Professor David Crystal: The Influence of the King James Bible on the English Language November 11, 2019 Related posts: Tig Welding Stainless Pipe – Keyhole Welding and Tight Bead Are sentences more like a bracelet or a mobile? Syntax video #1 Fieldsports Britain – Driven deer + boar, and decoying crows Silk Thread Fancy Bangle( Festive Special 1 : Eng Sub) Tags:English, idioms, Language, Linguistics Related Posts Outdoor String Lights | Choose Your Favorite How to Make the Filigree Drop Earrings Дракон из Бисера Мастер Класс! Дракон из Бисера Параллельное Плетение/ Dragon Bead About The Author Brennon Stark 75 Comments Muhammad Usman @teatimelud: Sir, I second you. It indeed is a wonderful lecture, excellently delivered and brilliantly put by David Crystal. Thanks for uploading this lecture. From Pakistan February 25, 2012 Reply ChalkiePerfect David Crystal is excellent here as always. I especially like his reconstruction of the Elizabethan accent; the Bible sounds great read that way. March 27, 2012 Reply maximian anderson i think william tyndales translation was the most influential tanslation of king james bible.it is so sad before tyndale finished his translations of old tastament,church authority killed him.i like king james bible,but tyndale used direct,simple language to express original Greek new testament.king james bible have Latin vulgate influence.sometimes,translators picked Latin vulgate reading over textus reseptus. January 22, 2013 Reply joebubbit "Nobody in the history of civilization has done that. I'm absolutely convinced that nobody has read the King James Bible through twice, once after the other, from beginning to end." I have many times. David approached the Book as an authority without submitting himself to the Author, He can't understand what he has read. "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 2Cr2:14 February 2, 2013 Reply Narine Narineh Professor David Crystal is excellent! Thanks a lot British council! March 8, 2013 Reply hazartilirot It would have been much better for learners or listeners, if you had uploaded subtitles for the video. It is a great opportunity to listen to a live British English. April 9, 2013 Reply Alcebíades Moura The most difficulty english language learning is, in my opinion, the listening. If you add subtitles on your videos, it will great for me, too. Thanks. April 18, 2013 Reply Alcebíades Moura Correcting ……. it will be great …. April 18, 2013 Reply Athumani Shaaban Issa He is very helpful professor of English language and linguistics in the world I previously didn't know whether there is the plural of English which is Englishes which roughly refers to the variation of English language in the World, in terms of vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation and grammar. August 21, 2013 Reply AdvanceRun At time 24:10, I think he forgot this: 1 Corinthians 15:31-32 King James Version (KJV) 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. ( I risk my life daily , if im not mistaken ) 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. ( He is saying, if there is no life after death we light as well just live it up .. Paul was just illustrating a point ) September 11, 2013 Reply IZScomic This video gets pretty naff when he starts listing off idiom examples. Up until then it was pretty interesting though. October 22, 2013 Reply Paulo Eustaquio de Andrade What a knowledge this linguist has! November 7, 2013 Reply 黃麗伃 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. December 21, 2013 Reply praveen lemuel nice but April 15, 2014 Reply Jan Niehues re 40:30: let's not forget about "My Brother's Kippah", selling hand crocheted kippahs and hats… September 17, 2014 Reply ben There was also an episode of Gargoyles, a little-known animated series from the mid-'90s, called 'Her Brother's Keeper'. September 18, 2014 Reply Mwalimu Dubai Prof. David knows everything there is to know about English. I wish he was my Uncle…lol October 8, 2014 Reply Irshad Ali PS great!!! indeed October 21, 2014 Reply scotty King James loved Shake-speare so the King James Bible was influenced by Shake-speare's English. November 16, 2014 Reply SiggiNebel Puns with quotes of the Bible may have been frowned upon as blasphemic in protestant England, but in Catholic Italy (and at the times of King James) they weren't, not per se, at least. A Catholic clergyman and fierce opponent of the new astronomical ideas for instance used the verse of Acts 1:11 in an polemic paper – or rather fatwa – against Galilei: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?" (to take the King James version). December 15, 2014 Reply Mark Mountjoy He overlooked 1 Corinthians 15:32 on eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. January 16, 2015 Reply Rich Chel And Shakespeare was looking at Tyndale! February 13, 2015 Reply Nina Zaharova NB February 20, 2015 Reply David Margetts When he said he read it through to the apocrypha (hidden, the bit between the testaments not in the cannon) did he realy mean the apocalypse (reavealed) The book of revelation. It's all Greek you see, and easy to confuse yourself. April 17, 2015 Reply Doddaswamy. T.S Thank you very much sir, English Communication share with in the public September 11, 2015 Reply Albukhshi @ 14:17 It's also relatively common in Arabic to this day–though not to the point that it makes up 3/4 of a give work 😛 October 29, 2015 Reply nhprman Dearly love this man's work, he is delightful to hear, and OP is fascinating relating to Shakespeare, but in this presentation, he seems to be intent on lessening the KJV's influence. (Disclosure: I prefer modern translations.) 