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by elihu 1465 days ago
...another reason is that KJV is not currently under copyright, unlike (as far as I know) all modern English translations.
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anjbe 1465 days ago
Fun fact: in the United Kingdom, the King James Version is still copyrighted—perpetually copyrighted, in fact—by (who else?) the British monarchy.

Since the author of this app is based in the United States, he should be safe… we have a bit of precedent for ignoring royal prerogatives here :)

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elihu 1464 days ago
Interesting.
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pbhjpbhj 1465 days ago
I think there are a couple of free and open translations that are reasonable - the WEB (World English Bible) maybe.

https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/World-English-Bible-WE...

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