[Colofornian]

I heard this report on NPR today -- and wanted to pass it on...sounds even better on NPR...because it includes music clips of KJV excerpts put to language (The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, Kansas) and clips from speeches (Martin Luther King, etc.).

From the article: This year, the most influential book you may never have read is celebrating a major birthday. The King James Version of the Bible was published 400 years ago. It's no longer the top-selling Bible, but in those four centuries, it has woven itself deeply into our speech and culture.

From the article: What astonishes Jeffrey is that such beauty could be produced by a committee. "The quality of the poetry is extraordinarily high," he says. "It's memorable. It's beautiful. And in the KJV, it's distinctively the voice of God."

[Colofornian]

Ping

[Colonel_Flagg]

"And in the KJV, it's distinctively the voice of God."

Amen.

[bmwcyle]

ping

[RnMomof7]

I know that it is said that the newer translations are more accurate to the original transcripts ...but I have a real friendship with the KJV... it is like poetry and a sweet melody to our ears..

[Salvation]

I don't think so. The Bible is imuch older than just the King James Version.Didn't you ever read Luther's quote below?

"We are compelled to concede to the Papists
that they have the Word of God,
that we received it from them,
and that without them
we should have no knowledge of it at all."

~ Martin Luther

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"We are compelled to concede to the Papists
that they have the Word of God,
that we received it from them,
and that without them
we should have no knowledge of it at all."

~ Martin Luther

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

I don’t use the KJV Bible, but I grew up with it. I learned The Lord’s Prayer, the 23rd Psalm and other passages in KJV. Great article!

[Salvation]

I don’t know about you, but I don’t believe much that NPR puts out!! LOL!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Wait ‘til ya read it in Hebrew! Then you get to really plumb the depths of God’s mind!

[Salvation]

**I heard this report on NPR today **

Good grief, are you a dimocrat? I thought they were the only ones who listened to NPR. LOL!

[jiminycricket000]

" Hallelujah! At Age 400, King James Bible Still Reigns"

Reigns over what? Frankly, this Christian isn't at all interested in a bible named after a human King. I'll still take the original Christian bible that was fully assembled, codified and deemed "inspired by God" around 382 A.D. That bible came out of the Christian Church, not from some secular King who decided to make his own version.

[Cicero]

I grew up with the King James Bible.

As a Catholic, I am aware that there are a few mistranslations. And you need the KJV with Apocrypha, since the Protestant canon leaves a number of books out.

But the mistranslations are not very many. The sad truth is that the ICEL translations used in the English-speaking Catholic world after Vatican II, are far worse from the point of view of accuracy as well as strength and beauty.

The NAB is a lousy translation, and so are most of the recent, politically correct translations found in Protestant and Catholic Churches alike.

I still quote the KJV, or AV for Authorized Version as it calls itself, for preference.

[caldera599]

Hand me a Douay-Rheims Version please.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

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[Talisker]

At Age 400, King James Bible Still Reigns

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

- Galatians 6:7

[The Mayor]

Amen it is the only Bible I have ever had,