Just another reason that eh KJV is an outdated version that should be retired.
“Just another reason that eh KJV is an outdated version that should be retired.”
The English language has evolved over 400 years, so the old Jacobian language is “outdated”, but the KJV was an excellent Bible for its era, having been translated by a large committee of the ablest scholars of ancient languages in England. Just be aware that some modern translations are taken from different ancient texts that are questionable. That is another topic that has been thoroughly beaten to death on FreeRepublic, so there is no point to rehash that here. Search, if you are interested.
No not done away with...just updated to modern language norms. Most folks led by the Holy Spirit had read that commandment in the KJV and knew that the reference stood for ‘premeditated murder’. I remember as a teen listening to leftists citing that verse from the KJV in their tomes against war, or state execution of murderers and I knew inwardly they were twisting its meaning. Later on when I read what the Hebrew meaning was for that expression(or at least the translation from the Hebrew to English...I don’t read Hebrew) I then realized that the Holy Spirit DOES assist folks with understanding the scriptures. The term “kill” was “murder” as I had argued with the lefties over in my teen years.
Perhaps whoever has charge of the KJV translations can redo the verse as “Don’t commit premeditated murder”...someday. I suspect that even if we had the most up to date linguistically transparent translations of the Bible, folks would still twist it to deceive the sheep. That is a SIN problem, not a translation issue.
Language usage reflects changes in cultural practices...so the Holy Spirit will always need to work to keep the HEART understanding of the Bible pure as God would want us to understand it! After all doesn’t the bible say...”and I will write my laws on hearts of flesh.”?
If the King James Bible was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.