Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 31:1 | And the Lord spak to Moyses, `and seide, Lo! |
| 31:2 | Y haue clepid Beseleel bi name, the sone of Hury, sone of Hur, of the lynage of Juda; |
| 31:3 | and Y haue fillid hym with the spirit of God, with wisdom, and vndirstondyng, and kunnyng in al werk, |
| 31:4 | to fynde out what euer thing may be maad suteli, of gold, and siluer, and bras, and marbil, |
| 31:5 | and gemmes, and dyuersite of trees. |
| 31:6 | And Y haue youe to hym a felowe, Ooliab, the sone of Achisameth, of the kynrede of Dan; and Y haue put in `the herte of hem the wisdom of ech lerned man, that thei make alle thingis, whiche Y comaundide to thee; |
| 31:7 | the tabernacle of boond of pees, and the arke of witnessyng, and the propiciatorie, ether table, which is theronne, and alle the vessels of the tabernacle; |
| 31:8 | also the bord, and vessels therof, the clenneste candilstike with hise vessels, and the auteris of encence, |
| 31:9 | and of brent sacrifice, and alle the vessels of hem; the greet `waischyng vessel with his foundement; |
| 31:10 | hooli clothis in seruyce to Aaron prest, and to hise sones, that thei be set in her office in hooli thingis; |
| 31:11 | the oile of anoyntyng, and encence of swete smellynge spiceryes in the seyntuarie; thei schulen make alle thingis whiche Y comaundide to thee. |
| 31:12 | And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, |
| 31:13 | and thou schalt seie to hem, Se ye that ye kepe my sabat, for it is a signe bytwixe me and you in youre generaciouns; that ye wite, that Y am the Lord, which halewe you. |
| 31:14 | Kepe ye my sabat, for it is hooli to you; he that defoulith it, schal die bi deeth, the soule of hym, that doith werk in the sabat, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple. |
| 31:15 | Sixe daies ye schulen do werk; in the seuenthe dai is sabat, hooli reste to the Lord; ech man that doith werk in this dai schal die. |
| 31:16 | The sones of Israel kepe sabat, and halewe it in her generaciouns; |
| 31:17 | it is a couenaunt euerlastinge bitwixe me and the sones of Israel, and it is `a signe euerlastynge; for in sixe daies God made heuene and erthe, and in the seuenthe day he ceessid of werk. |
| 31:18 | And whanne siche wordis weren fillid, the Lord yaf to Moises, in the hil of Synay, twei stonun tablis of witnessyng, writun with the fyngur of God. |
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.