King James Version
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The King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible first published in 1611. It remains influential in English-speaking Christianity and has shaped the language and phrasing used in many religious and cultural contexts.
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- KJV
- Online as
- King James Version at Wikisource
- Textual basis
- OT : Bishop's Bible , Apocrypha : Septuagint and Vulgate , NT : Textus Receptus
- Translation type
- Formal equivalence
- Copyright
- Perpetually copyrighted in UK, De facto public domain elsewhere
- Religious affiliation
- Anglican
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The King James Version (KJV), also known as the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I. The 80 books of the KJV include 39 books of the Old Testament, 14 books of Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament.
The KJV does not include a commentary on the text as the King believed that might contain anti-monarchist sentiment as had its predecessor the Geneva Bible.