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Its Time to Retire the KJV SBC Voices. Dave,A lot of the people who use the KJV as their primary or exclusive English Bible translation have heard all this before. OpKoAQy.jpg' alt='Gideons International Bible Pdf' title='Gideons International Bible Pdf' />Here are some replies to your points, which I summarize before each answer 1 The KJV uses obsolete terms and expressions. Yes, it does. But the negative effects of these archaic terms have been exaggerated by the KJVs detractors. Some archaic terms such as habergeon define archaic quantities and there is no simple way to avoid the use of the archaic term without introducing either a lot of other words, or a less precise word. Likewise the Bible contains oodles of geographical names, historical personages, and a variety of flora and fauna, which are just as strange to the reader, when first encountered, as habergeons. But this can be easily remedied by the introduction of explanatory footnotes. If the worst objection to the KJV is that reading the KJV is likely to increase the readers vocabulary, this does not seem much of an objection. In addition, certain archaic forms of expression in the KJV are more precise than their modern rivals. The terms theethou, for example, match singular terms in the New Testaments Greek base text, while yeyou match the plurals. I recall reading something in which the writer objected to the KJVs use of the term suffer, on the grounds that suffer nowadays does not mean allow. Then I went to the theatre and watched The Return of the King, in which the term suffer is used in its archaic sense twice at a pivotal moment in the film. The moral of the story a thoughtful reader who appreciates the context can usually discern the gist of archaic terms. And a reader who wants more than that can consult a footnote, another translation, or if he is really desperate a Bible teacher or preacher. I do not think that it is a valid test to ask of any Bible translation, Could a person understand this if alone on a deserted island. Rather, Is this a sufficient representation of the meaning of the original texts, for the use of the church in its establishment and application of doctrine With the church in the equation, to help the reader along at difficult points and difficulties involving the vocabulary are trivial compared to difficulties in content the presence of archaic terms becomes a minor thing. Many people prefer the mess of pottage that is supported by the base text instead of the casseroles that the paraphraser has falsely introduced out of his own imagination. To the extent that the original New Testament text was written in ordinary language, our English Bibles should be written in ordinary language too. The Paul Wrote Jive concept has been greatly abused. Some NIV propaganda spread this idea, and it has been inflated even more ever since. Gideons International Bible Pdf' title='Gideons International Bible Pdf' />
The Bible Belt is an informal region in the southeastern and southcentral United States in which socially conservative evangelical Protestantism plays a strong role. Month Plan Deliberate People also features a six month plan to take you through the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs. You can download the PDF from them or. But the fact is that the Bible was not written in just one style some parts are straightforward narrative, some parts are apocalyptic prophecy some parts are didactic discourse the style varies according to the genre, and according to the author, and according to the purpose. Evermotion Archmodels Vol 42. The same author who spells the ABCs in Lamentations gives us the riddle of Atbash. In real life, the words of Eugene Nida of all people ought to make us stop and think about translations in street language Many New Testament messages are not directed primarily to the man in the street, but to the man in the congregation. For more about this, see the essay at http www. The base text of the KJV is inferior to the base text of most newer translations. Focus On Advanced English Cae Sue O Connell Pdf Compressor. In the interest of brevity, I will focus on the New Testament base text of the KJV the Textus Receptus. It does indeed have some textual barnacles. But for the most part, those accretions are benign, and in some cases serve to amplify the meaning of the original text. If you think of the Textus Receptus as a quasi translation of the original Greek text into Greek, although the number of places where the wording is not original is many, the number of places where the meaning of the original is utterly lost is few. In some cases, the new translations, though translating from a different text, have rendered their base text in such a way as to convey the meaning that is conveyed in the TR. In James 4 4, the TR says the Greek equivalent of, Adulterers and adulteresses, and several modern versions, though translating from nothing but the Greek word for Adulteresses, have rendered the term inclusively. In addition, although the barnacles in the TR are a legitimate concern, they can be identified and compensation can be made for them, in a manner not all that different from the method used by the apostles who used the Septuagint despite its many defects. Meanwhile, some of the new translations, instead of being satisfied with benign barnacles in the text, have adopted what their readers must hope is a cleaned up text but is it Or have the editors, in their attempts to scrape off the barnacles, scraped away important parts of the ships hull, leaving gaping holes The several attempts at textual revision have not really made the text more secure as far as the ordinary reader is concerned. Instead, he is bound to be flummoxed is Jesus the Son of God in Mark 1 1, or notWas Jesus compassionate in Mark 1 4. Is Jesus, in John 1 1. Son, or the only begotten God, or the one and only Son, or something elseWas it the Lord, or was it Jesus, who saved people out of Egypt in Jude verse 5 Did Jesus ascend to heaven in Luke 2. Did Jesus say that He was not going up to the feast, when in fact He went, in John 7 8, or did He say that He was not yet going upThese comparisons do not involve the KJV I have set one modern version alongside another. Due to advances in textual criticism, we know better what the authors wrote now than the KJVs translators did in 1. This is essentially the same point as 3. And, besides the answer I just gave, I would add something else the Alexandrian Text the text type that is adopted in the modern critical text at over 9. Westcott Hort cleverly argued for it, by proposing the Lucianic Recension to account for the rise of the Byzantine Text. But where are the competent textual critics who still believe that the Byzantine Text is wholly the result of the Lucianic RecensionNo cogent new theory has been established to account for the rapid rise of the Byzantine Text. And the appeal to follow the Alexandrian Text because it is found in the oldest manuscripts is to a considerable extent a facade, for two reasons first, because when the oldest witness is not Alexandrian, the critical text very frequently does not adopt the oldest reading anyway, and, second, because the papyri found in Egypt have survived thanks to the climate in Egypt one might as well say, This manuscript must have a better text because it was found closer to the equator. So, while the Textus Receptus can definitely be improved upon, that does not mean that it is an improvement to follow the Alexandrian Text 1. NT base text of most modern versions tends to do. The idolatry of the KJV only groups must be opposed. Agreed. But to treat that as an argument for retiring the KJV is fallacious anything can be abused. Mr. KJV Onlyists faults are not the faults of the KJV.