King James Bible? What's the difference? Who is he?

Question

OK say cristians believe everything they read in the bible to be fact. Why are there different bibles out there? Who is King James and why is his bible so different? Is it better?

Answer 1

ok there are lots of different bibles out there

at least over 50 different versions!!

and King James was well a king!!

Answer 2

King James was the King of England during the early 1600's.

He persecuted Christians who did not want to part of the state "Church of England" which is why the people left England to start up Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 and the Pilgrims who came on the Mayflower to American in 1620.

During his reign he authorized and paid for a new translation of the Bible which was published in 1611.

The King James translation was the best in its day, but much better translation exist today for two reasons.

1. The English changes over time and words which meant one thing in 1611 often mean something different today.

2. Archaologists have dug up Hebrew and Greek manuscripts which are more than 1,000 years older than the manuscripts used by a the King James translating committee.

And that's why I suggest that the King James Bible, while is has great poetry you can sing to in the Psalms, ought to be retired, or at least for serious study people should use one or more modern translations, such as NIV, NASB and ESV.

And yes I became a real Pastor back in 1974, long before Internet, preaching in real churches with real people.

Pastor Art

Answer 3

The Catholic Bible is composed of the Apocrypha that's quite a few added books that are no longer secure in Protestant's Bibles. something of the Bible is same to the Protestant Bible. The King James Bible replaced into the 1st English translation of the Bible. that's seen to be between the main precise translations of the unique Hebrew and Greek, whether the English language usuage is now somewhat archaic (it makes use of thees and thous). The previous testomony is an identical as a results of fact the Jewish Torah. The Christians did no longer substitute it in any way. in actuality, to confirm that new translations to be performed (such as a results of fact the NASB version of the Bible, they went decrease back to the unique Hebrew and Greek, even consulting the ineffective Sea Scrolls). the hot testomony starts off with the delivery of Jesus. The Bibles in hotel rooms are Protestant Bibles--maximum in all possibility King James variations.

Answer 4

There are different Bibles out there for several reasons. One reason is that it's not 1611 anymore, so people don't talk like they did in 1611, which is the year the King James Bible was translated. For instance, the word "replenish" simply meant "to fill" back then. It didn't mean "to fill again" until about 1650. If you're going to use a King James Bible, you should have one with footnotes that tell you when the English language has changed. As for the "thee, thou, thy, you, ye, etc." that makes it specific.

John 3:7 "Marvel not that I said unto thee, 'Ye must be born again.'" Marvel not that I (Jesus) said unto thee (Nicodemus), 'Ye (everyone, not just Nicodemus) must be born again.' There are books that tell about King James English, because it is somewhat different from what we use today. However, if you can't understand the King James, you can probably just use a different translation and get by with that, especially if you are in a Bible-teaching church, and particularly if you're a new believer anyway. New believers have to depend a fair amount on more experienced ones, so it's okay if you're Bible has errors in its translation, because you probably won't recognize them anyway because they are subtle. But yes, the King James is the most accurate. It was written long before 1859, so it was not influenced by the theory of evolution and it's been around the longest, so people have had a long time to study it. It also came from the most reliable manuscripts. The NIV, RSV, and several others are good translations of a bad book. They rely on manuscripts from Egypt and that was an ancient cult, so they have made some serious changes, but again, those changes are hard to find and if you're in a good church, you probably would be okay, even with those Bibles.

However, some translations were simply made to make money and they bear little resemblance to what is actually God's Word. In order to copyright your work, it has to be at least 10% different from other people's work. There are like 150 different translations (I think) of the Bible in English. There are not 150 different ways to say every verse. There's also the Catholic Bible, which includes the aprocryphal books as inspired, which everybody rejected in the Christian faith around 400 A.D. when they were voting on what books to include in the Bible but the Catholics decided in the Middle Ages to include those books as inspired, even though the book of Revelation tells you not to add to Scripture, nor subtract from it under penalty of damnation for all of eternity (Revelation 22:18, 19).
This is why I reject the Book of Mormon and the others that they have written in that cult and why I will never be a Catholic, although I don't believe that all Catholics are going to hell. Not all Catholics believe in those apocrypha and many do believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, the Trinity, forgiveness, repentance, the Ten Commandments, etc. so they will go to heaven.

