Is the KJV easy for you to read?

[Marnie]

I think it's the most widely used version out there but I prefer the NKJ version. I also have a Amplified which I like but it can get a little wordy.

That reminds of the time we had a guy read a Scripture out loud in Bible study and he used the Amplified. It took him FOREVER to get through a handful of verses! I want to shout, "Skip the words in the brackets!" That's a great Bible to use for quick study if you don't know the original languages because it gives alternate translations for various words and phrases.

[Floatingaxe]

Is the King James Version of the Bible easy for you to read in the year 2007?

Will it continue to be used? Is it fading out of the English language or is it basically already gone? The local Church I go to still uses KJV cited hymns (sp) but not Bibles. Most use the NIV.

Thoughts?

Yes it is easy for me to understand. Yes it will continue to be used for reasons I cannot fathom. It is archaic and generally considered by those who know the original languages to be an inferior work. I am far more versed in NT Greek than OT Hebrew, although I can find my way around the Hebrew Scriptures eventually. The KVJ NT, while being a stalwart and true translation of the original (and paraphrase of earlier translations) is not nearly as accurate as, say, the NIV or RSV. Those who tell you otherwise are offering opinions based on their preferences.

Dear brother it is all Greek to me, I struggle with English. This site www.biblediscernment.com makes a pretty good case of the AV being the REAL WORD of God.

That website is C---P.

[Floatingaxe]

Peter is the rock on which the church will be built.

Well, then read the Greek again... The word for "rock" was not the Greek for "rock", but rather the Greek for a stone from a bigger rock--a chip! Jesus was referring to Peter as a major building block..not the foundation. Jesus is the Rock.

It was "petros"...not "petra". Jesus is Petra.

We are all "living stones," or "petroi"...just like Simon Peter!

[Yahsway]

FA is correct! Jesus IS the Rock that the church is built upon. The cornerstone/foundation of our faith.

[ayin jade]

Shalom Marnie,

I am not well-versed in Biblical Hebrew, but I have a couple of interlinear bibles. Do you use them and if so, do you have a favorite?

I like the Hebrew / NIV.

I can't find a Hebrew one, just Greek???? Where did you get yours?

I have a 4 volume interlinear that is all of the bible, new and old testament. I got it from Sovereign Grace Publishing.

Here is one online. http://www.scripture4all.org/

[Marnie]

FA is correct! Jesus IS the Rock that the church is built upon. The cornerstone/foundation of our faith.

Actually, I thought Peter's confession was the rock. Jesus established the Church and is the Chief cornerstone, but it was built upon the foundation of the apostles and the prophets according to Paul in Epheisans 2:20. Perhaps I misread it.

[dakota190]

i grew up on the kjv and have attended churches that viewed you as if you were satans' right arm if you used anything else. personally i doubt that Jesus ever spoke in olde english, so why do well meaning christians demand we do so. i have heard all of the arguments about translations (english is english) and about missing verses. my wife and i own numerous translations and several study bibles, and computer bible programs and historical records such as Josephus, and i have yet to have anyone show me a verse from the old kjv, that is not in the nkjv, that would change anything.

so as for myself, i use the nkjv, i recommend it and believe in it without any hesitation. i assure you the holy spirit can and does lead and teach in it every bit as much and as well as he does any other translation. as for the chart that places people that read certain versions on lower tables of intelligence, i would have to wonder what issues or agenda was behind such alleged research and compilation of statistics, as to produce such a finding. well i guess i will have to repeat all of the grades and classes i have passed since the 7th grade, apparently they were all bogus. that will be hard for an old man such as myself.

above all i have every faith that God is capable of protecting and growing his word and keeping it pure. (before anyone even goes there, i am not including the bibles written by false religions and cults in this description as they are not the word of God to start with.)

[TheoMike]

Actually, the chart refers to the translation, not the intelligence of the person reading it. For example, the NIV was written so that a person with an 8th grade reading level can understand it. It does not mean in any the Word was dumbed down or those who prefer the NIV are somehow lacking in intelligence.

[Floatingaxe]

i grew up on the kjv and have attended churches that viewed you as if you were satans' right arm if you used anything else. personally i doubt that Jesus ever spoke in olde english, so why do well meaning christians demand we do so. i have heard all of the arguments about translations (english is english) and about missing verses. my wife and i own numerous translations and several study bibles, and computer bible programs and historical records such as Josephus, and i have yet to have anyone show me a verse from the old kjv, that is not in the nkjv, that would change anything.

so as for myself, i use the nkjv, i recommend it and believe in it without any hesitation. i assure you the holy spirit can and does lead and teach in it every bit as much and as well as he does any other translation. as for the chart that places people that read certain versions on lower tables of intelligence, i would have to wonder what issues or agenda was behind such alleged research and compilation of statistics, as to produce such a finding. well i guess i will have to repeat all of the grades and classes i have passed since the 7th grade, apparently they were all bogus. that will be hard for an old man such as myself.

above all i have every faith that God is capable of protecting and growing his word and keeping it pure. (before anyone even goes there, i am not including the bibles written by false religions and cults in this description as they are not the word of God to start with.)

YES!

[KeilanS]

I think the best translation simply depends on the purpose.

I read through the NIV and when I started with the KJV it just seemed to speak to me. It is definatly my translation of choice. That being said, I think some people are best with the NIV and I think they should read it! I don't get picky until you get onto the topic of paraphrases like The Message. I do not like these at all, I think they are suitable for a child's bedtime story and nothing more.

God Bless,

Keilan