![]() Since 1611 the KJV has been “fixed” about 100,000 times to give us the translation of the KJV we have today. ![]() ![]() It is not the most accurate, but it is the most beautiful. It has been referred to as, “the single greatest monument to the English language.” What makes the King James so good? In one word, elegance. The King James Version has endured the test of time. It takes 50 years for the King James to surpass the Geneva Bible as the English Bible used by most people. The purpose of the translators was not to make an entirely new translation of the Bible but, “to make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principal good one.”ġ660’s: The King James Bible is not immediately a success. 1611 - The King James Version, known in England as the Authorized Version, is published for the first time.
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