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The Majesty Argument for the King James Version
Dr. Donald L. Brake, Sr. wrote “A Monarch’s Majestic Translation: The Kings James Bible: The Remarkable Relevance of a Seventeenth-Century Book to the Twenty-First Century.” Dr. Brake may not consider himself a King James advocate (see from 44:45 for a few minutes in this interview), but — in various forms — the idea that the…
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The Plow Boy (or Ploughboy) and Translation
Dr. Dan Haifly, in his recent debate with Dr. Mark Ward, made the following comment (see here): Mark and and several of his friends and fellow fellow students have said — I say students of the Bible — they talk about the plow boy. The guy that edited the ESV he said, “I think there’s…
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A Third Cavil against the King James Version
In the letter to the readers, the translators of the King James Version provided the following defense of their translation against a contemporary cavil offered primarily by their Roman Catholic adversaries (source): Yet before we end, we must answer a third cavil and objection of theirs against us, for altering and amending our Translations so…
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Will Kinney's Space Argument
Will Kinney sometimes argues that one of the signs that the King James is the perfect word is that a portion of it was read in space by the Apollo 8 astronauts. In a recent debate he stated: “… reasons why the King James Bible is God’s inerrant book and there are many reasons not…
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The 1881/94 Scrivener Textus Receptus is not the King James in Greek
While Scrivener was aiming to provide the Greek upon which the KJV was based, he did not always do so accurately. The most frequently cited example is Ephesians 6:24 where Scrivener omits the terminal Amen, presumably because the 1611 KJV omitted this word, although the Oxford/Blaney 1769 edition and the so-called Pure Cambridge Edition (1909)…
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KJV Improvement – Satyrs
Satyrs in the Bible? (source of image at right) Isaiah 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs (וּשְׂעִירִים) shall dance there. Isaiah 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of…
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Responding to "KJV Today" regarding Revelation 16:5
The anonymous author of the KJV Today is not, I assume, any of the other authors I’ve already responded to when it comes to Revelation 16:5. This author has an article on Revelation 16:5 (link to article). The article was titled “Beza and Revelation 16:5.” I have tried to preserve the substance of the article,…
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Response to Will Kinney on Revelation 16:5
Will Kinney has an article on Revelation 16:5 (link to article). I thought it might be worthwhile to review the arguments and evidence provided by Will Kinney in his article hosted by Nick Sayers: Article: Revelation 16:5 “and shalt be” by Will Kinney Revelation 16:5 “Thou art righteous, O LORD, which art, and wast, AND…
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Debate Proposal for Debate with Will Kinney
Here’s an outline of debate proposal for a hoped-for debate with Will Kinney regarding whether (and on what basis) the King James Version (Pure Cambridge Edition, 1900) and Scrivener’s Textus Receptus (1881/94) can be improved. I. Names One of the more difficult questions in translation is how to translate names. When it comes to the…
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John Bois' Notes on Revelation as it pertains to Revelation 16:5
Translating for King James: notes made by a translator of King James’ Bible, translated and edited by Ward Allen, purports to be a transcription and light editing of the notes of John Bois. As you may know, John Bois was charged with translating the Apocrypha (which were in Greek) and also served as a translator…