Questions tagged [kjv]
Questions regarding the KJV translation of the Bible into English. Questions may include the 1611 translation or later editions.
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Why is the phrase 'not being myself under the law' missing in 1 Corinthians 9:20 in the KJV?
1 Corinthians 9:20 KJV
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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Why does the KJV translate בָּאֲפֵ֖ר as ashes in 1 Kings 20:38
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ בָּאֲפֵ֖ר עַל־עֵינָֽיו׃
1 Kings 20:38 KJV
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised ...
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Who is the dresser of the vineyard in Luke 13:6-9?
Luke 13:6-9 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his ...
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Why is the hired servant not allowed to eat the holy thing in Leviticus 22:10-11?
Leviticus 22:10-11 KJV
10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his ...
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Why does the elder ask John about the multitudes in Revelation 7?
Revelation 7:13 KJV
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
The elder asks John about the multitudes in white robes ...
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Who heard the voice saying:this is my son in whom I am well pleased.. Was it people who stood by? Or John alone
And behold a voice from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." [Matthew 3:17 KJV]
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom ...
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What system of checksums did the Masoretes use to preserve the Hebrew text?
God promised to preserve his word to all generations:
Psalms
12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
12:7 Thou shalt keep them,...
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What is a faith unfeigned for a true beliver?
One of my favorite verse to summarize the christian walk is 1 Tim 1:5 "Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned"
My ...
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How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
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2 Kings 8:26 (KJV): Two and twenty years old
Answer2
2 Chronicles 22:2 (KJV): Forty and two years old
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How can we clearly understand what the punctuation marks in the KJV mean? [closed]
There are many Bible passages where it seems to me that a clear understanding of the usage of punctuation marks would shed light on the meaning of these passages. For example, Revelation 20:4:
And ...
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What are the main Textual Differences between KJV and DRB?
First of all, the answer is possible, but needs some effort. I am not overhasty, take your time. I think the honest answer will direct us toward the most accurate translation to the most accurate ...
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Who spoke in 2 Kings 6:33?
2 Kings 6:33 KJV
33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
In the ...
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What is the correct translation of Jeremiah 6:2?
Jeremiah 6:2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2“The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
Jeremiah 6:2 King James Version (KJV)
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to ...
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Is it adulterers and adulteresses in James 4:4?
James 4:4 NASB
4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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Why is John 5:4 missing in the NIV?
John 5:3-5 NIV
3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
John 5:3-5 KJV
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Why KJV translated “Χριστοῦ” as “God” in Ephesians 5:21?
Ephesians 5:21 (DRB):
Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.
Ephesians 5:21 (KJB):
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
KJV and NKJV, both versions translated ...
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What does 1 Timothy 2:5 mean by “…there is one God…”?
What does 1 Timothy 2:5 mean by "...there is one God..."?.
Does it mean "God the Father" or "God the Son" or may it means the Divine nature and Godhood?
I was confused when I read Arabic and English ...
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Why does the NIV translate Psalms 52:1 differently than many other translations?
Psalms 52:1 NIV
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
Psalm 52 King James Version (KJV)
52 Why ...
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Does “made a curse” in Gal 3:13 k.J.V mean “made cursed”?
First of all, I would like you not to consider what I am going to say as blasphemy. I'd like to know the nature of christhood. I am trying to know what actually happened, without any bias. What the ...
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Jeremiah 33:5 Does the KJV miss out a preposition in translation?
I was brought up short by reading this :
whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. [Jeremiah 33:5 KJV]
It seemed that ...
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Why does the KJV say “people perish” in Pr. 29:18?
Can anyone tell me why the KJV translates the Hebrew words yipara am as “people perish” in Pr. 29:18? (The Hebrew word am means people and yipara means unrestrained.) Other translations render yipara ...
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How do we justify the transaltion of NIV in 2 Samuel 12:31?
2 Samuel 12:31 reads:
וְאֶת-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-בָּהּ הוֹצִיא, וַיָּשֶׂם בַּמְּגֵרָה וּבַחֲרִצֵי
הַבַּרְזֶל וּבְמַגְזְרֹת הַבַּרְזֶל וְהֶעֱבִיר אוֹתָם במלכן
(בַּמַּלְבֵּן), וְכֵן יַעֲשֶׂה, לְכֹל ...
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Isaiah 14:6 - KJV/NKJV disagrees with other translations?
Below are different English Bible translations of Isaiah 14:5-6. Verse 5 is included for context.
KJV
5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6He who smote ...
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Typesetting/punctuation rules in original King James Version “:)”
In the King James Version, Luke 2:4–5 reads:
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of ...
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What is the accurate translation of Luke 14:15: “eat bread” or “be a guest”?
My question concerns the translation of Luke 14:15 in the King James Version (KJV) and the Bible in Basic English (BBE).
King James Version:
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard ...
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The meaning of Gen. 20:16 AV
I cannot understand the meaning of the word reproved in the following verse of the King James Bible:
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, ...
