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The '''King James Version''' (also called the '''Authorized Version''', or, in older texts, '''the English Bible''', '''our English Bible''', and sometimes the '''She Bible''') of the [[Bible]] is a poetic masterpiece that has profoundly influenced the [[English|English-speaking]] world ever since its publication in 1611.  To this day this is the preferred version by many [[Christian]]s, with its bold language such as mentioning "[[devil]]" more than 3 times as often as modern [[politically correct]] translations.

The '''King James Version''' (also called the '''Authorized Version''', or, in older texts, '''the English Bible''', '''our English Bible''', and sometimes the '''She Bible''') of the [[Bible]] is a poetic masterpiece that has profoundly influenced the [[English|English-speaking]] world ever since its publication in 1611.  To this day this is the preferred version by many [[Christian]]s, with its bold language such as mentioning "[[devil]]" more than 3 times as often as modern [[politically correct]] translations.

This "KJV" or "KJB" as it is abbreviated was the culmination of seven years of work (1604–1611) by about fifty English scholars and around twenty [[Church of England]] [[bishops]], as authorized by King [[James I of England]].  The result was It was not the first English translation ([[William Tyndale]] had previously [[translation|translated]] the Bible into English, and much of the Authorized Version was taken from Tyndale's version) nor was it the most accurate (some modern translations benefit from better, more [[conservative]] sources).  Debate exists concerning the accuracy of the translation. But the King James Version of the Bible was the most majestic and it has inspired English literature from [[Herman Melville]] to [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] to the [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]

This "KJV" or "KJB", as it is abbreviated, was the culmination of seven years of work (1604–1611) by about fifty English scholars and around twenty [[Church of England]] [[bishops]], as authorized by King [[James I of England]].  The result was It was not the first English translation ([[William Tyndale]] had previously [[translation|translated]] the Bible into English, and much of the Authorized Version was taken from Tyndale's version) nor was it the most accurate (some modern translations benefit from better, more [[conservative]] sources).  Debate exists concerning the accuracy of the translation. But the King James Version of the Bible was the most majestic and it has inspired English literature from [[Herman Melville]] to [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] to the [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]

For example, many cite Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech without acknowledging its source in the translation of ''[[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 40:4'':

For example, many cite Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech without acknowledging its source in the translation of ''[[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 40:4'':