King James Version
Americannoun
noun
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That’s the shortest verse in the King James Version, consisting of only two words: “Jesus wept.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
The measure enshrines the text of the Ten Commandments found in the Protestant King James Version of the Bible.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
The words, taken from a Protestant version of the commandments from the King James Version of the Bible, are the same as those that appear on a monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol.
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
Laats says it dates to the late 1800s when Catholic parents wanted their version of the Bible to be read in schools instead of the King James Version favored by Protestants.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2022
This confession is a natural sequence of the authorized King James Version of the Bible in 1611.
From The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy by Flickinger, Robert Elliott
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