51 minutes before mentioning William Tyndale, who's influence on the KJV cannot be ignored, and ought not be degraded in such a fashion. How on earth can one bury the lead so far into a supposed analysis of the KJV? (But thank you for mentioning him and others!) Tyndale greatly affected MANY words used by the King James bible. Why? Because he is credited with inventing so many words and bringing them into the English language. Beautiful, Fisherman, Landlady, Seashore, Stumbling block, Taskmaster, Zealous, Brokenhearted, Passover, Scapegoat, Atonement, Modesty, Mediocrity, Industrious, Long-suffering, Peacemakers, to name a few. The UNIQUE phrases from the Tyndale Bible were copied directly into the KJV include, "the salt of the earth, a law unto themselves, filthy lucre, gave up the ghost, the signs of the times, and fight the good fight. All are used today almost daily. Yet no word from Mr. Crystal. No, this won't do. And of course we must give credit to Wycliffe (who invented many words, such as "female) and other early translators for their additions as well. The Bible has indeed been a conduit and was hugely influential on our language, however one may feel about it as a religious work. And yet, having said this, I'm still a huge 'fan' of his work, and wish him well. November 16, 2015 Reply Janardan Paudel Very important lecture of sir Crystal January 28, 2016 Reply BFDT David Crystal is cool! I'd love to have had him as one of my teachers! And in a fashion, with his son and the demonstrations of OP (Original Pronunciation of Shakespeare 1600) and other things I am finding, he is NOW my teacher, too! I seem to collect good teachers, as it were! January 28, 2016 Reply Alan Haugen Very interesting. February 17, 2016 Reply Jason Palacios Also he forgot to mention in the movie New Jack City,Wesley Snipes said,"I'm my Brother's Keeper." March 14, 2016 Reply JNDorene Wonderful lecture. Thank you. I enjoyed it very much. Dr. Crystal is fascinating as always – and I was so happy to learn more things about this topic. 🙂 April 5, 2016 Reply Zaynab Soyf Very interesting. Well said. April 10, 2016 Reply Anil Ganvir All true believers in India as well as in the United States of America read the KJV every day. I have got near about 60 different copies. May 8, 2016 Reply Anil Ganvir KJV was written in ME and not in Contemporary English but it is the only preserved word of God. May 8, 2016 Reply Anil Ganvir We all Indian Anglican Christian love KJV . Our Indian English is favorable to understand it. Cambridge Edition of Av is liked by all Indian Christians. May 8, 2016 Reply Anil Ganvir Earnest Hemingway used 'and' excessively in his writings, and his novels are popular over all the world. In India we love the style of KJV. We all Indians love the figurative language. May 8, 2016 Reply Anil Ganvir Mr. Professor I have read the KJV many-a-time, still I read it daily. May 8, 2016 Reply The Goodly Dragon He completely ignores walking through the valley of the shadow of death. A popular rap song (Gangster's Paradise) used that one. May 17, 2016 Reply Kitty Kitty This man sets a POOR example. Within the first two minutes of his speech, he uses the tired, now virtually-meaningless adjective "amazing" three times.He refers to the president of the USA, pronouncing his first name as if it were the same as the word "barrack". The name "Barack" has the emphasis on the SECOND syllable. Professor Crystal's attempt to imitate Obama's accent was embarrassing and silly. I won't go on listing his mistakes (which include grammatical errors). Allow me to end this comment by saying I was deeply disappointed with his presentation. June 3, 2016 Reply Marcelo Gandra I'd like to know how non native speakers deal with jargons, phasal verbs, slangs and business lingo, if all of these things are made of words that doesn't mean individually what it means together, they can't understand by the context because theses stuffs are out of the context. How to solve the issue? October 3, 2016 Reply marconatrix I never expected him to be such an accomplished speaker. If only all academics had that talent 🙂 November 16, 2016 Reply 72Yonatan David, you are an amusing and erudite