Welcome to KJV-USA!    View KJV-ENG  here.

The American edition of the King James Bible. KJV-USA is the same trusted KJV Bible but without the distractions of '-edst' and '-eth'.

 Easy to Read King James Version Bible In American English - KJV-USA

 

King James Version in American English 
KJV-USA 

The trusted King James Version... in American English

In 1611 King James of England authorized the production of the Holy Bible. Over the next one hundred and fifty years English spelling had simplified, and in 1769 the King James Version reflected those changes.

Now, more than two hundred and fifty years later, the King James Bible has again received spelling updates, removing the distractions 
of endings like "-edst" and "-eth", but keeping the words and grammar.

commeth (KJV-1611)  to  cometh (KJV)  to  comes (KJV-USA)
  

  

  

See the progression of the King James Version
by examining a portion of the love chapter,
1 Corinthians 13 verses 4 to 7

KJV-1611

4 Charitie suffereth long, and is kinde: charitie enuieth not: charitie vaunteth not it selfe, is not puffed vp,
5 Doeth not behaue it selfe vnseemly, seeketh not her owne, is not easily prouoked, thinketh no euill,
6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth:
7 Beareth all things, beleeueth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

KJV

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

KJV-USA

4 Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
6 Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

What are the KJV-ENG and the KJV-USA?
Both the KJV-ENG and the KJV-USA are the same trusted King James Version of 1769 but with spelling corrections, like "acknowledgedst" to "acknowledged" and "spued" to "spewed". Additionally, the KJV-USA also updates other KJV words to American English like "valour" to "valor" and "worshipper" to "worshiper".
   

Word Changes - The Fewer The Better
In order to maintain integrity with the King James Version most words have not been changed: whence, henceforth, conversation, aright and many others are not altered. What is changed are words like "abhorreth" to "abhors", "begettest" to "beget", "behoved" to "behooved", and "such an one" to "such a one".
   


On the Downloads page you will find links for free pdfs of the KJV-ENG and KJV-USA.
Also available are Parallel Bibles that include the KJV of 1769.

Free KJV Downloads

 

 


Public Domain
The texts of the KJV-ENG and the KJV-USA are in the Public Domain everywhere except Great Britain and its territories.
They may be freely copied, rebranded, made into derivatives, published, and sold.


We welcome your enquiries.
To contact us, please click the vertical Contact Us button on the right.
 

KJV-ENG     KJV-USA     Downloads     About Us