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1 | 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 | ||||||
2 | Is the KJV "Supreme"? | Ps 12:6 | Makarios | 11946 | ||
Dear Hank, JVH0212, RCSCROLL and glory777, Thank you all very much for replying to my note! I so very much appreciate your words of wisdom here, since I happen upon these "Pro KJV Only" websites often and sometimes (when Satan works on my 'doubtfulness') lose my 'perspective' easily when reading these websites. It is amazing how one can be so discouraged, deceived, and lose their zeal and passion just by reading this material which has proven to be discouraging to me. I however remain steadfast and at peace with choosing the NASB as my translation of choice, despite this 'discouragement'! Thank you once again, my dear friends and brothers and sisters in Christ! You have reassured me once again that I am not "crazy" like my unsaved friends tell me that I am, and I honestly appreciate your fellowship which has proven to strengthen me in so many ways! Thank you, Nolan |
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