King James Version

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That’s the shortest verse in the King James Version, consisting of only two words: “Jesus wept.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

The measure enshrines the text of the Ten Commandments found in the Protestant King James Version of the Bible.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Laats says it dates to the late 1800s when Catholic parents wanted their version of the Bible to be read in schools instead of the King James Version favored by Protestants.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2022

In the 17th century A.D., its appearance in the King James Version of the Bible helped legitimize the unicorn, by then a white-bodied equine mystic, tamed only by a virgin’s hands.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021

Where the actual words of the Bible are used, they are from the King James Version.

From The King Nobody Wanted by Lear, John