The Bible Keeps Getting Translated into English - Again and Again and Again...

[malchickiwick]

3. Speaking of translating the Bible ... have you ever heard the speculation re: Psalm 46 of the KJV?

First noted by Anthony Burgess, as far as I know.

If you read the KJV version of Psalm 46 and count forward, the 46th word is "shake;" counting backward from the end of the Psalm (ignoring "selah," which is not part of the actual Psalm) the 46th word is "speare." In 1610, when the KJV was in its final edit, so to speak, Shakespeare would have been 46 years old.

There is no evidence, that I know of, that the Bard was ever part of the KJV team, but he at least would have had acquaintances, or more, with those who did work on it.

Of course, this could very well be just an historical coinky-dink, but it is fun to think about, and your post made me remember it for the first time in years.

Cool story about your Russian friend, BTW.