If you want a lot of specifics, you can look up the Athanasian Creed on the internet. It goes into detail about the basic precepts of the Christian faith. You can also look up the Nicene Creed, if you really want to go to all that trouble. It's up to you, but as long as you can find a church where they believe in the Bible and the pastor, deacons, and members demonstrate the character of Christ in their lives, you probably have a good church. You can simply ask a long-time member of that church what Bible they use and use the same one. When you do find a good Bible, remember that it doesn't do any good sitting on the shelf. Open it up and read at least a little of it every day. If you're in a big hurry, maybe just read a Psalm because they're usually short but get a little of the Word in you every day. It's essential for your growth and my days go better when I take some time to read my Bible.

Answer 5

When produced, (in 1611, but the version popularly used is from 1645) the new translation of the bible commissioned by King James 1st was a great improvement over previous English bibles, though it took a good while for this to be recognised
(It wasn't the bible the Pilgrim Fathers brought across to America)
Since then many more manuscripts have been discovered, affecting somewhat the text that needs to be rendered into English, and even more importantly the English language has itself moved, so what was once a good translation is now horrendously archaic or cumbersome.

There are only two grounds for seeing the KJV as supreme.
One is through regarding the Jacobean, near Shakespearean language as more appealing, powerful and poetic.
This is for people who value the religious "feel" of the KJV even if the words are poorly understood.
(Similar argument has been raised in support of the Latin Mass for Catholics)
The other maintains that later scholars have chosen the wrong manuscripts on which to base the newer translations, and so any more recent translation is inherently corrupt.
Various websites will take you to the pros and cons of the "King James Only" argument.

Answer 6

There are different Bibles because they are different translations. I'm sure you know that the Bible was not originally written in English. It was originally written in ancient languages such as Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Then it was translated into Latin.
In more modern times, translations have been made from those languages into English, French, German, etc. When two different people try to translate an ancient document, the translation will always come out somewhat different. This is due to the difficulty in rendering many words/expressions from one language to another. It is harder enough to translate from, say, German into English--it is much harder when trying to translate expressions from an ancient culture that has already died out. So you end up getting many different translations/versions of the Bible.
King James was a king of England who ordered one of the first translations of the Bible into English. A large group of religious scholars was brought together in order to translate the Bible from Greek into English. Their translation is known as the King James Version, and was published beginning 1611 (or about that time).
The KJV is not necessarily better--it depends on what you are looking for. The KJV is very traditional and well-known. However, it is based on the English of that time--so they say things like ye and thou and goeth and behold and all those old words. Many people today prefer to use a more updated, modern English translation. Others believe that some newer translations are more faithful to the original meaning of the ancient texts. You should study about it and decide which Bible suits you best. They all have their limitations, but they are also all the Word of God when it comes down to it.

Answer 7

King James 1 was King of England after Queen Elizabeth 1, she had no heirs and appointed him king. He was king of Scotland before that. King James had the bible translated into English so he could read it. Even tho he was very educated, he never learned Latin. The King James version of the Bible came out in 1611. The KJV of the bible is written in old english , like a Shakespeare play. Very poetic in nature. I personally like the way it is written, the only thing I dont like is that it is missing 7 books that Martin Luther removed

Answer 8

The King James version was translated in the 1600s when we spoke the English language differently. Today, the Bible has been retranslated into more common and the more meaningful language and idioms we use today.

The Bible has not changed, but our language has. Today we have more words in the English language than in the times of King James and can translate the Bible more accurately to today's English-speaking masses.

Answer 9

King James the 1st of England

New Testament was translated from the Greek, Old Testament from Hebrew.

Answer 10

wow....you dont know what you are talking about do you....King James Version is a version that was translated into english....The original texts are in Hebrew...and since most cannot speak or read hebrew, its been translated...King James Version is the oldest accurate english version..

An no matter how many diff. Bible Versions there are out there, they all basically say the same things...some are in newer dialects for people who are too lazy too read the original english version. Some of these newer versions
change some things around, such as Moses being put into a basket with slim on it...they changed to Moses put into a net with tar on it.....little different, be careful of the newer ones.


If you read a direct Hebrew translation, or better yet, Hebrew Torah's....ITS AN EYE OPENER...some things, such as the gore has been left out of ALL English translations. The hebrew text