| | The '''King James Version''' (also called the '''Authorized Version''', or, in older texts, the '''English Bible'''<ref>One edition was humorously called the "She Bible," as explained by the [[Museum of the Bible]]: {{cquote|In one edition of the 1611 King James Bible, Ruth 3:15 reads, “he went into the cit[y],” referring to the character of Boaz. This edition is called the “He” Bible. The other 1611 edition reads, “she went into the cit[y],” referring to Ruth, earning it the name, the “She” Bible.}} [https://www.museumofthebible.org/book-minute/she-bible#:~:text=Book%20Minute&text=In%20one%20edition%20of%20the,%2C%20the%20%E2%80%9CShe%E2%80%9D%20Bible.].</ref>) of the [[Bible]] is a [[Poetry|poetic]] masterpiece that has profoundly influenced the [[English|English-speaking]] world ever since its publication in 1611. To this day, this is by far the most preferred version by English-speaking [[Christian]]s. Its bold language includes 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'''<ref>One edition was humorously called the "She Bible," as explained by the [[Museum of the Bible]]: {{cquote|In one edition of the 1611 King James Bible, Ruth 3:15 reads, “he went into the cit[y],” referring to the character of Boaz. This edition is called the “He” Bible. The other 1611 edition reads, “she went into the cit[y],” referring to Ruth, earning it the name, the “She” Bible.}} [https://www.museumofthebible.org/book-minute/she-bible#:~:text=Book%20Minute&text=In%20one%20edition%20of%20the,%2C%20the%20%E2%80%9CShe%E2%80%9D%20Bible.].</ref>) of the [[Bible]] is a [[Poetry|poetic]] masterpiece that has profoundly influenced the [[English|English-speaking]] world ever since its publication in 1611. To this day, this is by far the most preferred version by English-speaking [[Christian]]s. Its bold language includes mentioning "[[devil]]" more than 3 times as often as modern [[politically correct]] translations. |
| − | This "KJV", "KJB" or "AV", as it is abbreviated, was the magnificent 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]]. 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 (modern translations benefit from earlier 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", "KJB" or "AV", as it is abbreviated, was the magnificent culmination of seven years of work (1604–1611) by about fifty English scholars and twenty [[Church of England]] [[bishops]], as authorized by King [[James I of England]]. 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), and modern translations benefit from earlier sources discovered subsequent to 1611. 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.]] Many cite Rev. [[Martin Luther King]]'s "I Have a Dream" speech without acknowledging its source in the ''[[Isaiah, Chapter 40|Isaiah 40:4]]'': |
| | :"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." | | :"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." |