Robert Young (1822-1888) was a Scottish editor and publisher who became proficient in several ancient languages through self-study. Earnest students of the Holy Scriptures, through the years, have considered Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (YLT) [1898] an excellent, literal, translation. The YLT is a strictly literal and idiomatic rendering of the Original Greek Texts.The Greek Text followed is that generally recognized as the "Received Text," or the "Textus Receptus," from which the King James Version was translated.