Today is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. To quote King James I himself, thou shalt party as if it were 1699.
Below is a photo of Matthew 3 from my first real Bible, a King James red-letter Bible given to me by my grandmother in 1984. I honestly don’t know how anyone in the 20th century — let alone the 21st — could make sense of it. Thank God for more contemporary translations, and translations without everything being spelled out in phonetics!
Previously:
Memento Vivere
April 15, 2012, 1:04 am
Dragons, unicorns, cherubims…oh my.