Abbreviation: | KJV |
Released: | 1611 |
Contents: | Old Testament, New Testament |
Source Used: | |
Location: | Tyndale House, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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.
Sample Verses
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.
Comparisons
The following comparative studies include this version:
- Additions and Omissions in the Synoptic Gospels
- Bishops, Overseers, Presbyters, and Elders
- Burden and Yoke to Be Removed
- Commandments or Clean Robes?
- Criminals on the Crosses
- Deceived Prophet
- Entering His Rest
- From Eternity or From Ancient Times?
- Falsifying Scribes
- Fringe on the Borders of a Garment
- Gifts of the Spirit
- God So Loved the World
- Gods, God, or Judges
- Hebrew Poetry in the Bible
- Hebrew Synoptic Gospels
- Horses from Egypt and Kue
- Israelites and Baal-Peor
- Let No Man Judge You
- Lord Is My Shepherd: An Anthology
- Miracle at Cana
- Offering Sacrifices to the He-Goat
- Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread
- Reference to the Trinity
- Sabbaths and Sundown
- Scripture Inspired by God
- Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9
- Sides of the Court of the Tabernacle
- Some Variations in the Book of Acts
- Song of Solomon
- Story of the Adultress
- That Which Will Happen Before the End
- Those Who Work Iniquity
- Time of Peleg
- Tragedy at Beth-Shemesh
- Variations in the Pentateuch
- Was Jesus Forsaken by God?
- Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures