His version is called, to this day, KJV -- King James Version. I find the monologues by God in it too "Shakespeare" for my taste, with a sprinkle of Alexander Pope and John Milton. I prefer Wycliff's God. He speaks with the roughness one expect from a Middle Eastern.
The King James Version, often called the Authorized Version in the UK, was the work of a committee. It was published in 1611, so Shakespeare's works might have had some influence on its prose although I find its rhythms markedly different from Shakespeare's. Milton was born in 1608, and although he may have been precocious, I doubt if he was that precocious. Pope, of course, wrote in the 18th C.
Robert Paul The Reed Institute ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html