How are "might" and "may" used in the past?

etymology word-usage modal-verbs modality

Solution 1:

"Might" was used somewhat more expansively in older English, as you can see from this search of the phrase "might have" in the King James Version of the Bible, first published in the year 1611:

https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22might+have%22&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

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