A Comparison of Historic English Translations: Psalm 23
A Comparison of Historic English Translations: Psalm 23
In what follows, the first four verses of this very familiar Psalm are presented, allowing an appreciation of the distinctive styles and orthographies of the major English versions from the Wycliffite translations of part of the Bible of c.1384 to the King James Bible of 1611. One modern translation—the Revised Standard Version of 1952—is included as a reference point; note how the pattern set by the King James Bible has had a deep impact on this leading twentieth-century translation.