<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> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> King James Version </Th> </Tr>

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