Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel, that putteth aside the curtain that we may look into the most holy place.
The translators of the King James Bible had faith in the power of their words to illuminate, but supporters of the modern versions of the Bible claim that time has pulled the curtain back again.
James Fenton talks to those who want a clear window onto scripture and those who want stained glass.
Producer TOM SUTCLIFFE