueful, and the moost wickidnesse. |
| 31:12 | Fier is deourynge `til to wastyng, and drawynge vp bi the roote alle generaciouns. |
| 31:13 | If Y dispiside to take doom with my seruaunt and myn hand mayde, whanne thei stryueden ayens me. |
| 31:14 | What sotheli schal Y do, whanne God schal rise to deme? and whanne he schal axe, what schal Y answere to hym? |
| 31:15 | Whether he, that wrouyte also hym, made not me in the wombe, and o God formede me in the wombe? |
| 31:16 | If Y denyede to pore men that, that thei wolden, and if Y made the iyen of a wydewe to abide; |
| 31:17 | if Y aloone eet my mussel, and a faderles child eet not therof; |
| 31:18 | for merciful doyng encreesside with me fro my yong childhed, and yede out of my modris wombe with me; |
| 31:19 | if Y dispiside a man passynge forth, for he hadde not a cloth, and a pore man with out hilyng; |
| 31:20 | if hise sidis blessiden not me, and was not maad hoot of the fleeces of my scheep; |
| 31:21 | if Y reiside myn hond on a fadirles child, yhe, whanne Y siy me the hiyere in the yate; |
| 31:22 | my schuldre falle fro his ioynt, and myn arm with hise boonys be al to-brokun. |
| 31:23 | For euere Y dredde God, as wawis wexynge gret on me; and `Y myyte not bere his birthun. |
| 31:24 | If Y gesside gold my strengthe, and if Y seide to purid gold, Thou art my trist; |
| 31:25 | if Y was glad on my many ritchessis, and for myn hond foond ful many thingis; |
| 31:26 | if Y siy the sunne, whanne it schynede, and the moone goynge clereli; |
| 31:27 | and if myn herte was glad in priuyte, and if Y kisside myn hond with my mouth; |
| 31:28 | which is the moost wickidnesse, and deniyng ayens hiyeste God; |
| 31:29 | if Y hadde ioye at the fallyng of hym, that hatide me, and if Y ioide fulli, that yuel hadde founde hym; |
| 31:30 | for Y yaf not my throte to do synne, that Y schulde asaile and curse his soule; |
| 31:31 | if the men of my tabernacle seiden not, Who yyueth, that we be fillid of hise fleischis? a pilgryme dwellide not with outforth; |
| 31:32 | my dore was opyn to a weiegoere; |
| 31:33 | if Y as man hidde my synne, and helide my wickidnesse in my bosum; |
| 31:34 | if Y dredde at ful greet multitude, and if dispisyng of neyyboris made me aferd; and not more Y was stille, and yede not out of the dore; |
| 31:35 | who yyueth an helpere to me, that Almyyti God here my desire? that he that demeth, |
| 31:36 | write a book, that Y bere it in my schuldre, and cumpasse it as a coroun to me? |
| 31:37 | Bi alle my degrees Y schal pronounce it, and Y schal as offre it to the prynce. |
| 31:38 | If my lond crieth ayens me, and hise forewis wepen with it; |
| 31:39 | if Y eet fruytis therof with out money, and Y turmentide the soule of erthetileris of it; |
| 31:40 | a brere growe to me for wheete, and a thorn for barli. |
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
The Wycliffe Bible is the only Bible here that was not translated from the Textus Receptus. Its inclusion here is for the Bible's historic value and for comparison in the English language.
John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380's. While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project. He strongly believed in having the scriptures available to the people.
Wycliffe, was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers (called Lollards), Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river.