King James Version Translation Committees

35 books found

The KJV was translated in sections by six companies of seven to nine members each, operating pursuant to the royal charter and to Richard Bancroft's _Rules to be Observed in the Translation of the Bible_ First Westminster Company: Genesis through 2 Kings First Cambridge Company: 1 Chronicles through The Song of Solomon First Oxford Company: Isaiah through Malachi Second Cambridge Company: The Apocrypha Second Oxford Company: Gospels, Acts, and Revelations Second Westminster Company: Romans through Jude