If the KJV is the only word of God, then why does it call itself a “version”?

And don’t forget that the true KJV includes the deuterocananical books (Apoocrypha). The modernists corrupted the KJV, removing those scriptures from God’s Word. You can’t accept the KJV and reject the deuterocanon.

James

The only true word of God are the original manuscripts. Everything else are man made translations and copies. God, in His divine providence, has given us tremendously accurate copies of the original manuscripts. Because we have those copies we are able to make very accurate translations of the Bible into any language that is advanced enough to be written down.

Nevertheless, they are still translations. No translation is perfect.

If the KJV is the only Word of God then what are we to do with people who don’t speak English? Are we to teach them English to the point of fluency so that they can read the Word of God? (That’s a rhetorical question. I understand that there are those who teach that translations into other languages should be made from the KJV. That, in my opinion, is patently absurd. People who make that claim seem to think that the English language is the only one that matters. It’s ethnocentrism at its finest.)

I do not attack the KJV, but neither do I recommend it. I think that there are much more accurate English translations available. I also think that there are translations that are far worse.

The NASB is the English Bible that I use as a study Bible. I often use the NIV and ESV as my primary devotional Bibles. It seems that you hold a different opinion, and that’s well within your rights =)

The translation that a person picks doesn’t determine their salvation. This brief article is simply meant as a guide to help people who are coming from a primarily KJV-only background but now want something different to read. If a person chooses to stay with the KJV then that doesn’t bother me in the slightest.

God bless,
- Josh S.

Carole

More seriously: It is not a very accurate Bible translation. It was superb when it was translated, but now many more manuscripts have been discovered–such as the Dead Sea Scrolls–that make for more accurate translations. Also, the Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages are understood better now than they were when the KJV was translated.

The KJV is not the worst translation on the market. Far from it! But my opinion is that there are much better ones to choose from =)

- Josh S.