<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> King James Version </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The title page to the 1611 first edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible by Cornelis Boel shows the Apostles Peter and Paul seated centrally above the central text , which is flanked by Moses and Aaron . In the four corners sit Matthew , Mark , Luke and John , authors of the four gospels , with their symbolic animals . The rest of the Apostles ( with Judas facing away ) stand around Peter and Paul . At the very top is the Tetragrammaton `` יְהֹוָה '' written with Hebrew diacritics . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Abbreviation </Th> <Td> KJV , KJB , or AV </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Complete Bible published </Th> <Td> 1611 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Online as </Th> <Td> King James Version at Wikisource </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Textual basis </Th> <Td> OT : Masoretic Text , some LXX and Vulgate influence . NT : Textus Receptus , similar to the Byzantine text - type ; some readings derived from the Vulgate . Apocrypha : Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reading level </Th> <Td> US and Canada Grade 8 -- 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Copyright </Th> <Td> Public domain due to age , publication restrictions in the United Kingdom ( See Copyright status ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Genesis 1 : 1 -- 3 ( show ) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth . And the earth was without form , and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . Genesis 1 : 1 in other translations John 3 : 16 ( show ) For God so loved the world , that he gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in him should not perish , but have everlasting life . John 3 : 16 in other translations </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> King James Version </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The title page to the 1611 first edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible by Cornelis Boel shows the Apostles Peter and Paul seated centrally above the central text , which is flanked by Moses and Aaron . In the four corners sit Matthew , Mark , Luke and John , authors of the four gospels , with their symbolic animals . The rest of the Apostles ( with Judas facing away ) stand around Peter and Paul . At the very top is the Tetragrammaton `` יְהֹוָה '' written with Hebrew diacritics . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Abbreviation </Th> <Td> KJV , KJB , or AV </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Complete Bible published </Th> <Td> 1611 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Online as </Th> <Td> King James Version at Wikisource </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Textual basis </Th> <Td> OT : Masoretic Text , some LXX and Vulgate influence . NT : Textus Receptus , similar to the Byzantine text - type ; some readings derived from the Vulgate . Apocrypha : Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reading level </Th> <Td> US and Canada Grade 8 -- 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Copyright </Th> <Td> Public domain due to age , publication restrictions in the United Kingdom ( See Copyright status ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Genesis 1 : 1 -- 3 ( show ) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth . And the earth was without form , and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters . And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . Genesis 1 : 1 in other translations John 3 : 16 ( show ) For God so loved the world , that he gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in him should not perish , but have everlasting life . John 3 : 16 in other translations </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the king james version of the bible first printed
when was the king james version of the bible first printed
1611
1611