Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 24:1 | [A Psalme of Dauid.] The earth is the Lords, and the fulnesse thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. |
| 24:2 | For he hath founded it vpon the seas, and established it vpon the floods. |
| 24:3 | Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? |
| 24:4 | He that hath cleane hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lift vp his soule vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully. |
| 24:5 | Hee shall receiue the blessing from the Lord, and righteousnesse from the God of his saluation. |
| 24:6 | This is the generation of them that seeke him: that seeke thy face, O Iacob. Selah. |
| 24:7 | Lift vp your heads, O yee gates, and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores; and the King of glory shall come in. |
| 24:8 | Who is this king of glory? the Lord strong & mightie, the Lord mighty in battell. |
| 24:9 | Lift vp your heads, O ye gates, euen lift them vp, ye euerlasting doores; and the king of glory shall come in. |
| 24:10 | Who is this king of glory? the Lord of hostes, he is the king of glory. Selah. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.