Authorized Version
Britishnoun
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But Mr. Kirkpatrick has a backup plan — the Authorized Version, better known as the King James Bible.
From Washington Times • May 26, 2021
What became known as the King James, or Authorized, Version was based heavily on the Geneva Bible but more in conformity to the Church of England, McDermott said.
From Washington Times • May 11, 2019
We may imagine him as a stuffed robe-and-crown who gives a thumbs-up to the Authorized Version and fades into muffled bedchambers, but James was a serious man of letters.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2014
In the Authorized Version of the Old Testament unicorns are mentioned four times; in the Revised Version the Hebrew word, R'?m, is translated "wild ox."
From Time Magazine Archive
At the close of his life he was engaged upon his edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible for his series of Tudor Translations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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