[wbarmy]

I prefer the 1599 Geneva Bible because that is the very translation that King James was persecuting the serfs for and gave rise to our founders. The KJV was created as an answer to the Geneva. Geneva is the version used by our founders. It is also one of the true contextual translations of the Torah. Am I wrong to say the newer translations are all based off the KJV?

Why are you trying to gt into a flame war with the KJV-Onlyers? There are enough reasons and translations to suit everyone and everybody's desire to understand the Word. Most of the KJV and Geneva came from the work of Tyndale and the KJV translators made that well known. The desire was to get away from the Margin annotations which were often political in nature and caused problems between the different denominations.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Most of the KJV and Geneva came from the work of Tyndale and the KJV translators made that well known. ***

People always say the Geneva bible was preferred by the people in the 1600s yet they don’t say why. I believe it is because the KJV was printed with OLDE ENGLISH letters making it virtually unreadable. When they dropped the old English and went to Gothic letters, like the Geneva, it took off.

Walmart recently offered a photo copy of the original KJV. It will really slow you down as you try to figure out the words with old English writing.

Old English is good on Christmas Cards but not for major works of literature.