The King James Version of the Bible was first published in 1611. Its literary brilliance is well known and its words and phrases have had a unique influence on the English language. Four hundred years ...
Before he was four years old, Macaulay was taught by his mother to read English from the Bible. "It is literally true that the English I learned was the English of the King James Bible.
Early editions of the English Bible included the Apocrypha, but nowadays this is far less common, particularly in the King James Version. This book, uniquely presenting the books of the KJV Apocrypha ...
while the Old Testament was finished in 1609. Ironically the Douay-Rheims New Testament influenced the King James Bible. [2,3] After the 14th century when English finally became the popular ...