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1 | HCSB what's your opinion? | Bible general | jeremiah1five | 241568 | ||
Hello justme. My translation of preference is the King James Version of the Bible. Why? Again, to me it's a matter of authority. I believe God is Sovereign. I believe that God sits one man in a throne, and God removes one man from a throne (earthly throne, that is), and that for God's purpose not only sat King James I on the English throne, but also "moved/prompted" him to authorize a translation for the English-speaking people (his subject.) Now, I know in part that the Bishops Bible and maybe another earlier translation of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures were "authorized," but for all intents and purposes so was the KJV as there is no one higher (on earth) than a king and I do not believe dictators, presidents, or any other leader of men or nation of people has any authority to translate the Scriptures or to order new translations. I believe that the unification of both Head of State and Head of Church is unified in Jesus Christ, but King James was also summarily head of state and head of church (Anglican), and that the only translation authorized for the English-speaking people is the King James Version. Anyone else care to give me your thoughts on this? |
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2 | HCSB what's your opinion? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 241572 | ||
Dear Jer, Given that our gracious host is the Lockman Foundation, our posting and participation in this forum assumes appropriate levels of acceptance of their efforts and objectives. Nonetheless, since the inception of the Study Bible Forum, a number of KJV-Only folks have come along hoping to promulgate their positions at our host's expense. Consequently, use of the search functions to the right of your screen will yield great volumes of discussion to these points. Indeed, you will find posts with assertions like yours on one hand, along with others asserting various mystical sole authorities on the other. I reckon that just about everything that could be said -- rational and otherwise -- you will find in those archives. For good or ill, this venue preserves them for review by one and all. In Him, Doc |
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3 | HCSB what's your opinion? | Bible general | jeremiah1five | 241576 | ||
Hi Doc. Don't get me wrong, the use of other translations are helpful as I get to see and read how other linguists translate the Hebrew and Greek in their translations into English. I don't have a NASB nor a Holman's nor an Amplified (which I like) but I do have the ASV, BBE, GW, YLT, NIV, LB, NKJV, that I sometimes refer to. I also use a Strong's for assistance in the Hebrew and Greek and sometimes go online for assistance from other linguists for comparison or run into others that don't use a Strong's but maybe a BDB or some other scholar(s) for the same purpose. It's just that when I was first born again (even before that) I had always used a KJV. Later, as I learned more on the Bible I learned that no translation is the perfect copy of the original manuscripts. Even the KJV. But God has used this translation to teach me His Word through the years. |
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