King James Version
noun
: a revision of the English Bishops' Bible carried out under James I, published in 1611, and widely used by Protestants : authorized version
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Oklahoma plans to spend $3 million on Bibles that initially matched Trump’s edition: a King James Version that contains the U.S. founding documents.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
Oklahoma plans to spend $3 million on Bibles that initially matched Trump's edition: a King James Version that contains the U.S. founding documents.
—CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
In the promotional video, Trump says the Bible uses the King James Version of the text.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Elizabethan England gave our language its particular beauty, especially in the plays of Shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible.
—Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
Paul was saying two things which the King James Version missed.
—TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
That’s Romans, chapter 7, verses 18 and 19, King James Version.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2023
The only book available to me, a book I was allowed to read all by myself without anyone paying attention to me, was the King James Version of the Bible.
—Jamaica Kincaid, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
Oklahoma plans to spend $3 million on Bibles that initially matched Trump's edition: a King James Version that contains the U.S. founding documents.
—CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
In the promotional video, Trump says the Bible uses the King James Version of the text.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Elizabethan England gave our language its particular beauty, especially in the plays of Shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible.
—Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
Paul was saying two things which the King James Version missed.
—TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
That’s Romans, chapter 7, verses 18 and 19, King James Version.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2023
The only book available to me, a book I was allowed to read all by myself without anyone paying attention to me, was the King James Version of the Bible.
—Jamaica Kincaid, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
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