Bible Discussion Thread

Thanks for your description about king James version which you sent me before.

I have one more question please elaborate this one. I have read some where that,

The King James Version (also called the "Authorized Version," even though King James never gave the finished version his royal approval) is revised several times.

Can you please explain what does this mean.

Thank you.

Excellent. So you read my reply to your previous post. All records show that King James 1 did indeed authorize the King James Bible. Now, interestingly it was originally going to have a very simply name 'The Holy Bible' and was shown in the 1st printings. However, it was indeed the committee who decided it be more distinguished (hence "the Great Bible" already existing and possibly becoming a confusion with this). They then change it to the Holy King James Bible. In 1769 this was the most significant and important revision.

If you go here to the site you have the option of reading the 1769 version or 1611. The 1611 was written in Elizabethan English but also similar to the Tyndale Bible it was an early English with a few printing errors and early Germanic-English which was no longer becoming as common toward the end of the 16th century. Albeit, we still see the Elizabethan English -- the Germanic which also had Latin characters ("V" instead of "U" for instance) still exists as a special print should you choose to read that.

Later revisions first separated the apocryphal books and then before the 1890's the apocryphal books (do to their lack of inspiration toward the Word of God) were taken out entirely.

I hope this helps.