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King james version

//ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɜː.ʃən// name

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  1. 1
    An English translation, published in 1611, of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commissioned for the Church of England, which is the version most quoted and influential in English literature and English Protestant religious culture.

    "[...], and of course the Bible, the men who wrote it and especially the men who made the King James version, for it was the language of the Bible rather than its "message" which I got first and which I will never shake off."

Etymology

Named for James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who authorized the production of a new English translation of the Bible.

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