THE KING JAMES VERSION

In this section we have over a HUNDRED articles dealing with the King James Version, this is the largest Catholic source of information to this still very popular Protestant translation of the sacred scriptures. We have broken these articles in to eight sections: 

• The Errors and oddities found in the King James Bible:

• The KJV's occult, Luciferian and Cultic connections:

• On The Lighter side: 

• The Catholic influence on the King James Version:

• The Changes Made to the King James Bible over the years:

• The Canon of The 1611 King James Version:

  • A Look at The Apocrypha in the King James Version:

  • Answering Some of The Objections  To The "Apocrypha" in the 1611:

• Some of the Text used to Create the King James Version:

• The Men who created the King James Version:

• General information on the King James Bible

The Errors and oddities found in the King James Bible:

This is photo of spine of a 1625 printing of the King James Version, It is one of the many Antiquarian Bibles owned by the webmaster of this site.  Click here to see a scan of the very ornately illustrated opening page from the 1625 KJV.   Click here to see the opening page of the New Testament from the 1625 KJV.

• A Brief History "Graven Image" in The King James Version:

• Three or Twenty Three Thousand?: A comparison of the words found in King James Version of the book of Exod.32:28 and St. Paul's New Testament telling of the event found in 1 Cor.10:8 of the KJV. This is a very fine Example of one of the The Contradictions and errors to be found in The King James Version..

• Defects of the King James Version: The following paragraphs are taken from the Protestant book, The Revised New Testament and History of Revision, giving a literal reprint of the Authorized English Edition of the Revised New Testament, prepared under the direction of Professor Isaac H. Hall, LL.B.; Ph. D. in 1881.

• A small list of errors found in the 1611 King James Version: while most of these were corrected in the editions of 1613, others in much greater number were nevertheless then introduced, this listing is From The American Bible Society, Thirty-Sixth Report 1852)

• The Great "HE" Bible: A look at the best know translation error [Ruth 3:15] in the 1611 KJV.

• Did it say "Lucifer." or " O daystar": In The Original 1611 King James Version.

• The Our Father:" Why does not the Catholic Bible contain the doxology at the end of our Lord’s Prayer, as does the King James Version? "for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever."

• Exodus 20:13 is it "Kill" or "Murder"?: Did The Translators of The King James Version Change One of The Ten Commandments? 

• What Should Luke 1:28 Read ?: "Highly Favored" or "Full of Grace"? 

• The Names of Christ Removed From The King James Version: A partial list of the names of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ found in the Vulgate and Douay and were removed from the 1611 King James Version.

• The 1611 King James Version Was Itself Simply a Revision: The King James Version should really be considered the fifth revision of the work of  Tyndale's Version.

• 1733 "The History of the New Testament's" admission: That the KJV Contained mistranslations.

• The 1769 Revision and it's admission that the previous printings of the KJV had Errors: Many errors that were found in former editions have been corrected, and the text reformed to such a standard of purity, as, it is presumed, is not to be met with in any other edition hitherto extant.

• The Edition of The KJV That Would Have Infuriated King James Himself: A unique King James Version was Printed in Amsterdam by Stephen Swart in 1642. What makes this edition of the KJV so very different was that it contained the foot and margin Notes from the Geneva Bible.

• The KJV Mis-Translation of Psalms: I’m sure to some it will come as a surprise to find the translators and printers of the King James Version willfully, purposely altered the Sacred words of God for such a poor theological reason as to make them rhyme.

• Is the term "Jehovah" the proper name of God?: or is it a Erroneous name of a cult of witnesses and another example of the Horrible Transitional Errors, found in the 1611 King James Version and The New World Translation?

• The Translators of The 1611 KJV admitted They had to Guess on The Meaning of many words: It may come as a shock to many Protestants it know that in The original Preface to the King James Version of the translators themselves admitted there were many Hebrew and Greek words (lexicons) and whole sentences They did not understand, They were forced to GUESS there meanings.

• Does The KJV encourage "Privet Interpretation" ?: If it Does, than why do Protestants scholars always feel the need to offer explanations of its Verses?:

• The Evolution of a Heretical Bible: The Truth be told, from the very start the "Authorized Version" has gone through constant change [over 100 revisions], in order to correct the over 400 errors found in the first edition.

• Was the 1611 King James translation a "Gender Exclusive" Version?: actually, the answer to this question might surprise you.

• The Archaic Language of the King James Version: The greatest problem, however, is presented by the English words which are still in constant use but now convey a different meaning from that which they had in 1611 and in the King James Version. These words were once accurate translations of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures; but now, having changed in meaning, they have become misleading.

• Words Found in the KJV, that no longer have the same meaning: This is a listing of 257 [affecting 642 verses] words and phrases found in the King James Version that since 1611 have changed there meaning.

