Posted on 06/25/2017 7:13:19 PM PDT by NRx
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There was a time when the KJV translation was considered the greatest work in the English language, ahead of Shakespeare.
But that was before the libs began a systematic destruction of the English language and religion.
Some wonder why people still the preferred the Geneva Bible instead of the KJV in the 1600s.
My belief is that the KJV was printed in OLD ENGLISH
lettering while the Geneva used the easy to read italic or gothic font.
Not sure if it is Italic or gothic. But or is easier to read than the first KJVs.
KJB is indeed a historical treasure. I know fairly well the history of James the 6th of Scotland who became James the 1st of England. He was a great scholar and great King.
I still haven’t studied the different versions of the KJB, how they arose, why it’s important to know the different versions. I invite any knowledgeable Freeper to fill in some details.
The use of the KJV has given us a “religious language” when talking of religious things.
Even the iman in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA spoke in KJV English when quoting the koran.
Mother gave me a KJV Bible in 1956 when I was 9.
It is a small Bible with small print but back then I could read it with no problem. For most of my life I thought Mother and Daddy had given it to me but I was looking at it just a few weeks ago and it was inscribed “from Mother”.
My Grandfather attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. around 1912.
He could translate Latin and Greek but not Aramaic or Hebrew. He once told me that the KJV was an unusually accurate translation.
The best way for kids to read and understand the KJV is to take them to a KJV-only church from birth. That’s how my siblings and learned. I was born on a Wednesday and in church four days later. Basic immersion is the best way.
And weren’t Sword Drills fun? I kicked butt. I don’t know of any churches who do that any more.
I remember sword drills.
My Father kept score and each month the high scorer would be given a Bible. Naturally a KJV.
William Tyndale paid with his life as a martyr. There were countless martyrs who gave their lives to give us the Bible in our native tongue. The history of the Bible in English is a full of intrigue, murder, and the Godly martyrs who paid the highest price to bring the word of God to all.
My kids used the Abeka books and started on the KJV in kindergarten.
Never had problem one.
There are rumors and speculation that Shakespeare had some hand in the writing. Here is an article on that topic:
Teach your children to understand the Bible in Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic.
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The KJV is definitely the most accurate English translation of the Bible that exists.
Most of the errors in the KJV are in the italicized words that were added in to deflect the meaning in critical places, and one would do well to simply cross every one of them out, if true understanding is what you desire.
Most of the so-called modern translations are less accurate, and all of them are harder to read for the young, who may have limited reading vocabularies.
An interesting fact about English Bibles is that every supposed modern translation contains the most serious errors that were created in the KJV by adding the italicized words.
This tells me that they are not really new translations, but simply tendentious reworks of the KJV.
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You can order the KJV Apocrypha in a separate volume. Some KJVs have the in the Bible.
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Hebrew is useful in some ways, but requires several years of intense study to master, and it is unnecessary!
The JPS Tanakh was an independent English translation of the old testament done by the very best Hebrew scholars, and it has no significant differences from the KJV.
Studying Greek will simply get you into arguments with those that have used deliberate mistranslation of Greek words as a foundation for their man made theology.
Aramaic is of no value for most because there are very few ancient Aramaic MS in existence to work with.
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Rom 8:16 “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God”
KJV
Bad translation, the Holy Spirit is not an “it”.
To help your child understand the KJV, give her a copy of the ESV, NASB or NIV.
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