Contents.

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Introduction

Sect. I. —On the History of the Text of the Authorized Version of the English Bible, from a. d. 1611 down to the present time.

Sect. II. —On the Marginal Notes and the Original Texts of the Authorized Version of the English Bible.

Sect. III. —On the Use of the Italic Type by the Translators, and on the extension of their principles by subsequent Editors.

Sect. IV. —On the System of Punctuation adopted in 1611, and modified in more recent Bibles.

Sect. V. —On the Orthography, Grammatical Peculiarities, and Capital Letters of the Original, as compared with Modern Editions.

Sect. VI. —On the References to parallel texts of Scripture which are set in the Margin.

Sect. VII. —Miscellaneous Observations relating to the present Edition, and general Conclusion.

Appendix A.—List of passages in which this Edition departs from the Text of 1611.

Appendix B.—The two Issues of the Bible of 1611 compared.

Appendix C.—List of passages in which the Readings of the Edition of the Authorized Bible of 1611 have been restored in the present volume.

Appendix D.—Blayney’s Report to the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, and the other Delegates of the Clarendon Press.

Appendix E.—The Greek Text adopted by the Translators of the Authorized Version of the New Testament.

The Translators’ Preface to the Reader

The Epistle Dedicatory

THE NAMES AND ORDER

OF ALL THE

BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT,

WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS.

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THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Genesis hath Chapters 50

Exodus 40

Leviticus 27

Numbers 36

Deuteronomy 34

Joshua 24

Judges 21

Ruth 4

I. Samuel 31

II. Samuel 24

I. Kings 22

II. Kings 25

I. Chronicles 29

II. Chronicles 36

Ezra 10

Nehemiah 13

Esther 10

Job 42

Psalms 150

Proverbs 31

Ecclesiastes 12

The Song of Solomon 8

Isaiah 66

Jeremiah 52

Lamentations 5

Ezekiel 48

Daniel 12

Hosea 14

Joel 3

Amos 9

Obadiah 1

Jonah 4

Micah 7

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 3

Haggai 2

Zechariah 14

Malachi 4

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THE BOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA.

I. Esdras hath Chapters 9

II. Esdras 16

Tobit 14

Judith 16

The rest of Esther 6

Wisdom 19

Ecclesiasticus 51

Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah 6

The Song of the Three Children 1

The Story of Susanna 1

The Idol Bel and the Dragon 1

The Prayer of Manasses 1

I. Maccabees 16

II. Maccabees 15

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THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Matthew hath Chapters 28

Mark 16

Luke 24

John 21

The Acts 28

The Epistle to the Romans 16

I. Corinthians 16

II. Corinthians 13

Galatians 6

Ephesians 6

Philippians 4

Colossians 4

I. Thessalonians 5

II. Thessalonians 3

I. Timothy 6

II. Timothy 4

Titus 3

Philemon 1

To the Hebrews 13

The Epistle of James 5

I. Peter 5

II. Peter 3

I. John 5

II. John 1

III. John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 22

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

Introduction p. xi. col. 2. note 3, l. 5. To the Bibles of 1611 resembling Synd. A. 3. 14 add the copy in the Muniment Room of the Library at Lambeth Palace.

p. xiii. col. 1. l. 30, for “insist” read “rests.”

p. xvii. col. 2. l. 10, for “oversights” read “errors.”

p. xlix. col. 2. l. 25, after Ezra iii. 11: add “sunk Num. xi. 2 marg. and seven other places (sank Ex. xv. 5; 10):”

p. liii. col. 1. l. 32, after 2 Macc. iv. 4, 5 add “; the keeper……he drew” Acts xvi. 27.

p. lxi. col. 2. l. 21, after xiii. 32, 33; add “xxiv. 2, 3;”

p. c. col. 2, ad calcem, add “In Acts xix. 20 all the English versions except Coverdale read “of God” (the Greek being τοῦ Κυρίου), probably by inadvertence, although the Clementine Vulgate has “Dei,” against the best manuscripts of that version.”

p. 14. Gen. xix. Read “this place” in ver. 12, “this place” in ver. 13.