• Dispelling the Myth's of the KJV Onlyists: A quick look at some of the modern Myths held by King James Version supporters. 

The KJV's occult, Luciferian and Cultic connections:  

• The Mythological and Mysterious Unicorns in the KJV: The Unicorn is a legendary, one-horned animal found described in ancient and medieval literature. Although there is no evidence that such an animal ever lived, many people including the original translators King James Version believed in them. They are today STILL be found among the pages of this flawed translation of the Bible.

•  The Pagan Mythological Animals Found Only in the KJV: Amazingly, the King James Version of the Bible (and only the KJV.) contains these imaginary pagan creatures, who are more deserving to be found in the Dungeons and Dragons role playing game than sacred scripture.

• The Pagan Zodiac was in the Original 1611 King James Version: The King James Version [past and present editions] has many examples Pagan symbolism.

• Dispelling the Myth's of the KJV Onlyists: A quick look at some of the modern Myths held by King James Version supporters. 

• The "Fruits" of The King James Version: A Look at a few of the major the Cult's and Luciferians that use the KJV, as there Bible of choice.

• The King James Bible, Is the Masonic Bible of Choice: A look at the Masonic use of the KJV.

• "Graven Images" Of Pagan Origin: as were Found in The King James Version.

On the Lighter side: some famous Printing flukes found in the early [and present] editions of the King James Version.

• How Did Bethlehem Get a Coastline In The KJV?:. "that were in Bethlehem, and in all the COASTS thereof" (Matthew 2:16)

• The Edition of the KJV that could not count: A look the heading for II Samuel chapter 24 as was found in the 1611 King James Version.

• That "Wicked Bible": A look at Exodus 20:14 in the 1631 The King James Version"

• The Name of "Shakespeare" in Psalm 46 of The  King James version: William Shakespeare was a contemporary of the translation of the King James Version. It seems that he may have his autographed in his work on Psalms 46. 

• The "Sin On" Edition of the Bible: A look at John 8:11, in the 1716 edition of King James Version.

• The "Vinegar Bible": A odd mistake in the 1717 printing of the King James Version.

• The "Printers Bible,": This is example of a real funny printers error found in the 1702 edition of the King James Version"

• The KJV Bible edition That "Stuttered": A look at Exodus 14:10 in the Original 1611 King James Version.

• The Case of the "Mistaken Identify": A look at Matthew 26:36 in the original 1611 The King James Version.

• Some Famous and Funny Misprinted King James Versions:

The Catholic influence on the King James Version:

• The Protestant "Graven Images" Honoring Mary and The Saints: A look at some of the "Graven Images" honoring Mary and the Saints found in the early printings of the King James Version and Book of Common Prayer.

• The Special Honor Paid To The Blessed Virgin and The Saints In The Original King James Version: These verses not only received special emphasis as being put to music but were openly dedicated to Mary, the most blessed, and intended for singing at Sunday services, as well as during daytime prayer, by the authors, and printers, of the KJV. As we shall see, various aspects of the following verses were emphasized, and expounded upon, for the glory of the Mother of Christ, by the authors and printers of the KJV.

• The Perpetual Virginity of Mary and the 1611 King James Version: Protestants today generally reject the concept of Mary's perpetual virginity as strictly a  Romanist or Catholic theology, but this was not always true.  The perpetual virginity was clearly held and accepted by their early predecessors.

• The Honor To The Early Church Fathers and Tradition: In The Original 1611 King James Version.

• Additions to the KJV Derived From Latin Vulgate, Not in Greek Textus Receptus:

• Quotes found in KJV Derived From The Catholic Douay Rheims:

The Changes Made to the King James Bible over the years:

• The original translators' manuscript [of the KJV] No longer exists: They have been LOST.

• The Myth of "A" 1611 Edition, of the King James Version: What most most people don't know is that there were Three 1611 printings of the KJV, and they were very different from each other.

• A Look at The Largest Single Revision Made to the KJV: With out a doubt, the largest single act of revision preformed on the King James Version, is the removal of the Deuterocanonical books. 

• Examples of the Changes in Print Type used in the Early King James Versions: This is a quick look at the ever changing Print types used during the first couple of years of the printing of the KJV.

• The Lack of Standardized Spelling In The 1611 KJV: This is a quick look at the spelling variation of the early years of the printing of the KJV.

• Was the 1611 KJV's English a "purest form" of the language?: This is a quick look at one of the many Laughable "battle cries" of the fanatical KJV Onlyists.

• A Look At Some of The Changes In The King James Version: Here we have several scans of some of the verses from the 1611 and other early KJV's we can see the some of the many changes and the evolution of this version. Most of the changes illustrated are simple spelling changes but some are punctuation and actual word changes.

