Religion

The King James Version was contemporaneous with William Shakespeare, of course. Whether he had anything to do with it is unknown, and really immaterial, I think.

If he had been involved, though, it would not be surprising if he left an Easter Egg in there. He was a master of word play.

There is a TV commercial running right now, for what product I can't remember. In it, a young woman is watching the play, "Romeo and Juliet." She seems puzzled by the language, as many are, and a nice man leans forward and whispers a short summary in modern English of her balcony soliloquy. The woman smiles and nods in thanks.

We're so very far away from the 1600s today. Most people can't understand a Shakespeare play while they watch it. Not well, anyhow. The language has changed that much.