Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 20:1 | And the Lord spak alle these wordis, Y am thi Lord God, |
| 20:2 | that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage. |
| 20:3 | Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me. |
| 20:4 | Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing which is in heuene aboue, and which is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndur erthe; thou schalt not `herie tho, |
| 20:5 | nether `thou schalt worschipe; for Y am thi Lord God, a stronge gelouse louyere; and Y visite the wickidnesse of fadris in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun of hem that haten me, |
| 20:6 | and Y do mercy in to `a thousynde, to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis. |
| 20:7 | Thou schalt not take in veyn the name of thi Lord God, for the Lord schal not haue hym giltles, that takith in veyn the name of his Lord God. |
| 20:8 | Haue thou mynde, that thou halowe the `dai of the sabat; |
| 20:9 | in sixe daies thou schalt worche and schalt do alle thi werkis; |
| 20:10 | forsothe in the seuenthe day is the sabat of thi Lord God; thou schalt not do ony werk, thou, and thi sone, and thi douytir, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmaide, thi werk beeste, and the comelyng which is withynne thi yatis; |
| 20:11 | for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restide in the seuenthe dai; herfor the Lord blesside the `dai of the sabat, and halewide it. |
| 20:12 | Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond, which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee. |
| 20:13 | Thou schalt not sle. |
| 20:14 | Thou schalt `do no letcherie. |
| 20:15 | Thou schalt `do no theft. |
| 20:16 | Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore. |
| 20:17 | Thou schalt not coueyte `the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise. |
| 20:18 | Forsothe al the puple herde voices, and siy laumpis, and the sowne of a clarioun, and the hil smokynge; and thei weren afeerd, and schakun with inward drede, and stoden afer, |
| 20:19 | and seiden to Moises, Speke thou to vs, and we schulen here; the Lord speke not to vs, lest perauenture we dien. |
| 20:20 | And Moises seide to the puple, Nyle ye drede, for God cam to proue you, and that his drede schulde be in you, and that ye schulden not do synne. |
| 20:21 | And the puple stood afer; forsothe Moises neiyede to the derknesse, wherynne God was. |
| 20:22 | And the Lord seide ferthermore to Moises, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the sones of Israel, Ye seiyen that fro heuene Y spak to you; |
| 20:23 | ye schulen not make goddis of silver, nethir ye schulen make to you goddis of gold. |
| 20:24 | Ye schulen make an auter of erthe to me, and ye schulen offre theronne youre brent sacrifices, and pesible sacrifices, youre scheep, and oxun, in ech place in which the mynde of my name schal be; Y schal come to thee, and Y schal blesse thee. |
| 20:25 | That if thou schalt make an auter of stoon to me, thou schalt not bilde it of stoonys hewun; for if thou schalt reise thi knyif theronne, it schal be `polluted, ether defoulid. |
| 20:26 | Thou schalt not stye bi grees to myn auter, lest thi filthe be schewid. |
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.