Well, I am aware that there is a crown copy right for the KJV In England. And concerning this Crown copyright, I do think it is quite interesting that it was often considered to be perpetual. However though, as you are already aware, The KJV is classed internationally as public domain, since it is in the Public Domain in the U.S., as well as most other countries in the world.
yes, it is generally considered public domain internationally.
but, if you wish to legally print it in the UK, I believe you have to get permission.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread106626/pg1
considering that at its height, the British empire covered about 1/4 of the world,
that was a lot of area affected by this situation.
compare that situation to the
World English Bible.
it has been explicitly public domain from the very beginning.
this is one reason I frequently use it when quoting scriptures here on Christian chat.
(the title is trademarked, but you can do whatever you want with the text.)
myself, I disagree with its use of "Yahweh" for the Divine name.
but no problem, the New Heart English Bible is the same thing, with "the LORD" as the Divine name.
(KJV follows this practice as well.)
Also Dan, the queen of England does not have any control over the King James Holy Bible, since it is not bound (2 Timothy 2:9).
7. Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
8. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,
9. in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God`s word isn`t chained.
(2 Timothy, 2)
I agree that humans don't have the power to limit God's word.
10. For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn`t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11. so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
(Isaiah, 55)
but this simply brings the question:
are the phrases
God's word
or
the word of God
synonymous with the kjv?
1. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2. in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
(Luke, 3)
did the KJV come to John in the wilderness?
did the entire Bible we have today come to him?
Plus, just considering that it is estimated that well over 6 billion copies of the King James Bible have been published since 1611, is absolutely incredible!
it is incredible!
at the same time, I think there are issues of history involved.
that's probably more copies that have been printed of Martin Luther's Bible.
but then, the British empire was a lot bigger than the German empire.
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big picture:
is the KJV, word for word, God's word?
if so, why?