speaker. Thank you. February 7, 2017 Reply John Miller If spoken aloud in the Original Pronunciation, I wonder just how truly poetic the King James' version of the Holy Bible would sound like… February 12, 2017 Reply Trevor Graham Welch Well Spoken Speech , Very Interesting . King James May Have Borrowed From Other Bibles ! April 20, 2017 Reply Rongie Moli Nice discussion… April 23, 2017 Reply mcars100 Not a very wise man.He did not give a pronunciation example.He just spoke the King James in an old regional accent.He could of easily of spoke the modern English version in that accent.And then pronounced the king James in a modern accent.How could this so called scholar not realise such a foolish error of his.Im amazed never went to college and picked it up in the first minute.Corinthians1vs19 For it is written,I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. May 28, 2017 Reply Lucas Weismann I did this as a child. July 22, 2017 Reply Mr. Rich B.O.B My grandmother read the Bible through complete over 6 times, not directly in a row in that she breaked, but she read the bible every night at least for the past 40 years, so I imagine she has read it through cover-to-cover over 6 times. August 5, 2017 Reply Mr. Rich B.O.B Weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth can easily be explained by intentionally pushing together the passages to explain both at the same time in fewer words. One good example of an influence is: full-time-come. August 5, 2017 Reply J B Conley I, a southerner from the United States, do not notice the past tenses, spellings, the "greengrocer's apostrophe," or sentence structure as much, but do notice the eth and est endings, vocabulary, and the pronouns. August 9, 2017 Reply Karen Lee This song contains another play on a biblical idiom: http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858495676/ August 10, 2017 Reply AMC Cagsiay1 Excellent talk!as always.thank you very much!continue to be a blessing to the language teachers and all. August 20, 2017 Reply Youssef Zaki Exceptional September 4, 2017 Reply Akshay Pandey AND you have crystal clear knowledge. September 23, 2017 Reply Muhilan Selvaa In the US we just say "Eat, drink, and be merry." December 7, 2017 Reply Fourthaeon the powers that be.Labor of loveCross to bearPut house to orderLamb to slaughterWoe is mebeast of burdenriting on the wallspirit willing flesh is weakBite the dust December 9, 2017 Reply mrajczyk the pity of it is this in that he did beat my brother's keeper to smithereens. January 14, 2018 Reply Rawia Al-gamal Thank you! February 8, 2018 Reply steve154life My teacher loved how í pronuunced hir name it was patricia but í pronunced it patreesha May 2, 2018 Reply steve154life And used tó be pronounced ond May 2, 2018 Reply Aboo Swaleh Mosafeer And Why" Word" Delight me And Me so Torture. May 2, 2018 Reply Max Jordan ^ This professor must be very intelegent. I have not yet known such wise man.For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (ICor. 1:19)For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. verse 21Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men. verse 25 July 7, 2018 Reply Jennifer Sutherland What a lovely pronunciation! August 17, 2018 Reply -Rainbow Bubbles- 21:30 November 28, 2018 Reply Guilherme Sobrinho Came eagerly to the comments in the middle of the lecture hoping for the number of idioms and met frustration alone. Lol Gotta watch it all through. Not twice I wish. February 5, 2019 Reply Gill Bullen I was lucky enough to be present at this lecture. It was a delight to hear, and so enormously interesting. David Crystal is definitely in the "National Treasure" category. March 11, 2019 Reply what ever This guy seems like an unbearable cunt. July 8, 2019 Reply Boneguard Steel The style of English was made normal. August 3, 2019 Reply Thomas Simmons Lincoln, Whitman, Beckett, etc…all we're shaped by King Jim…I suppose it was all bullock's…yeah, that's the ticket. I read it every day, but not necessarily in OP. Spose' I'm a real dope. (Always Be Closing Dave)! August 5, 2019 Reply Maurizio Sanarico I love David Crystal style both in speaking and writing September 1, 2019 Reply N B The purpose of this satanic video is to pervert and distort the bible to suite Satan’s and the politicians agenda . They will say it’s ok to kill making a distinction with murder in order to justify their wars. They will also say it’s ok to have anal Homosexual sex and sexual relations with children. September 14, 2019 Reply Nilima Rani Sagar David Crystal is crystal clear in presenting his ideas. September 30, 2019 Reply Nilima Rani Sagar Hibruism influenced the European vernaculars and hammered them into standardized lingua treasures. September 30, 2019 Reply easyifyoutry he good speaker English teacher best me him Crystal him me teach English. Hero October 18, 2019 Reply Add a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.