King James Version

It was translated out of the original tongues and with previous translations, including that of William Tyndale, diligently compared and revised. In the preface of the 1611 edition, the translators stated that it was not their purpose to make a new translation but to make a good one better. It is a revision of the Bishop’s Bible of 1568.

It was the desire of the translators to make God’s holy Truth more and more known unto the people, even though they may be maligned by those religious persons who would keep the people in ignorance and darkness concerning it. It was presented to King James I when completed in 1611. It has been the standard English translation for almost four hundred years.

It is noted for the quality of translation and the majesty of style. The translators were committed to producing an English Bible that would be a precise translation and by no means a paraphrase or broadly approximate rendering. The scholars were fully familiar with the original languages of the Bible and especially gifted in their use of their native English. Because of their reverence for God and His Word, only a principle of utmost accuracy in their translation could be accepted. Appreciating the intrinsic beauty of divine revelation, they disciplined their talents to render well-chosen English words of their time as well as a graceful, often musical, arrangement of language.

There have been many publishers, many editions, and various features for this version.

Genesis 1: 1, 2
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

John 1: 1 – 3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

The following comparative studies include this version:

1. Additions and Omissions in the Synoptic Gospels
2. Bishops, Overseers, Presbyters, and Elders
3. Burden and Yoke to Be Removed
4. Commandments or Clean Robes?
5. Criminals on the Crosses
6. Deceived Prophet
7. Entering His Rest
8. From Eternity or From Ancient Times?
9. Falsifying Scribes
10. Fringe on the Borders of a Garment
11. Gifts of the Spirit
12. God So Loved the World
13. Gods, God, or Judges
14. Hebrew Poetry in the Bible
15. Hebrew Synoptic Gospels
16. Horses from Egypt and Kue
17. Israelites and Baal-Peor
18. Let No Man Judge You
19. Lord Is My Shepherd: An Anthology
20. Miracle at Cana
21. Offering Sacrifices to the He-Goat
22. Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread
23. Reference to the Trinity
24. Sabbaths and Sundown
25. Scripture Inspired by God
26. Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9
27. Sides of the Court of the Tabernacle
28. Some Variations in the Book of Acts
29. Song of Solomon
30. Story of the Adultress
31. That Which Will Happen Before the End
32. Those Who Work Iniquity
33. Time of Peleg
34. Tragedy at Beth-Shemesh
35. Variations in the Pentateuch
36. Was Jesus Forsaken by God?
37. Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures