Ask Andy Smith about his favorite passages from the King James Bible, and he rattles off Romans 8:38-39 as if it were a nursery rhyme learned in childhood: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor ...

Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments that ...

The King James Bible, the most famous version of the world’s most influential book, was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. "The King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible remains the ...

The poetic power of the King James Bible is part of our heritage. Around the world people have been comforted by the words, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” They have been challenged by, ...

HOLYHEAD, Wales — When people talk about the influence of the King James Bible on the English language, they are usually thinking of the many idioms that have come into the language with a biblical ...