1611 KJV with Apocrypha/ Deuterocanonical

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I bought a 1611 edition of the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible. It contains the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical. I was wondering if it is okay to read it and study it. I heard that the modern KJV is slightly different from the 1611 edition.
 
I have one of those. It’s interesting, if you like really archaic spelling (and inconsistent spelling; he/hee, we/wee, be/bee, sometimes both in the same verse). I wouldn’t use it as a study Bible, tho. The KJV in stores nowadays is actually the 4th revision of the KJV, published in the 1760s.

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I still love it… maybe it it the middle English rules that have those inconsistencies. It is published by Hendrick Publishers. Is that the one you have?
 
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I still love it… maybe it it the middle English rules that have those inconsistencies. It is published by Hendrick Publishers. Is that the one you have?
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Good question. I can’t seem to lay my hands on my copy right now. Miss Bonnie may have stol…borrowed it.

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KJVs after about the mid 1800s do not contain the Deuterocanonical books. They were removed under no one’s authority but some Bible society that published it and it was a cost cutting move.

If you like the period English then you should have bought the Douay-Rheims Bible as it is the same style English, Catholic from stem to stern, has all the books, and came out 2 years before the KJV. You can read it online at DRB.org
 
How much did it cost?

I would love to own one for historical reasons?

Where did you get it?

Thanks!

If you aready told us sorry.
 
It cost me $34.99 at Mardel, $29.99 at Barnes and Noble. I already have the Douay-Rheims and now I am happy I got both.
 
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KJVs after about the mid 1800s do not contain the Deuterocanonical books. They were removed under no one’s authority but some Bible society that published it and it was a cost cutting move.

If you like the period English then you should have bought the Douay-Rheims Bible as it is the same style English, Catholic from stem to stern, has all the books, and came out 2 years before the KJV. You can read it online at DRB.org
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Just to clarify for people: the Douay-Rheims in drbo.org (and well, pretty much most pages on the internet claiming to have the DRV) is the Douay-Rheims Challoner. 🙂
And, since we’re talking about the DRB: there’s a facsimile of the 1581 Rheims New Testament available for online viewing here.
 
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