KJV
Authorized English scripture
KJV is an abbreviation for the King James Version, an English translation of the Bible commissioned by King James I of England and completed in 1611.
Also called the Authorized Version, it remains one of the most widely read and influential English translations, known for its literary style and archaic language.
The KJV uses "thee" and "thou" throughout.
Bible study discussions often reference specific translations: I prefer the KJV for its poetic phrasing.
Second-person object, antiquated
- thouArchaic second-person pronoun
- yeArchaic second-person plural
- verilyArchaic word for certainly
- begatFathered, in old usage
spake · unto · whither · thither · hast · doth · saith · thy
Pertaining to King James's reign
- ErasmusDutch Renaissance humanist
- GutenbergPrinting press inventor's name
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
codex · folio · vellum · scribe · parchment · translators · ecclesiastical
Converting between languages
- ApocryphaScripturally disputed religious texts
- ScripturesSacred religious canon
- PentateuchFive books of Moses
- GospelsCanonical Christ biographies
Revelation · Genesis · Exodus · Proverbs · Ecclesiastes · Isaiah · Daniel · Matthew
Of the Stratford playwright
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- proseUnversified language
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
memorization · recitation · quotation · allusion · phrasing · idiom · heritage · legacy
thee
Second-person object, antiquated
begat · spake · unto · whither · thither · hast · doth · saith · thy · thine
Jacobean
Pertaining to King James's reign
- ErasmusDutch Renaissance humanist
- GutenbergPrinting press inventor's name
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
manuscript · codex · folio · vellum · scribe · parchment · translators · ecclesiastical
translation
Converting between languages
- ApocryphaScripturally disputed religious texts
- ScripturesSacred religious canon
- PentateuchFive books of Moses
Gospels · Revelation · Genesis · Exodus · Proverbs · Ecclesiastes · Isaiah · Daniel · Matthew · John
Shakespearean
Of the Stratford playwright
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- proseUnversified language
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
rhythm · memorization · recitation · quotation · allusion · phrasing · idiom · heritage · legacy · liturgy
- Bible editionsKing James Version, Bible, NIV, Gutenberg Bible, RSV
- Bible TranslationsKing James Version, NIV, King James Bible, RSV, King James
- Biblesstudy Bible, King James Bible, family Bible, Catholic Bible, children's Bible
- English BiblesKing James Bible
- Bible studiesHebrew Bible, textual analysis, biblical authority, redaction criticism, ancient manuscripts
- Religious AcronymsINRI, YHWH, JC, XP, NIV