The King James Version of the Bible

During the Jacobean era (1603–1625) in 1611, The King James Version was published, largely based on Tyndale’s translation. It remained the standard Bible in the Church of England into the latter half of the twentieth century. [ref]

As a result, many fun archaic words persist in the public consciousness; for example, several interesting pronouns can be used with minimal loss of understanding.

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