James VI and I gave his name to the King James Version by royal sponsorship, not by personally translating the Bible.
Who Was the King James Behind the King James Version of the Bible?
William Tyndale’s English Bible for the Plow boy
The importance of the Tyndale Bible in shaping and influencing the English language cannot be overstated. According to one writer, Tyndale is "the man who more than Shakespeare even or Bunyan has molded and enriched our language."