• The Evolution of a Heretical Bible: The Truth be told, from the very start the "Authorized Version" has gone through constant change [over 100 revisions], in order to correct the over 400 errors found in the first edition.

• The 1769 Revision and it's admission that the previous printed KJV's had errors: Many errors that were found in former editions have been corrected, and the text reformed to such a standard of purity, as, it is presumed, is not to be met with in any other edition hitherto extant.

• The Ever Growing Number of Variations Found in The Editions of the KJV: A chart showing the ever growing number of textual variations found in the different editions of the KJV.

• Is This KJV The Same as The Original 1611 King James Version?: The true answer might Surprise you.

• Which King James Version?: The ever changing face of the 1611 King James Version.

• A sample comparison of the many changes: From the 1611 KJV to the 1850 KJV

• Some selected examples of the differences: between the 1611 KJV and today's KJV

• The 1611 King James Version Was Itself Simply a Revision: The King James Version should really be considered the fifth revision of the work of  Tyndale's Version.

• The King James Version of 1611 The Myth of Early Revisions: This is a refutation of a article of the same name written by a  Dr. Reagan pastors the Trinity Baptist Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee.

• Was the 1611 King James Bible Different from Those We Have Today?: This is a refutation of a deceitful Protestant article by the same name written by Baptist named David Cloud. This article is typical of the trash was found at the militant Anti-Catholic BibleBelievers.net and the Way of Life websites.

The Canon of The 1611 King James Version:

• A listing of the Names and Order of all the Books in the original KJV's: This is a  scan from the 1625 printing of the  King James Version, it lists the The names and order of all the Books of the Old and New Testament, [including the "Apocrypha"]. the list includes the number of Chapters found in each book.

A Look at The Apocrypha in the King James Version:

• The Order of Books found in the 1611 KJV: This order of sacred books was taken from the Greek Septuagint.

• The Deuterocanonical Books In The Original 1611 King James Version.: We could safely say the  Bible that the Protestants use today omits thousands of verses originally contained in the original 1611 KJV (just over 5,700).  This article is complete with actual scans from early printing of the King James Version, along with images taken from the original first printing of the King James Version, the Great "HE" Bible. It was printed by Robert Barker at London, England in 1611, 

• Image Gallery of the "Apocrypha" in the Early King [1611-1629] James Editions:

  These are leafs from the "Apocrypha" books of the  King James Bible printed by Robert Barker and John Bill in 1641 in London

• Are The Deuterocanonical Books Still In The  King James Version?: The original 1611 King James Version contained the Deuterocanonical books. Contrary to common belief the Deuterocanonical books were NEVER really removed. Throughout the following centuries we find that in the KJV the Deuterocanonical books appear and disappear in a whirlwind of apparent confession as the following few (and only jest a few) examples show:

• The Personal Bible of King James's Grandson, Charles II and the Apocrypha: Recently, on E-bay a very interesting and historic Bible went up for auction [Item # 1520151009], it was the personal Bible of King Charles II of England.

• The Personal Bible King George I of England and the Apocrypha: Recently, on the online auction page E-bay a very interesting and historic Bible went up for auction [Item # 1550468721], it was the The world famous "vinegar" 3-volume Royal Holy Bible & Book of Common Prayer owned by a King George 1st of England. 

• The 1791 edition of the KJV: A fine example of the acceptance of the "Apocrypha" in the King James Version.

• A listing of the Names and Order of all the Books in the 1625 KJV: This is a  scan from the 1625 King James Version listing of the The Names and Order of all the Books of the Old and New Testament, [including the "Apocrypha"]. the list includes the number of Chapters found in each book.

• The "Books Called Apocrypha": The Books "Called Apocrypha" (the Deuterocanonical books) Listed compatibly as found in the 1611 King James Version and the Catholic Bibles.

Answering Some of The Objections of KJV Supporters on The Issue of The "Apocrypha" in the 1611:

• Was the reason for the inclusion of the Apocrypha books into the1611 King James Version only their "Historical Value" ?: Answering a common Protestant objection to the Deuterocanonical books.

• Damaging Margin Notes: Did the 1611 King James Version contain margin notes that condemned the "Apocrypha" as not being scripture? the answer is NO.

• The 1629 edition of the KJV, was printed with out the "Apocrypha": What does this prove, or does it prove anything at all?

• Apocrypha in the 1611 KJV and the "Geneva" argument: Many ardent followers of the King James Version attempt to negate the presence of "Apocrypha" in the original 1611 KJV. They argue that the translators did not hold the "Apocrypha" Books as Scripture to prove this point they use the 1560 Geneva Bible.

