Bible (Authorized Version)

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The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible  (1611)

information about this edition.  The King James Version (KJV)a is a 1604–1611 English-language rendering of the Christian Bible undertaken by the established Church of England and commissioned by King James, the namesake thereof, that is often considered to be one of the most beautiful and influential literary works in the history of the aforementioned tongue. The spelling of the text—originally printed in a British-style variety of the calligraphy-like blackletter family of scripts, except for the words not found in the original biblical languages,b represented with a small, italicized Roman typefacec—has been faithfully preserved herein, and so have the marginal notes; but whereas the initial 1611 printed variants had them appear on either side of the lines, in the present edition they are placed along the right margin only.

Title pages

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Teſtament, and the New: Newly Tranſlated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Tranſlations diligently compared and reuiſed, by his Maiesties ſpeciall Comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings moſt Excellent Maiestie. Anno Dom. 1611.

The Newe Teſtament of our Lord and Sauiour Iesvs Christ. ¶ Newly Tranſlated out of the Originall Greeke: and with the former Tranſlations diligently compared and reuiſed, by his Maieſties ſpeciall Commandement. ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings moſt Excellent Maieſtie. Anno Dom. 1611.

Contents

• The Epiſtle Dedicatorie.
• The Tranſlators to the Reader.

¶ The names and order of all the Bookes of the Olde and New Teſtament, with the Number of their Chapters.

The Bookes of the Olde Teſtament

Geneſis hath Chapters	50	Eccleſiaſtes hath Chapters	12
Exodus	40	The ſong of Solomon	8
Leuiticus	27	Iſaiah	66
Numbers	36	Ieremiah	52
Deuteronomie	34	Lamentations	5
Ioſhua	24	Ezekiel	48
Iudges	21	Daniel	12
Ruth	4	Hoſea	14
1. Samuel	31	Ioel	3
2. Samuel	24	Amos	9
1. Kings	22	Obadiah	1
2. Kings	25	Ionah	4
1. Chronicles	29	Micah	7
2. Chronicles	36	Nahum	5
Ezrah	10	Habakkuk	3
Nehemiah	13	Zephaniah	3
Eſter	10	Haggai	2
Iob	42	Zechariah	14
Pſalmes	150	Malachi	4
Prouerbs	31

The Bookes called Apocrypha

1. Eſdras hath Chapters	9	Baruch with the Epiſtle of Ieremiah	6
2. Eſdras	16	The ſong of the three children.
Tobit	14	The ſtory of Suſanna.
Iudeth	16	The idole Bel and the Dragon.
The reſt of Eſther	6	The prayer of Manaſſeh.
Wiſedome	19	1. Maccabees	16
Eccleſiaſticus	51	2. Maccabees	15

The Bookes of the New Teſtament

Matthew hath Chapters	28	1. Timotheus hath Chapters	6
Marke	16	2. Timotheus	4
Luke	24	Titus	3
Iohn	21	Philemon	1
The Aƈtes	26	To the Hebrewes	13
The Epiſtle to the Romanes	16	The Epiſtle of Iames	5
1. Corinthians	16	1. Peter	5
2. Corinthians	13	2. Peter	3
Galatians	6	1. Iohn	5
Epheſians	6	2. Iohn	1
Philippians	4	3. Iohn	1
Coloſsians	4	Iude	1
1. Theſſalonians	5	Reuelation	22
2. Theſſalonians	3

Notes

• a.—A.k.a. the Authorized Version (AV).
• b.—I.e., Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
• c.—The current transcription has retained the said italics, but not the above-mentioned Gothic minuscule.