Question

Which english king was the patron of a full translation of the bible into enligh?

Answer 1

the original preface to the King James Bible, Miles Smith, a general among the king’s army of translators, says: ‘we weary the unlearned, who need not know so much, and trouble the learned, who know it already.’ (Smith) That expresses well the anxiety of any writer in areas like those of the Bible and the English language where learned and unlearned join company. The pitch must be carefully chosen, but it will not satisfy all readers all the time. Nonetheless, a start must be made, and I will begin by addressing my title. In promising to speak about the Bible in English, I will, for many people, be promising to talk about the bible that King James ordered to be prepared in the English language for use in the Church of England. That bible has come to be called the King James Bible; it has also come to be called the Authorized Version. It appeared in 1611, and 2011 is the year for its celebration in every Anglican cathedral in the world. And not only Anglican cathedrals, because the King James Bible has in four hundred years become a world book as the English language has become a world language. But it will not do to say that the English Bible is the King James Bible because the English Bible is something older and