The Geneva Bible, sometimes known by the sobriquet Breeches Bible, is an early modern English Protestant Bible translation. It is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible int
Geneva Bible 1560 edition
Franklin's first design for the Great Seal of America, inspired by the frontispiece of the Geneva Bible
Geneva Bible title page 1589
Title page of a New Testament from the Geneva Bible, dated 1599 but probably printed circa 1616–1625
The King James Bible, widely known by the nickname King James Version and the Authorized Version, is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England and Church of
Geneva Bible
…translation. It is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the Douay Rheims Bible by 22 years, and the King James Version by 51 years. It was the first complete English version to be translated entirely from the original languages and the first English bible to be printed…
The title page to the 1611 first edition of the authorised 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, the traditionally attributed 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
John Speed's Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures (1611), bound into first King James Bible in quarto size (1612)
William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English in 1525.
God’s name JEHOVAH in Psalms 83:18