Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 23:1 | Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face, |
| 23:2 | and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule, |
| 23:3 | desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing. |
| 23:4 | Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence. |
| 23:5 | Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene. |
| 23:6 | Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis; |
| 23:7 | for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with thee. |
| 23:8 | Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis. |
| 23:9 | Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche. |
| 23:10 | Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children. |
| 23:11 | For the neiybore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause ayens thee. |
| 23:12 | Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng. |
| 23:13 | Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouy thou smyte hym with a yerde, he schal not die. |
| 23:14 | Thou schalt smyte hym with a yerde, and thou schalt delyuere his soule fro helle. |
| 23:15 | Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee; |
| 23:16 | and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riytful thing. |
| 23:17 | Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai. |
| 23:18 | For thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei. |
| 23:19 | Mi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie. |
| 23:20 | Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete. |
| 23:21 | For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis. |
| 23:22 | Here thi fadir, that gendride thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld. |
| 23:23 | Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding. |
| 23:24 | The fadir of a iust man ioieth ful out with ioie; he that gendride a wijs man, schal be glad in hym. |
| 23:25 | Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye. |
| 23:26 | My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes. |
| 23:27 | For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit. |
| 23:28 | Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar. |
| 23:29 | To whom is wo? to whos fadir is wo? to whom ben chidingis? to whom ben dichis? to whom ben woundis with out cause? to whom is puttyng out of iyen? |
| 23:30 | Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis? |
| 23:31 | Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver. |
| 23:32 | It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms. |
| 23:33 | Thin iyen schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis. |
| 23:34 | And thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steere is lost. |
| 23:35 | And thou schalt seie, Thei beeten me, but Y hadde not sorewe; thei drowen me, and Y feelide not; whanne schal Y wake out, and Y schal fynde wynes eft? |
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.