Is the KJV easy for you to read?

[Giaour]

I love the fluidity and poetic structure of the kjv.

It takes time to get used to some of the language but it is so much more beautiful than the current translations.

[Floatingaxe]

For the KJV only people, why do you take this as the perfectly preserved translated bible, when even the translators of the KJV 1611av didnt believe that? And they stated so on the preface to the bible.

I don't know that the Apostle Paul realized the importance of his epistles when he wrote them, but they are accepted as the Word of God. I would say that the translators likewise didn't realize they were being used of God to give us a perfect English translation, but that was the final result nevertheless.

I would have to disagree and say that the KJV is not perfect. It does mistranslate some words. The KJV is the Bible I mostly use aside from the Recovery Version.

Lets test this.

In Genesis 1:1-2a It says " In the begining God created the heavens and the Earth, and the earth was (note that word) without form and void. Now upon careful consideration that makes no sense. How did God create the earth without form ( waste), and void (empty).

Isa 45:18 KJV testifies.. For thus saith the LORD that created the heaven; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, (vain is same word use in Genesis for without form) he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

This would seem to be a contradiction in the word. But let us take a look at that word was. That word 'was' is translated become or come to pass. That same Hebrew word is also use in the case of Lots wife stating that she became a pillar of salt. I would say that that word was is rightly translate became in light of Isa 45:18.

In the beginingGod created the heaven and the earth and the earth became waste and empty.

The KJV is a wonderful version, but the english language is very poor. Let us thank God for concordances and and the many other tools at our disposal.

I am a believer in the pre-Adamite race theory. That states that God did not create the earth without form and void originally, but that was the end result of a judgment that came upon the world between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. It is my opinion that there was a world filled with dinosaurs and what we now refer to as cavemen, and that they existed before the story of Adam and Eve but were destroyed. That cannot be proven conclusively, but it is my opinion. I don't believe this was a mistranslation.

Hey! I believe that, too!

[HAZARD]

For the KJV only people, why do you take this as the perfectly preserved translated bible, when even the translators of the KJV 1611av didnt believe that? And they stated so on the preface to the bible.

I don't know that the Apostle Paul realized the importance of his epistles when he wrote them, but they are accepted as the Word of God. I would say that the translators likewise didn't realize they were being used of God to give us a perfect English translation, but that was the final result nevertheless.

I would have to disagree and say that the KJV is not perfect. It does mistranslate some words. The KJV is the Bible I mostly use aside from the Recovery Version.

Lets test this.

In Genesis 1:1-2a It says " In the begining God created the heavens and the Earth, and the earth was (note that word) without form and void. Now upon careful consideration that makes no sense. How did God create the earth without form ( waste), and void (empty).

Isa 45:18 KJV testifies.. For thus saith the LORD that created the heaven; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, (vain is same word use in Genesis for without form) he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

This would seem to be a contradiction in the word. But let us take a look at that word was. That word 'was' is translated become or come to pass. That same Hebrew word is also use in the case of Lots wife stating that she became a pillar of salt. I would say that that word was is rightly translate became in light of Isa 45:18.

In the beginingGod created the heaven and the earth and the earth became waste and empty.

The KJV is a wonderful version, but the english language is very poor. Let us thank God for concordances and and the many other tools at our disposal.

I am a believer in the pre-Adamite race theory. That states that God did not create the earth without form and void originally, but that was the end result of a judgment that came upon the world between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. It is my opinion that there was a world filled with dinosaurs and what we now refer to as cavemen, and that they existed before the story of Adam and Eve but were destroyed. That cannot be proven conclusively, but it is my opinion. I don't believe this was a mistranslation.

I am a believer in the existence of the pre-Adamite World as well and Scripture plainly shows this to be true. Another thread has covered this.

[Guest Biblicist]

I am a believer in the pre-Adamite race theory. That states that God did not create the earth without form and void originally, but that was the end result of a judgment that came upon the world between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. It is my opinion that there was a world filled with dinosaurs and what we now refer to as cavemen, and that they existed before the story of Adam and Eve but were destroyed. That cannot be proven conclusively, but it is my opinion. I don't believe this was a mistranslation.

I am a believer in the existence of the pre-Adamite World as well and Scripture plainly shows this to be true. Another thread has covered this.

And where would that be exactly?

[sweetycakes]

Psalm 23....

Hey, that's on my signature!

It's something that God impressed upon my heart when I was first saved

Stephen, I wasn't kidding when I said that has kept me sane, it really has. When my son was killed, I just kept repeating it over and over and over. I bet I said it a thousand times or more, Its what I held onto, and still hold onto!

I know just what you mean, SP.

I have found it a comfort on far more than one occasion, to help me get through this life. Not only because they are comforting or inspiring words, in a human sense, but because they have proved true for me

Btw, I didn't know about your son, and I'm very sorry about that.

[Vickilynn]

Psalm 23....

Hey, that's on my signature!

It's something that God impressed upon my heart when I was first saved

Stephen, I wasn't kidding when I said that has kept me sane, it really has. When my son was killed, I just kept repeating it over and over and over. I bet I said it a thousand times or more, Its what I held onto, and still hold onto!

Shalom SilentPrayer,

I am so sorry about your son.

I lost my son too, and Psalm 23 was a great comfort to us as well.

[Scarletprayers]

Psalm 23....

Hey, that's on my signature!

It's something that God impressed upon my heart when I was first saved

Stephen, I wasn't kidding when I said that has kept me sane, it really has. When my son was killed, I just kept repeating it over and over and over. I bet I said it a thousand times or more, Its what I held onto, and still hold onto!

Shalom SilentPrayer,

I am so sorry about your son.

I lost my son too, and Psalm 23 was a great comfort to us as well.

I'm so sorry, that is a grief I wouldn't wish on anybody!

[Guest Biblicist]

And where would that be exactly?

where would what be??

Scripture that show's a pre-Adamic world.

[Vickilynn]

And where would that be exactly?

where would what be??

Scripture that show's a pre-Adamic world.

Shalom,

Right, I'd like to know that too.

[kittylover0991]

Alright, I'm refraining to merely comment that I do not agree with the Gap Theory between Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2

For the KJV only people, why do you take this as the perfectly preserved translated bible, when even the translators of the KJV 1611av didnt believe that? And they stated so on the preface to the bible.

I agree with what Butero said on this, but I still have one small issue... would anyone mind discussing Psalsm 12;6-7 in relationship to where God's preserved Word is? I understand that David said "thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee" but notice, David "hid" it in his heart, it wasn't already there. The thing is, we are not born knowing scripture. It is something that has be learned just like a parent has to teach a child "don't touch the stove, it's hot" or "it's wrong to steal". We have to learns and we aren't born knowing the bible in and out, so with that in mind, where is God's preserved Word at this point here on this earth?

Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Psa 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.