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I want to get Community Consensus to add a link to an online copy of the King James Version

Here's the link: https://webchannel.purebiblesearch.com/ It has audio bibles, and the pure text of the KJV. I'd also like to recommend https://thekjvstore.com/ as a place for buying KJV bibles, if the person of their own freewill so desires. The links are fine and everything is ok. It's just a suggestion. 190.141.81.136 (talk) 04:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The word tyrant not appearing is factually untrue

The word tyrant does appear in the KJV when the apocrypha version is used which is true for the 1611 version of the KJV and the apocrypha was formally removed from the KJV in 1885.

It appears in Wisdom 8:15, 12:14 and in 2 Maccabees 4:25, 7:27. 2601:5CF:8081:2ED0:F5FD:6F48:3F29:D151 (talk) 06:14, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's correct, the word appears in least at those four places. Is a footnote needed, or just a re-word of the text to something like: ".. the word tyrant does not appear once in the main KJV and appears only four times in the Apocrypha version"? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:13, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Authorised and Barker bibles conflated

This article conflates the Authorised Version with the corrupt Barker Bibles. The Authorised is a very exact text that unskilled printers reproduced poorly.

Authorised Versions have a royal seal, do not have an apochrypha, and contain colophons for the 14 letters of Paul to say who wrote them.

Robert Barker (printer) was a criminal Bible corrupter who died in prison for corrupting the bible. His 1611 bibles were not even published in 1611 as far as I can tell. He didn't hold a license until after 1611. But he did spend a lot of effort trying to obtain a sole license.

A lot of the additional materials published in later bibles come from the American Tract Society. There are many distortions because of the money being made. It'll take time to figure out the exact truth.

The King James has been corrected over the years, but the original Authorised Version archetype had the exact text and spelling when it was first printed.

As I understand it, the Authorised 1611 was appointed to be read in churches. This contained pointing on the letters to guide pronunciation of the names.

The phrases "appointed to be read in churches" and "Authorised King James Version" have been reproduced without understanding exactly what they mean. Coalsoffire (talk) 05:53, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]