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Is there any difference between the Bible and King James version of the Bible?

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Is there any difference between the Bible and King James version of the Bible?

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The simple answer: The King James Version is one translation of The Bible. There are literally dozens of translations of The Bible (known as “versions”) available in English. The longer answer: It’s like the Lady Guest version of the Mabinogion and the Davies version. Unless you read Welsh, you’re going to be reading a version. The Lady Guest version is the original and most well-known English translation, but hardly the best. The Bible is a translation of a foreign language work, actually a collection of books that were written in 3 languages: ancient Hebrew, ancient Aramaic and ancient Greek. The very first proto-bibles were translations of these separate books written in different languages into a single language. Look at the link below to see most of the English versions available today.