Editing King James Version (section)

====Old Testament====
For the Old Testament, the translators used a text originating in the editions of the Hebrew Rabbinic Bible by [[Daniel Bomberg]] (1524/5),{{sfn|Scrivener|1884|p=42}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2021}} but adjusted this to conform to the Greek [[LXX]] or Latin Vulgate in passages to which Christian tradition had attached a [[Christological]] interpretation.{{sfn|Bobrick|2001|p=262}} For example, the [[Septuagint]] reading "[[They pierced my hands and my feet]]" was used in Psalm 22:16<ref>{{bibleref|Psalm|22:16|KJV}}</ref> (vs. the [[Masoretes]]' reading of the Hebrew "like lions my hands and feet"<ref>The Jewish Publication Society Tanakh, copyright 1985</ref>). Otherwise, however, the Authorized Version is closer to the Hebrew tradition than any previous English translation—especially in making use of the rabbinic commentaries, such as [[David Kimhi|Kimhi]], in elucidating obscure passages in the [[Masoretic Text]];{{sfn|Daiches|1968|p=208}} earlier versions had been more likely to adopt LXX or Vulgate readings in such places. Following the practice of the [[Geneva Bible]], the books of 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras in the medieval Vulgate Old Testament were renamed '[[Book of Ezra|Ezra]]' and '[[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]]'; 3 Esdras and 4 Esdras in the Apocrypha being renamed '[[1 Esdras]]' and '[[2 Esdras]]'.