Dr. King and the KJV

In Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, on the Mall in Washington, he said: “No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” The reference is to the King James Bible’s Amos 5:24: “But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” Dr. King always quoted from the KJV.
He also rang out with “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” He was quoting Isaiah 40:4, which then continues, “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”