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King James was the first AUTHORIZED protestant translation into English. Previous translations into common language were made, but it was literally at the risk of ones life, and a number of people DID die to put scripture into the hands of the common people. Thee, thy, ye, cometh and unto were common usage in Middle English. Thee is a familiar (as compared with formal) word for you; thy for your. Ye is a plural and familiar you. etc.
The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, the New Testament in Greek. There are small parts of each that were originally Aramaic. Both were translated into Latin in the early centuries after Jesus. As a whole canon, the cummulative Bible was not identified until about AD 400. This was about the same time as it was initially translated into Latin, the Vulgate.