The Bible, King James Version, Complete Contents
1611
The most printed book in human history, the King James Version of the Bible appeared in 1611 when King James I commissioned a new English translation to settle religious disputes among his clergy. What emerged was something far greater than polemic: a work that fundamentally shaped the English language itself. Phrases like "the salt of the earth," "a broken heart," "the powers that be," and "the valley of the shadow of death" entered everyday speech through its pages. The 80 books span centuries of Hebrew storytelling, wisdom literature, prophecy, and the New Testament's Gospels, letters, and apocalyptic visions. From the primal drama of Genesis to the lyrical poetry of the Psalms, from Job's wrestling with suffering to Revelation's terrifying visions, this is not a single book but an entire library bound in leather. The 1611 translation captures something that later revisions often lose: a muscular, poetic English that rhythms like verse and strikes like prophecy. It remains the most influential work of literature in the English-speaking world, whether read as sacred scripture or as unmatched dramatic poetry.
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“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.””
— Anonymous
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34””
— Anonymous
“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.””
— Anonymous
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you[Matthew 7:1-2]””
— Anonymous
“Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.””
— Anonymous
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.””
— Anonymous
“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?So do not worry, saying, ``What shall we eat?'' or ``What shall we drink?'' or ``What shall we wear?'' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.- Matthew 6:25-34””
— Anonymous
“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.””
— Anonymous
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1 KJV)””
— Anonymous
