The 47 translators of the King James Version of the Bible were well established and accomplished scholars. King James I did not like the Geneva Bible nor the "official" Bishop's Bible, so he originally commissioned 54 translators ...
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King James Bible - The History; The King James Bible, published in 1611, was England's authorized version of the Bible translated from the original Hebrew and Greek languages into English at the request of King James I of England.
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Authorized King James Version - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Authorized King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1611 by the Church of England. Printed by the King's Printer, Robert Barker, the...
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A Brief History of the King James Bible ... The king rejoined that he: "Could never yet see a Bible well translated in English; but I think that, of all, that of Geneva is the worst.
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Made by a committee of churchmen led by Lancelot Andrewed and composed by many of the finest scholars in England, the beautiful English of this version has had great influence and is generally ranked in English literature with the works of ...
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The translator of the KJV were a group of scholars from varying backgrounds and mixed religion that preformed the translation at the command of King James and sought to be as impartial to a particular religions interpretation as possible. A...
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Biographies on the KJV translators. ... We do not know much about the men who translated the King James Bible--the word of God for the English-speaking people. Perhaps this is fitting lest too much honor should be bestowed upon man.
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Question: Isn't it true that the King James Bible was translated by only half a dozen manuscripts, and that none of them was earlier than the 10th century (900s) AD? ... God preserved His words. The King James Bible is the accurate and complete translation of them, from Greek in Antioch of Syria into the English language.
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    QUESTION: I've heard that there have been many manuscripts discovered since 1611 that the King James translators didn't have access to. Do these strengthen or weaken the King James Bible? ... So, although the Sinaitic manuscript was discovered over 200 years after the Authorized Version was translated,
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Why did the translators of the King James Bible translate it into the common English of the time? They said that they wanted to make a version that everyday common folks (of the time) could understand.
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