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Origin of Pleonastic Phrasology in the Bible
I noticed a phraseology in the King James Version of the bible that is strange to a modern English speaker. It involves two forms of the same word in close proximity in a sentence. Before posting this ...
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Why does the kjv include the phrase 'for the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof' in1 Corinthians 10:28
It seems this phrase is wanting in some other texts
1 Corinthians 10:28 KJV
28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for ...
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Matthew 4:16 - are the “region” and “shadow” of death different things?
"...and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up." Matthew 4:16b KJV
Is this verse is talking about two separate but related things, or just one thing?
As an example......
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Why did the 1611 Authorized Version translators choose to translate ἐλπίδος as “faith” in Heb. 10:23?
Why did the 1611 Authorized Version translators choose to translate ἐλπίδος as "faith" in Heb. 10:23 when the majority of old and modern translations chose "hope"?
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Jonah at the bottom of mountains, Jonah 2:6
What was Jonah mean that he went down to the "bottom of the mountains" and the "earth with her bars was about me forever"?
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Why do some translators include the phrase 'this shall be/seen' in Exodus 16:8?
Most translators seem to add some different phrases in this text which somehow was never in the Hebrew text.
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה, בְּתֵת יְהוָה לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר ...
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When did God say “let all the angels of God worship him” as stated in Hebrews 1:6?
When did God say "let all the angels of God worship him" as stated in Hebrews 1:6?
Hebrews 1:6 (KJV): And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the
world, he saith, And let all the ...
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How does Moses opt to use הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים for judges in Exodus 21:6?
Exodus 21:6 KJV
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall ...
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Does the Tyndale’s version use “if” I’m John 12:32?
The pastor mentioned that the Tyndale’s version KJV 11 uses “if” instead of “when” in John 12:32.
The only reference on the internet I found is:
And I yf I were lifte vp from the erthe will drawe ...
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How does the Douay Rheims Bible translate שַׁדַּי as God of Jacob in Psalms 91:1?
Psalms 91 Douay Rheims Bible
1 He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 91:1 KJV
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the ...
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Why does the KJV use the term 'observer of times' in Deuteronomy 18:10?
Deuteronomy 18:10 KJV
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, ...
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In Romans 1:7 KJV, why is κλητοῖς ἁγίοις translated as “called to be saints”?
[Rom 1:7 KJV] (7) To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[Rom 1:7 MGNT] (7) πᾶσιν τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ῥώμῃ ...
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Why does KJV use censers not firepans/trays in 2 Chronicles 4:22?
KJV 2 Chronicles 4
22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of ...
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Why is the word “honeycomb”, in Luke 24:42, missing from most Bible translations?
King James, together with a few other translations, has "fish and honeycomb" in Luke 24:42, while most other translations only mention "fish". Why is "honeycomb" missing? ...
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Why is חַוָּ֑ה (Gen. 3:20; 4:1) translated “Eve” in KJV (both cases) and “Ζωή” in Gen. 3:20 (LXX), yet “Ευαν” in Gen. 4:1 (LXX)?
The Hebrew proper noun, חַוָּ֑ה, in Genesis 3:20 and Genesis 4:1, is transliterated "Eve" in both cases in the KJV, yet "Ζωή" and "Ευαν" (Gen. 3:20; 4:1, respectively) in the LXX. It should be "Chavah"...
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Why do the NASB translators add the word 'mere' in Colossians 2:17?
Colossians 2 NASB
[17]things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
Colossians 2 NKJV
17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of ...
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What is the significance of the extra comma in Romans 12:2?
I am puzzled about the placing of a comma.
Romans 12:2 says:
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and ...
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How should we understand Gen 31:24 in view of the context (i.e., Laban speaks to Jacob) and an apparent Hebrew language nuance?
How should we understand Gen 31:24 in view of the context (i.e., Laban speaks to Jacob) and an apparent Hebrew language nuance?
The King James Version (“KJV”) provides a marginal note at Gen 31:24 ...
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Did the Wise Men see the Star of Bethlehem at the east?
We read at Matthew 2:1-2 King James Version (KJV):
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, ...
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What are the various Bible Versions up till 1611?
My initial research suggests that a Bible Translation has to do with translating the Bible from one language into another. However, I have been asked to find out how many Bible Versions there were ...
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In Rev.5:6, is the “Lamb” one of the “four beasts in the midst of the throne” (KJV)?
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven ...
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What is the meaning of the Hebrew words “temunah” and “adameh” as translated in the KJV, particularly in Numbers 12:8?
I have an assignment on the meaning behind the King James Version translation of Numbers 12:8:
With him [Moses] will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the ...
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Why is the KJV version of Matthew 5:44 so much longer than other Bibles?
From my search the KJV includes the phrase, "do good to them that hate you"
But that phrase doesn't seem to exist in the versions I typically use.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=...
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Why is 2 Peter 1:19 commonly translated with “day star” rather than “Lucifer”?
The word "Lucifer" comes from 2 Latin words: Lux (=light) + ferous (=to bear or carry). Thus the name "Lucifer" means:
Light-bearer or Light-bringer.
Yet in the KJV and many other translations this ...
