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1 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Makarios | 11785 | ||
Hello all, I happened upon a website http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/kjverror.html that states that a Christian should use the KJV as their 'primary' Bible and use other translations as a good follow up to the KJV. What do you make of this? |
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2 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Hank | 11855 | ||
The King James Bible reigned supreme among English translations for nearly four centuries. Only in the last handful of years has the King James lost its position as the best-selling translation in the English language. The reason is not hard to find. Written in the Jacobean English of its time, it is ever-increasingly difficult to understand by the majority of modern readers. Many of its words don't mean the same now as then, its syntax is quiet different from modern English, punctuation is not the same. To get an idea of what the changes in language have done to the King James, go back a few years and try reading Chaucer in the original. No one can read original Chaucer with any real comprehension except specially trained scholars. And so, in like manner, the time is approaching when the King James will be unintelligible without special training in the archaic language. Parts of it are now..... The idea of some of the adherents to the King James only movement that the King James translators were somehow divinely inspired is totally without foundation. And the claim that modern translations and translators are corrupt is utter nonsense. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | glory777 | 11865 | ||
I agree, Hank. The first time I read the NIV (the first translation I read after reading King James) it was like opening my eyes to the Bible all over again. But I still like to go back to the King James once in a while. The language is beautiful, especially the Psalms. But for someone who is just beginning to read the Bible - no way. Debbie |
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