One of the biggest surprises that I had when studying the King James issue was when I learned that there are complete verses missing in the other translation. You can go to: http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/nivdelet.htm to see which verses they are... So why am I KJV-Only?
Reason #2: Because the KJV has all of the verses that are supposed to be in there.
Now, the other translation defenders will say that the King James Version has added those verses, not that they have taken them away. What they're saying is that they think the Alexandrian manuscripts behind the other translation are the "most reliable manuscripts." That will be another one of my reasons later on, but the issue to take note of here is that the other translation is based on different manuscripts than the King James - they were not translated from the same thing! So much for the "updating the language" argument.
Recently the "ESV" has been getting a lot of attention... It is endorsed on their website by R.C. Sproul, John Piper, Max Lucado, Ravi Zacharias, Albert Mohler, Erwin Lutzer, Paige Patterson and Steve Green - and those were just the names that I recognized. It was billed by some as the "replacement" for the KJV. When I read that, I got interested that maybe it was an updated KJV or something like that --- Nope, it was just another Critical Text-based translation that leaves out the same words, phrases and verses as the rest of them do. It's just an updated RSV... In other words, it is just a part of the 'other translation.'
Could I remind everyone what God thinks about people adding to or taking away from God's word? I can't get around thinking that somebody - on one side of the issue or the other - is going to be in some serious trouble come time for Judgment...
One last reminder - tomorrow morning is Missionary Prayer Meeting...
1 comment:
"It was billed by some as the "replacement" for the KJV. When I read that, I got interested that maybe it was an updated KJV or something like that"
i think this is because the people who did this e.s.v. version said on a web site i saw that they used the kjv to help them in word arrangement. they did this to make the e.s.v. more comfortable for us k.j.v. people! they are targeting k.j.v. people as a reader base.
i picked up one about two weeks ago, your right about it. it is no replacement, it's not even close if you know what your reading.
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