Bible Question: How many revisions have there been from 1611 when the King James Bible first came out, until our present New King James bIble came out? |
Bible Answer: Answering from another point ... Four 1. 1629 Cambridge Edition 2. 1638 Cambridge Edition 3. 1762 Cambridge Edition 4. 1769 Oxford Edition Spelling was not standarized in the Modern English language until the 18th century A.D This means that the spelling of the words found in the King James Version were not standarized in the 1611 version. 1. There are approximately 400 textual differences between the 1611 King James Version and the 1769 King James Version. 2. These differences came about through the correction of typographical errors. 3. In 1611 itself, two Oxford editions of the King James Version were printed by the same printers on the same printing press; yet, there were 100 textual differences between them due to typographical and italics errors. 4. It is estimated that over 70 percent of these typographical errors were corrected by the time the 1638 Edition of the King James Version was printed, and 100 percent of the typographical were corrected by the time of the 1769 Edition. 5. None of the textual corrections were made for the purpose of updating the language or correcting translation errors. They were simply made for the purpose of correcting typographical and italics errors. Also, changes were made in some of the marginal references. 6. By way of comparison, there are approximately 60,000 textual differences between the 1769 King James Version and the 1979 New King James Version, and the New King James translators did not limit their changes to orthography or typography. Instead, they published an entirely new translation of the Bible based upon different underlying texts. This means that there are 150 times more changes in the New King James Version of the Bible. Source: John A. Kohler,III http://www.geocities.com/onlytruth4him/revisions.html My questions are 1. Can anyone read the 1611? 2. When KJV preach, do they speaketh the language of the text read? Searcher |