Geneva Bible – Anti-King?

[SteveF]

Someone called into the radio program asking about the possibility of King James not liking the Geneva Bible because it was anti-royalty.

From what I understand King James did not like the Geneva Bible largely because of its footnotes which constantly referred to kings and rulers as tyrants. Here’s a sample of some of the notes.

http://morallaw.org/blog/2010/11/the-ge ... overnment/

It’s also interesting to note that although previous English Bibles used the work tyrant in certain verses to describe people, the KJV does not contain the word tyrant a single time. Perhaps the translators sought to please the king or he ordered the word not to be used. Who knows?

[steve7150]

It’s also interesting to note that although previous English Bibles used the work tyrant in certain verses to describe people, the KJV does not contain the word tyrant a single time. Perhaps the translators sought to please the king or he ordered the word not to be used. Who knows?

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Considering the KJB was government authorized and the King was the head of the government it seems highly likely. Good post, good info!