The Translators of The Authorized Version

In the opening pages of some copies of the King James Version of the Bible, one will find a section labled, (The Translators to The Reader). Within this rather lengthy article Dr. Miles Smith writes, “There were many chosen that were greater in other men’s eyes than in their own, and that sought the truth rather than their own praise.” Clearly the translators of this version understood the fact that more is required of a translator than a certain knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew languages....