The King James Version Bible

The story of “the most widely published text in the English language” – the King James Bible – and selected images of the first printing in 1611 used to be on the British Library’s website. 

NOTE: In October, 2023, the British Library’s website experienced one of the worst cyber attacks in British history. In November, 2024 – more than a year later – the British Library said, "We're continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack. Our buildings are open as usual, however, the outage is still affecting our website, online systems and services, as well as some onsite services. This is a temporary website, with limited content.” As of the summer of 2025, the page with the story of the King James Bible was still not available on the British Library website.

The story of the King James Bible from Greatsite.com can be found here.

The University of Pennsylvania Library has put the entire first printing of the King James Version Bible online here.

The text of the King James Version is available on Bible Gateway.