• Alexander McClure's seven reasons or not accepting the "Apocrypha" as Scripture: These are the most common reasons put forth by Protestants for not accepting the "Apocrypha" as Scripture are listed on page 185-186 of the book "Translators Revived", written in 1858 by Alexander McClure.

• "Wasn't the Apocrypha in the King James?": This is a refutation of a article found at several Protestant Website, it is also found on the anti-Catholic "Jesus is Lord" [JIL] Website. Here it is found as part of a article called "Why the Apocrypha Isn't in the Bible". The main part of the JIL article is refuted here. We answered this as a separate article so we could go more in depth on the issue of the "Apocrypha" and its relation to the 1611 KJV  

• WHY DID THE 1611 KJV INCLUDE THE APOCRYPHA?: This is a refutation of a deceitful Protestant article by the same name written by Baptist named David Cloud. This article is typical of the trash was found at the militant Anti-Catholic BibleBelievers.net and the Way of Life websites.

• Are the "Apocrypha" books are to be found in the Hebrew language?: This age old Protestant argument is easily proven to be wrong.

• Quotes From the "Apocrypha" Found in the New Testament of The 1611 KJV: In the 1611 King James Version there are eleven Times that the translators acknowledged that the New Testament quotes the "Apocrypha" books.   

• The Prayer of Manasses [or Manassesh]: The 1611 contained more than the just the Catholic Deuterocanonical

Some of the Text used to Create the King James Version:

• Does The KJV translation disagrees with the Textus Receptus?: And are there inconsistency in translating identical words and phrases in the KJV? In the seventeenth century, fifty-four scholars were commissioned by King James to translate a version of the Bible into English that would be accepted by the Church of England. They chose the textus receptus as their source for the translation

• Additions to the KJV Derived From Latin Vulgate, Not in Greek Textus Receptus:

• Quotes found in KJV Derived From The Catholic Douay Rheims:

• Quotes found in the KJV New Testament that were taken from the LXX

• Did the 1611 King James Version's Old Testament Deviated From The Hebrew Masoretic text?: The answer is "Yes" well over a hundred times. 

• Did the 1611 King James Version's New Testament Deviated From The Greek Textus Receptus?: The answer is "Yes" over a hundred times. 

• The 1611 King James Version Was Itself Simply a Revision: The King James Version should really be considered the fifth revision of the work of  Tyndale's Version.

The Men who created the King James Version:

• THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER: The Original Preface to the King James Version 1611 in HTML format.

• THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER: The Original Preface to the King James Version, scanned in from a 1625 printing.

• The "Epistle Dedicatory" of the KJV: This is the Letter of dedication from the translators to King James I of England, It was printed in the front of all the early printings of the KJV, here it is in HTML format .

• The "Epistle Dedicatory" of the KJV: This is the Letter of dedication from the translators to King James I of England, It was printed in the front of all the early printings of the KJV, scanned in from a actual 1625 printing.

• The Translators of The 1611 KJV admitted They had to Guess on The Meaning of many words: It may come as a shock to many Protestants it know that in The original Preface to the King James Version of the translators themselves admitted there were many Hebrew and Greek words (lexicons) and whole sentences They did not understand, They were forced to GUESS there meanings.

• Were the Translators of the 1611King's Bible themselves KJV Onlyists?: The Answer is "NO".

• Did They Trust the 1611 KJV?: The Question is did the translators  of the 1611 KJV trust their own version of the scriptures? The answer might surprise you. 

• The Bloody Hands of The 1611 Translators: And There connection to the High Commission Court. This court that was known as a "terror of all good men"

• The Influence of  The Anglican Church on The KJV: Anglican Archbishop Richard Bancroft and His Influence on the King James Version.

• The KJV Was Created for and Authorized by a Denomination, for It’s Own Use: It is historic fact that the King James Version was a product of the Church of England [the Anglican Church], which created it for it's own use.

• The 1611 King James Version was A Copyrighted Bible: a quick look at the printing and copyrighting of the early KJVs

• The "Principal Mover and Author" of the King James Version Was a Homosexual: Such was testament of Sir. John Oglander in 1617, before the privy council England. "The king is wondrous passionate, a lover of his favorites beyond the love of men to women. He is the chastise prince for women that ever was, for he would often swear that he never kissed any other woman than his own queen. I never yet saw any fond husband make so much or so great dalliance over his beautiful spouse as I have seen King James over his favorites, especially Buckingham."

• The "Godly" King James I: Was a Liar, a Compromiser, a Murder, and a Sodomite.

• The King who believed he was a God: The KJV and the theory "ON THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS."

• THANKSGIVING DAY: The perfect example of Protestants persecuting others because of there religion, and the blood drenched hands of the English King who would fabricate a Bible.

General information on the King James Bible

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