Translators to the Reader


Topic: Bible

Type: Translation

Translator:   A. Allison Lewis


1. Table of Contents; NOTE and Sample pages of a 1611 printing of the KJV 

2. A Sample Paragraph (#3) in modern type for easier reading
3. General Objections of the Critics
4. Praise of King James I
5. Praise of the Bible
6. A NEW Translation is Necessary
7. Translations were made very early from HEBREW to GREEK
8. Translations were made very early from HEBREW and GREEK to LATIN
9. Translations were made in Native Languages AS the Church Spread
10. The Church of Rome OPPOSED Translation in the Native Languages
11. Opposition to the NEW Translation
12. The Translators Appreciation of Previous Translators
13. NO Translators Translations are PERFECT like the ORIGINALS
14. Continual IMPROVEMENT of ANY Translation is NEEDED
15. Translators work LIMITED to NECESSARY Improvements ONLY
16. ALTERNATE READINGS given in cases of Uncertainty
17. Defense of a VARIETY of WORDS to Translate ONE ORIGINAL WORD
18. Concluding Remarks


NOTE:

The text has been brought more in line with modern English (American): including spelling, grammar and punctuation. Some old figures of speech and allusions have been reworked to make them understandable to the modern reader. Bible quotations are indicated by italics and their references are given. References are also given for Bible paraphrases and allusions. Other quotations are shown by quotation marks. Latin quotations (except "A Sample Paragraph (#3)") are given ONLY in English. Basic content headings and a Table of Contents (with links to each section) have been added. The purpose has been to make the text understandable to the modern reader. PLEASE bring any errors to the attention of the translator.


April 1996 - 2005


Sample pages of a 1611 printing of:

The King James Bible, 1611

The names and order of all the Bookes of

the Olde and New Testament, with the
Number of their Chapters.

Genesis hath Chapters 50 Ecclesiastes hath Chapters 12
Exodus 40 The song of Solomon 8
Leuiticus 27 Isaiah 66
Numbers 36 Ieremiah 52
Deuteronomie 34 Lamentations 5
Ioshua 24 Ezekiel 48
Iudges 21 Daniel 12
Ruth 4 Hosea 14
1. Samuel 31 Ioel 3
2. Samuel 24 Amos 9
1. Kings 22 Obadiah 1
2. Kings 25 Ionah 4
1. Chronicles 29 Micah 7
2. Chronicles 36 Nahum 5
Ezrah 10 Habakkuk 3
Nehemiah 13 Zephaniah 3
Ester 10 Haggai 2
Iob 42 Zechariah 14
Psalmes 150 Malachi 4
Prouerbs 31    

The Bookes called Apocrypha.

1. Esdras hath Chapters 9 Baruch with the Epistle of Iererniah 6
2. Esdras 16 The song of the three children.  
Tobit 14 The story of Susanna.  
Iudeth 16 The idole Bel and the Dragon.  
The rest of Esther 6 The prayer of Manasseh.  
Wisedome 19 1. Maccabees 16
Ecclesiasticus 51 2. Maccabees 15

The Bookes of the New Teftament.

Matthew hath Chap. 28 1. Timotheus hath Chapters 6
Marke 16 2. Timotheus 4
Luke 24 Titus 3
Iohn 21 Philemon 1
The Actes 26 To the Hebrewes 13
Epistle to the Romans 16 The Epistle of Iames 5
1. Corinthians 16 1. Peter 5
2. Corinthians 13 2. Peter 3
Galatians 6 1. Iohn 5
Ephesians 6 2. Iohn 1
Philippians 4 3. Iohn 1
Colossians 4 Iude 1
1. Thessalonians 5 Reuelation 22
2. Thessalonians 3    

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