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King James Bible

The King James Bible does 400 years. "King James's offer to commission a new Bible translation Had Been Made quite casually at the Hampton Court Conference in 1604, chiefly, It Seems, to console the Puritans for Their failure to secure any other changes to the religious settlement. To many contemporaries, it seemed little more than a royal vanity project. In the preface to the first edition of 1611, the translators admitted that many people saw no need for a new translation at all ..." TLS .