[A. Patriot]

Everyone forgets that there was several commonly used English language Bibles after Tyndale, but BEFORE the King James Bible was in general use. Right before the KJV was the Geneva Bible.

From Wikipedia:
The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into the English language, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of the 16th century Protestant movement and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress.[1] It was one of the Bibles taken to America on the Mayflower, it was used by many English Dissenters, and it was still respected by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers at the time of the English Civil War.

The KJV was a government publication meant to replace the Geneva Bible because of marginal notes of the Reformers did not support King Jame's view of “divine right of kings”.

Here are some Geneva Bible links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Bible

http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html (go to bottom to see chapters with the notes)

http://www.reformedreader.org/gbn/en.htm (short history)

http://www.reformedreader.org/gbn/igb.htm (long history)

http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?TextID=geneva_bible_selections&PagePosition=47 (Gensis 3:7 - “...they sewed fig leaves together, made themselves breeches”.)

[A. Patriot]

Timeline of English Bibles Translated from the Textus Receptus (Received Text)

1525 Tyndale
1535 Coverdale
1537 Matthews
1539 Great (Chain) Bible (chained in the church to prevent theft)
1560 Geneva
1568 Bishops
1611 Authorized

From: http://biblicalscholarship.com/400th.htm (I don’t necessarily vouch for opinions on this site)

[fortheDeclaration]

Yes, the Geneva was a fine translation, but the KJB is the final perfected word.