As this year marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible

branie

I was wondering if anyone here owns a copy

Soul Winner

branie wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone here owns a copy

I actually have two King James version Bibles, and one 26 translations (The Word) hard back Bible (3 volumes) which includes the King James translation, and one leather bound Revised International Version which includes the Apocrypha which by the way was also included in the first King James before the British and American Bible societies decided to take it out. Why do you ask?

hivizman

Are you asking whether anyone has a copy of the original 1611 KJV? Over the centuries, the text was quietly updated as spelling and punctuation conventions changed, so the "KJV" that many Protestants own a copy of is not exactly the same as the original text.

I have three copies of the KJV: one of these belonged to my great-grandmother and was printed in the 19th century, the second was given to me by my godmother when I was baptised, and the third is an illustrated version that I was awarded as an attendance prize at Sunday School when I was nine years old.

But I mainly use the New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition).

dvae

I have 1 at home but hardly ever use it as i find it too hard to read.

tenchi-fan

I have the audiobook of Johnny Cash reading it

wolfsbane

branie wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone here owns a copy

Yes, a few. But I use the New King James Version as my main Bible.

Most of the older generation Protestants here in Ulster use the King James, but the NIV and NKJV have made big inroads. I imagine the younger folk are mainly using these two, but I don't know that for a fact.

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philologos

I own a copy, but it isn't the 1611 edition. I mainly use the NIV and the ESV however.

Quo Vadis

Interestingly, the NKJV causes a lot of controversy in the USA among Protestants some of who claim that it has been altered to include Masonic / satanic symbols and language.


http://www.av1611.org/nkjv.html

limra

Snip!

Waaay off topic!

PDN

Quo Vadis wrote: »

Interestingly, the NKJV causes a lot of controversy in the USA among Protestants some of who claim that it has been altered to include Masonic / satanic symbols and language.


http://www.av1611.org/nkjv.html

To be honest I would edit that to say it causes a little controversy among a few fruitcakes in the USA.

wolfsbane

PDN wrote: »

To be honest I would edit that to say it causes a little controversy among a few fruitcakes in the USA.

And, sadly, in Northern Ireland:
http://watchmanneeded.blogspot.com/2011/03/strange-symbol.html

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