James Earl Jones Reads The Bible: King James Version

By: Topics Media Group

Narrated by: James Earl Jones

Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

In a voice as rich as it is recognized, James Earl Jones lends his award-winning acting and iconic narrative talents to the King James Version of the Holy Bible’s New Testament. This newly updated recording from Topics Media Group has had the previous edition’s music background score removed entirely to allow the listener to more easily hear and appreciate the Scripture. 

This skilled and resonating interpretation by Mr. Jones has been hailed as one of the greatest spoken-word New Testament recordings of all-time. With more than a half a million copies sold to date, this audio masterwork is certain to soothe, satisfy, and inspire.        

©2018 Public Domain Audio Recording © 2018 DZ Distribution, L.L.C., D.B.A. Topics Media Group, Bellevue, WA Graphic Design ©2018 DZ Distribution, L.L.C., D.B.A. Topics Media Group, Bellevue, WA* New Testament narration licensed from Armchair Entertainment, Inc., Salem, NH All Rights Reserved . (P)2002 TOPICS Entertainment

Critic reviews

"[James Earl Jones'] performance is beautiful; he reads the entire work in a gentle tone that is so compelling that the listener will find it hard to switch off.... A truly inspiring production." (AudioFile)

"Somehow that voice of his, calm, deep, powerful...makes the words seem more thrilling than ever." (Washington Post) 

Badass

Incredible that it’s mufasa reading the Bible it’s so badass to me but it’s the best narration I’ve listened to I wish the entire Bible was read by him

Darth Vader reads the scriptures. PERFECT!

James Earl Jones is reading the New Testament of Jesus Christ. Text is perfect. His reading is perfect. The only critique I have is that the book isn’t divided into chapter and verse. It is divided into 260 nameless chapters. It takes a second or two to dial into what scripture you want to hear, not the end of the world but a slight annoyance. Still highly recommend! I love it. The perfect voice for God”s word. Thank you. I’ll take the OT now please.

It gave me the feeling of sitting under a tree....

I know that many of the reviewers of this version of audio Bible thought that the background music was not fitting or even a bit distracting to the listeners, but I think that it is just a matter of listening and getting used to this format. I do believe that the 'sample' piece could have been chosen from a better exerpt of the book, but I didn't let that sway me from going ahead and purchasing it. Once I listened for a little while, I found that the music plus the wonderful and eloquent sound of JEJ's voice was very soothing and for me, a severe insomniac, that was a delightful experience!

However, that being said, I did find that sometimes the volume or maybe it was just JEJ's way of pronouncing some names and words often made it hard to understand what he was reading and that is the only reason why I didn't give his version of the New Testament reading five stars!

Mr. Jones is one of my favorite actors and the sound of his voice in whatever character he portrayed is always such a joy to listening to. He could have put a little more emphysis in some places, but that is just my opinion and the way I read and not necessarily how others would read some passages, so I am not going to put that into the rating.

All in all,this particular audio version of the KJV Bible gave me the feeling of sitting under a tree in the cool of the evening with the wind gently blowing and hearing sweet music come down from the heavens as this strong, yet soft, gentle, deep voice tells you the story of Jesus, His love, and the life yet to come....and peaceful sleep comes a little easier - at least for me!

I will be very honest and say that I am looking into a more dramatized version of the entire Bible at Audible.com for use during the day when I need to try and visualize more of what I am hearing while I go about my daily routine; but for relaxing and drifting off to sleep - I'll stick with this version.

New and improved production

I bought this years ago and loved James Earl Jones' narration (who wouldn't), but it had terribly distracting, cheesy background music. The file was recently updated on my account without explanation and I was pleasantly surprised to find the music was gone. I'm surprised this doesn't violate Audible's promise that the audiobooks are mine to keep forever, but that's a theoretical question for another time. Huge improvement of the production....and of course, the book itself is well worth a listen.

Darth Vader reads the Bible!

My only complaint if that hours voice was to fast. I had to adjust the speed. I also wish the books of the Bible were labeled in the tracks.

Soothing & Powerful!

When my eyes are tired it's wonderful to listen to the word of God being read to me by James Earl Jones.

Love it like I love the scriptures

only wish they had demarcated the books, chapters and verses. And above all that Mr Jones had found it I. his heart to read the old testament as well.

Love it!

I love this! James Earl Jones reads the bible so calmed. His voice is so soft. I listen to this all the time. Currently listening to the book of Revelation since I am reading the last book of the bible. This is great audible. This is relaxing to listen to. There is a lot of names in the bible I can't pronounce he is spot on. God bless Mr James Earl Jones!

Fantastic

Mr. Jones voice is perfect for reading the Bible..Totally Loving it!! I will use this for bedtime

learned what I could not read I heard thank you

Narrator was surprisingly pleasant, strong quiet gentle with the words he read, thank you for not sounding like Roman soldier or paid actor and Jesus did not sound like he was emaciated nor did God sound dangerous. it was plain, simple and real.