The Authorized Version

A list of all the books in the Authorized ‘King James’ translation of the Bible.

Introduction

The King James or Authorized Version of the Bible has been called ‘the Book that made England’, and the tale it tells is known worldwide as the greatest story ever told. This book has shaped (for the better) our country’s language, ideas and morality for over four centuries. Read it here, complete and unabridged, including the Apocrypha.

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