At the Hampton Court Conference, convened by King James I in 1603, John Reynolds, the head of the Puritan Church in England, proposed a new English translation of the Scriptures that would unite the churches and the people of England. Reynold’s goal was one universal authority or standard for all English-speaking Christians.[i]

I recently watched an excellent presentation addressing that question, by Dr. Gary Mann. I was pointed to it while listening to a KJV only  presentation that, while teaching that the KJV is the Bible we should be using, it’s translators were NOT divinely inspired, as some KJV Only proponents claim. Near the end of his presentation Dr. Mann asked four penetrating questions:

1. If the men of Hampton Court were inspired, why did it take them 7 years (1604-1611) to complete the translation?

2. If the men of Hampton Court were inspired, why the 6 different companies to translate and compare their work among themselves?

3. If the men of Hampton Court were inspired, why compare their work with earlier translations?

4. If the men of Hampton court were inspired, why did they consult with other people outside of their Companies?

Those questions capped an excellent presentation that made it’s case based on the very definition of “divine inspiration”.

Here is a link to the entire presentation:

Dr Gary Mann The Reasons Translations Are Not Inspired (youtube.com)

[i] The Translators of the King James Bible (biblebc.com)