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I know the King james version is but I was wondering if this is also. What is your opinion on it??

2007-01-30 07:02:08 · 15 answers · asked by astrafi 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Not all Bible versions were officially authorized by Jesus like the King James version was. When Jesus returns to get his revenge he will rip the hearts out of those who follow unauthorized versions.

2007-01-30 07:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

AHEM! Sorry to burst your burble but King James "commissioned" the Bible - but he did not at any point officially declare the final draft as "authorized". The King James Bible has been revised MANY times after King James death. he could not possibly authourize those versions, now could he?

What does some man's seal on it have to do with it? The New International Version is as good a translation as the King James Version however - in contemporary English without slang or loose phrasings or paraphrasings.

The NIV goes a step further and identifies a scant few passages that were ADDED by the Roman Catholic Church.., which the King James does not.

I personally feel (in my humble opinion) that the NIV is a pure blessing from God, that He inspired the NIV for "THIS" generation, because face it - we do not speak the 300 year old archaic version of English.
Many of the phrasings in 300 year old English mean something entirely different in todays English.

And may I point this out?
Does thou address thine friends and kinsmen as such as this? Nay, I say naught."
- OR -
Do you address friends and family more like this?

I said very much the same thing in both cases, but the point is - todays language is not the same as old no longer used strains of English. The original Torah and New Testament were not written in English. For that you have to learn Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and so on.

2007-01-30 07:19:05 · answer #2 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0 0

What do you mean by "authorized"? The only reason the King James Version is considered the "Authorized Version" or that it is "Authorized" is because King James approved the work to be done.

This says nothing of its quailty or its holiness. The NIV is just as good if not a better translation then the KJV or AV.

2007-01-30 07:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

"BeDuhn noted, too, that many translators were subject to pressure “to paraphrase or expand on what the Bible does say in the direction of what modern readers want and need it to say.” On the other hand, the New World Translation is different, observed BeDuhn, because of “the greater accuracy of the NW as a literal, conservative translation of the original expressions of the New Testament writers.”

"comprehensive comparison of nine major translations of the Bible: King James Version, New American Standard Bible, New International Version, New Revised Standard Version, New American Bible, Amplified Bible, Today's English Version (Good News Bible), Living Bible, and the New World Translation."

Dr BeDuhn found the NIV to be very bias.

In his conculsion of the review of the NIV, he said when 100 theologians who believe the exact same thing. Translate the bible, You can't get an unbias bible.

2007-01-30 08:43:43 · answer #4 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0 0

The King James is often refered to as "the authorized version", though the term is outdated. It was the best translation available for a long time, but now it's outdated.

"Authorized" really doesn't have any meaning.

2007-01-30 07:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Here is a link to read how this version was created. Take a look at it and you may be more comfortable with it. Looks like a lot of thought was put into it, and checks and balances to be certain it stayed true to the Word. But see for yourself so you can make an informed decision. God Bless You!




http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/?action=getVersionInfo&vid=31

2007-01-30 07:30:30 · answer #6 · answered by what? 3 · 0 0

The NIV is not Authorized because King James died a long time ago. In fact, it is not even a translation, it is considered a paraphrase (The Zondervan website says so.).

IMO, to make matters even worse, it is a paraphrase of an inferior source text from the Greek.

2007-01-30 07:16:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

sure...by the publisher...and you can not copy any thing from it because it is copyrighted....as to the KJV... it was "authorized" by King James..but that is all he ahd to do with it... just means he paid the bills for the workers who did the research and translation. Here is a link to a page on the Bible from my website if you care to read my pov on the different "translations"
http://mikevanauken.pages.web.com/outreach/id4.html

2007-01-30 07:10:22 · answer #8 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 0 0

Authorized by who nobody has to authorize the bible silly anyone can authorize it. BB

2007-01-30 07:16:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

authorized by who?

2007-01-30 07:05:50 · answer #10 · answered by techteach03 5 · 1 1

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