Some people have apparently been reading the propaganda books by the King James Only crowd: Who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Thy Servant, didst say, WHY DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?" (Acts 4:25 NASB) "Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?" (Acts 4:25 KJV) The King James Version is “attacking“ the doctrine of Holy Spirit inspiration. It must be corrupted! Of course I’m being sarcastic, this doctrine is covered elsewhere, and we don’t know which manuscripts added or subtracted from the original."To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now forever. Amen." (Jude 25 NASB) "To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." (Jude 25 KJV) The KJV removed “through Jesus Christ our Lord” The translators must have been inspired by Satan to corrupt the word of God! Of course again I'm being sarcastic, but this is the type of propaganda that King James Onlyists use on gullible people who don't check the facts for themselves. You can easily "prove" one translation is better than another by the selective verse comparison game that they like to play. It is a known fact that there are many minor mistranslations and religious biases in the King James Version just as there are in any translation. A "translation" into English or any other language , is the inspired Word Of God to the extent that it properly translates the languages in which the Scriptures were first written. The whole PURPOSE for having a Bible translation, the very reason for its existence, is to convey in words which people understand the meaning of words (in the Greek and Hebrew originals) which people do not understand. The degree to which an English Bible translation fails to accurately, clearly, and fully convey the meaning and content of the originals, to that degree it fails to attain to its very reason for existence. The proper understanding of the doctrine of inspiration is that no translation is inspired, but are someone’s attempt to provide his or her best understanding of the original Greek and Hebrew. If the KJV is the only "infallible" Bible, then no one who lived before 1611 had access to it. Any English speaking person who seeks after truth should have several reputable translations, along with concordances, Bible dictionaries, Interlinear Bibles, etc., because all of our English translations fall short in certain regards. God never promised us a perfect English translation, so we need to be extra diligent. False doctrines aren’t caused by bible translations, but rather by the deceitfulness of men’s hearts. Dishonest people are drawn toward poor translations, and those seeking truth will find it.The more literal the translation, generally the less bias it has from its translators. The NASB is the most literal, and the King James is pretty close, as well as the Literal Translation by Jay Green. The Message is probably the most paraphrased and therefore one of the worst. The main point however is that the original manuscripts are in Greek and Hebrew and all translations fail to convey the message to varying degrees, but most literal translations say essentially the same thing with minor variances, so any of them are generally fine but should be checked against the Greek and Hebrew on controversial issues.SealedEternal
I was reading a post, and I read that most of the Bible translations are corrupted. Is NKJV an okay translation of the Bible? I know that it is better in Hebrew and Greek, but I can't read those languages, so I have to have an English one. What English translation of the Bible is most accurate, and what are parts in the Bible that I can trust 100% in the translations?
