TheversiondidnotatoncesupersedetheGenevanandtheBishops\'；butitwassoincomparablybetterthaneitherthatgraduallytheydisappeared，andbysheerexcellenceittookthefield，anditholdsthefieldto-dayinspiteofthenumeroussupposedlyimprovedversionsthathaveappearedunderprivateauspices。
Itholdsthefield，also，inspiteoftheexcellentrevisedversionof1881madebyauthority，andthemoreexcellentversionissuedin1901bytheAmericanRevisionCommittee，to-dayundoubtedlythebestversioninexistence，consideredsimplyasareproductionofthesenseoftheoriginal。Andforreasonsthatmaylaterappear，theKingJamesversionbidsfairtoholdthefieldformanyyearstocome。
Whenweturnfromthehistoryofitsmakingtotheworkitself，thereismuchtosay。WemaywellnarrowourthoughtfortheremainderofthestudytoitstraitsasaversionoftheBible。
I。Namethisfirst，thatitisanhonestversion。
Thatis，ithasnoargumentativepurpose。Itisnot，asthescholarssay，apologetic。Itissimplyanout-and-outversionoftheScripture，ashonestlyastheycouldreproduceit。