violet

smellycat

the original is always better.

violet

InHisLove

Hmmmm! Good question Violet. I'm curious as to the opinions of others myself. Thanks for bringing it up.

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violet

Boanerges

Most people I talk to prefer the modern vernacular to the thees and thous!

freedom07

I rather like 21st century KJV, it is easier to understand and the meaning is still the same. Just like any other version we can always cross reference.

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Romans 6:4
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Jasher

What a coincidence violet! - I just read about this two days ago. Current printings of the King James Bible are typically based on an edition published at the University of Oxford in 1769, edited by Benjamin Blayney, and contain substantially the same text; however, there are a number of differences between the 1769 and the 1611.

1611
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the light from the darkenesse.

1769
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

I think the NKJV has just cleaned up on some of the archaic old English just like the 1769 did - I like it.

violet

smellycat

21 i so like that number.