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The King James Version of the Bible was based on ancient Hebrew and Greek sources rather than the Latin Vulgate. The King James Version is freely and fully available for searching online.<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/108/</ref>
The King James Version of the Bible was based on ancient Hebrew and Greek sources rather than the Latin Vulgate. The King James Version is freely and fully available for searching online.<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/108/</ref>
The King James Version used italics to indicate words that had no exact equivalent in the original text, but had been supplied by the translators for various reasons, usually to make the text read properly in English. A modern reader is used to seeing italics used for emphasis; their use in the King James Version creates a strange impression, and sometimes even an unintended comic effect:
*And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled ''him''. (1 Kings 13:27)
Many modern editions of the King James Version omit the italicization.
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