AdvertisementHallelujah! At Age 400, King James Bible Still ReignsApril 18, 2011Barbara Bradley HagertyfacebookEmailThe King James Bible, published in 1611, celebrates its 400th birthday this year. Above, a 1754 illustration depicts a group of robed translators presenting a bible to King James I. The king commissioned the new translation in 1604, and for the next seven years, 47 scholars and theologians worked through the Bible line by line. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)