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[GodsGrace]

The problem with the KJV is that the English language has changed. Some words no longer mean what they used to mean.

And I've had the experience that some don't even understand a whole verse...
let alone a word.

I feel that the KJV has to be "translated" first...
and then understood.

 

[David1701]

Manuscripts were provided to translate into modern languages?
I don't understand what you just said.

God works all things according to the counsel of his own will; so, the Greek, Hebrew and other manuscripts that were available to the Reformers, from which they translated the Bible into English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc., were from God's providence. Trusting the character of God, at an epochal time of return to God and his word, means that we should trust that the available manuscripts (and the collations made from them) were highly trustworthy. This enabled the Reformers to make trustworthy translations.

In contrast to this, the Greek texts upon which most (but not all) modern N.T. translations are based, were created based on the suppositions of people who did not accept the verbal inspiration of Scripture (i.e. they did not believe that every word in the originals was inspired); they also had a deep-seated hatred (we know this from their own writings) of the Greek text used by the Reformers and wanted to replace it with their own.

Using their own suppositions, and just two Greek manuscripts, they created a replacement Greek N.T.. This happened in the late 1800s; and the immediate result was that the Revised Version and the American Standard Version were based on this replacement Greek text, which undermined trust in God's word in the churches, since the new versions had numerous changes and omissions, some serious. Their mandate had only been to revise the English of the Authorised Version, not the underlying Greek or Hebrew text, but they secretly introduced their own text and managed to persuade the translation committees to use that instead.

Most modern translations are based on a Greek text that is similar to the one used in the Revised Version.

This is a greatly shortened and simplified version of what happened, but I can supply much more detail, if necessary.

 

[Wick Stick]

All modern versions of the bible, the NIV, the ESB, the NET derive from the LSD.

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide?

 

[doctrox]

The problem with the KJV is that the English language has changed. Some words no longer mean what they used to mean.

Rather, the problem is that folks don't read whatever bible they have and thus don't discern that the Bible itself defines its words. The "changed language" argument is a red herring.

And I've had the experience that some don't even understand a whole verse...
let alone a word.

Understanding doesn't comes from men; it comes from the Holy Spirit whom we are told to approach with our questions.