AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

           The rights to the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is in the United Kingdom and vested in the Crown.  Published by permission of the Crown's patentee (King/Queen), Cambridge University Press.  The King James Version of the Holy Bible was first printed in 1611, but the main edition used today is the 1769 version.  The King James Version, is also known as the Authorized Version, because it was authorized to be read in churches.  For over 300 years it was the main English translation used in the English speaking world and much admired and respected.  About 400 words and phrases coined or popularized by the King James Version are part of the English language today. 
          The King James Version was not a new translation, but a version of the English Bible commissioned by King James I of Great Britain (England) following the Church of England Hampton Court Conference in 1604.  Fifty four scholars from London, Oxford and Cambridge worked on the project.  They were all from the Church of England (Anglicans), but included those of traditional and Puritan views.  Officially in 1586 the Bishop's Bible was used as the base for the revision, but the scholars referenced all existing Bible translations in English, such as the Geneva Bible and the Tyndale, and also editions in other languages.  The first completed Bible was printed in 1611, and included the Apocrypha, which is omitted from this edition.  

          1769 Edition:  In 1611 English spelling and punctuation were not in standard forms, and the Bible underwent  a mainly--orthographic revision by Oxford and Cambridge Universities in 1769, which is the version most people, use today.  The right of the King James Version of the Bible were, and still are protected under British Law and vested in the Crown. 

          Bible Society Edition:  In 1804 the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) was founded and they printed millions of "cheap" copies of the Bible for people to buy and read.  Through the work of the Bible Societies the King James Version (KJV) became the most widely read book in the "world".  

          1954 Paraphrased Edition:  The King James Version was printed with each new verse starting on a new line.  In 1954 the British and Foreign Bible Society produced a new addition of the KJV, keeping the original 1769 text, but adding sub-titles and paragraphs, making it easier to read.  In 2011, this was reprinted in a special addition, with other appendices such as a Glossary, and Concordance, to mark the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version.  This is the text used in the on-line edition.  The "authorized" version was paragraphed with sub-headings added by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1954 and released again as a special edition in 2011.

This article taken from Google Assist. February 22, 2025


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