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Hallelujah! At Age 400, King James Bible Still Reigns
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| April 18, 2011
| Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Posted on 04/18/2011 5:23:54 PM PDT by Colofornian
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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."
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:24:52 PM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Jesus-as-friend doesn't let sinners dive dunk-free; it's good to let Jesus be your designated diver)
To: Colofornian
"And in the KJV, it's distinctively the voice of God." Amen.
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:25:29 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
To: theKid51
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:27:20 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: Colofornian
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..
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:28:09 PM PDT
by
RnMomof7
( "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you,)
To: Colofornian
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:28:24 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Colofornian
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!
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04/18/2011 5:28:51 PM PDT
by
cantfindagoodscreenname
(I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
To: Salvation
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:29:39 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Colofornian
I don’t know about you, but I don’t believe much that NPR puts out!! LOL!
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:31:42 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Colofornian
Wait ‘til ya read it in Hebrew! Then you get to really plumb the depths of God’s mind!
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:32:19 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Colofornian
**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!
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:33:01 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
NPR = National Protestant Radio?! ; )
To: RnMomof7
Happily, the Bible means things in English too. Read Proverbs 3:5-6 in the KJV and the NIV and see what I mean. KJV isn’t just the Word of God, it’s art.
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04/18/2011 5:36:46 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
To: Colofornian
" 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.
To: Salvation
I don’t know about you, but I don’t believe much that NPR puts out!! LOL!Same here, but "much" is the operative word...which means occasionally they get somethin' right or mostly right.
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:40:07 PM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Jesus-as-friend doesn't let sinners dive dunk-free; it's good to let Jesus be your designated diver)
To: Salvation
I was scanning & that was the report...
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:42:08 PM PDT
by
Colofornian
(Jesus-as-friend doesn't let sinners dive dunk-free; it's good to let Jesus be your designated diver)
To: Colofornian
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.
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:42:23 PM PDT
by
Cicero
To: Colonel_Flagg
Forever O LORD, THY word is settled in Heaven and earth
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:53:24 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Cicero
Yeah, it does have a few mistranslations. One that struck me as funny was where in Leviticus 15 and Numbers 6 it says to bring as an offering two turtles, when it should have mean two turtledoves. Lol
But I still like the language of the KJV. I have some other translations, but some of the newer tranlations are not so good. KJV is my favorite in most cases.
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04/18/2011 5:56:09 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: knarf
Forever O LORD, THY word is settled in Heaven and earth "For I am the LORD, I change not." - Malachi 3:6a
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posted on
04/18/2011 5:58:51 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
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