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Originally Posted by Timboli
That could well be, because William Shakespeare reputedly had a big hand in it.
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Actually that's total speculation. The names of the translators of the King James version were recorded and his wasn't among them. However he had just retired and was one of the noted scholars of the day.
This speculation mostly comes from Psalm 46. If you count 46 words into it you find the word "shake" and 46 words from the end (not counting selah) you find "spear". We all know word games were a big part of Shakespeare's writing and some people think this was his way of signing his work. But, of course, nobody really knows that.
I recently read or heard a story, maybe on PBS or NPR news but I'm not sure of that, explaining that the first printing of the King James Bible was 1000 copies, done by the foremost printer of the time. But he was rushed and a lot of mistakes were made and they were recalled and most were burned. The printer was banished and a new, corrected printing was made. There are 11 copies of that original in various museums. One of the mistakes, probably the most upsetting, was in the 7th commandment "Thou shalt commit adultery".
And in Mark Jesus says "Let the children first be killed". The correct last word was "filled".
Barry