King James Version

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

Proper noun

 * 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.
 * , Jeffrey M. Perl, Common Knowledge, quoted in front material, Homer, Robert Fagles (translator), The Iliad, page i
 * "Fagles' Homer, Sophocles, and especially Aeschylus may one day stand relation to their originals as the King James Version to Greek and Hebrew Scripture."
 * "Fagles' Homer, Sophocles, and especially Aeschylus may one day stand relation to their originals as the King James Version to Greek and Hebrew Scripture."

Synonyms

 * King James Bible
 * Authorized Version

Derived terms

 * KJV

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 欽定版聖經, 英王欽定本, 詹姆士王聖經, 詹姆士王譯本, 英王詹姆士譯本
 * Mandarin: 欽定版聖經, 英王欽定本, 詹姆士王聖經, 詹姆士王譯本, 英王詹姆士譯本
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: Kuningas Jaakon Raamattu
 * French: Bible du roi Jacques
 * Galician: versión do rei Xaime
 * German: King-James-Bibel, King-James-Version (proscribed: King James Version)
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: Bibbia di re Giacomo
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 흠정역 성서(欽定譯聖書), ^킹 ^제임스 성서(聖書)
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: versão do rei James
 * Russian: Библия короля Якова
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: