TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE
James
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND
The Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord
GREAT AND MANIFOLD WERE THE BLESSINGS, MOST DREAD SOVEREIGN, WHICH ALMIGHTY GOD, THE FATHER OF ALL MERCIES, bestowed upon us the people of England, when first he sent Your Majesty's royal Person to rule and reign over us. But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts than the blessed continuance of the preaching of God's sacred Word among us, which is that inestimable treasure which excelleth all the riches of the earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven.There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and religious affection in Your Majesty; but none is more forcible to declare it to others than the vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publishing of this work, which now, with all humility, we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your Highness had once, out of deep judgement, apprehended how convenient it was, that, out of the Original sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our own and other foreigh languages, of many worthy men who went before us, there should be one more exact translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue.
In 1603 King James of England, along with six teams of scholars began a new version of the Bible. Completed in 1611, the King James version of the Bible has enjoyed enormous prestige because of the beauty and rythm of its language. Above are excerpts from the presentation page.
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