The King James Bible - The History of English (4/10)

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Illustrating that in 1611, the new King James Bible was created and gave us many famous phrases.

(Part 4 of 10)
Playlist link - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA03075BAD88B909E

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[ashwaq14]

I Thought This was A Lebron James video

[blabla66685]

!AMEN! =]

[GreenmeGo]

good.

[BigDogJang0]

@xchanxzenx

So what if it's a rip-off? King James is one of the most famous translations of the Bible and the most widespread.

[softwhere07]

thats quite interesting.

[Lozima101]

Man that's one sexy bible!

[kensho123456]

@ballroombaby13 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[xchanxzenx]

LOL what a bunch of bullshit. The King James Bible is nothing more than a rip off of the Geneva Bible of 1560, William Shakespeare used and quoted the Geneva many times and only the Geneva...

[Iamepideme]

John Nielson & Royal Skousen's "How much of the King James Bible is William Tyndale's" shows an average of 83.7% of the King James New Testament to be found in Tyndale. Of the Old Testament books that Tyndale translated, 75.7% of the King James is found in Tyndale. He gave us phrases like "an eye for an eye, a tothe for a tothe", "the spirite ys willynge, but the flesshe is weeke" and words like "scapegoat". 

English was gelling while Tyndale was writing; he was a prime factor in how it set.

[ballroombaby13]

@kensho123456 Been there, done that, fell asleep. Oh, and it relieved my parents of thousands of dollars. Plus, I don't think that anyone would believe that videos like this are a valid substitute for a "real" university. Stop trolling and do something useful with your life.