King James Version
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King James Version
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɜː.ʃən/ UK
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɜː.ʒən/ UK
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɝː.ʒən/ US
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɝː.ʃən/ US
Where it comes from
Named for James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who authorized the production of a new English translation of the Bible.
proper noun the King James Version
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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.
Similar: King James Bible, Authorized Version
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name 1611 English translation of the Bible
| 한국어 | 흠정역 성서 heumjeong'yeok seongseo, 킹 제임스 성서 King Jeimseu seongseo |
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| 日本語 | 欽定訳聖書 Kinteiyakuseisho |
| 中文 | 欽定版聖經 /钦定版圣经 Qīndìngbǎn Shèngjīng, 英王欽定本 /英王钦定本 Yīngwáng Qīndìngběn, 詹姆士王聖經 /詹姆士王圣经 Zhānmǔshì Wáng Shèngjīng, 詹姆士王譯本 /詹姆士王译本 Zhānmǔshì Wáng Yìběn, 英王詹姆士譯本 /英王詹姆士译本 Yīngwáng Zhānmǔshì Yìběn |
| हिन्दी | राजा जेम्स संस्करण rājā jems sanskaraṇ |
| Português | versão do rei James |
| Français | Bible du roi Jacques |
| Deutsch | King-James-Bibel, King James Version f) |
| Italiano | Bibbia di re Giacomo |
| Русский | Библия короля Якова Biblija korolja Jakova |
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