400th Anniversary of the King James Bible



  • Originally written in 3 languages: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic2
  • Written over a span of 1,000 or more years3
  • Written by more than 40 authors, including kings, prophets, poets, musicians, and fisherman4
  • Books include letters, poetry, songs, legal documentation, eyewitness accounts, biographies, historical literature and documents5
  • Translated into 2,454 languages of the world's estimated 6,500 total languages6


  1. Bible Society 1992 survey ( also
  3. Bible Society (
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. United Bible Societies (