The word bible itself comes from the latin word biblios which means collection of books. When king James found the books he merely compiled them and had those who spoke the language translate in to the version we have now. Whats wrong with the king james version.
2007-09-05 07:25:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jehovah's Witnesses are not unique for seeking to expose errors in translation. Sadly, however, some would rather perpetuate those undeniable errors rather than acknowledge the truth.
Perhaps the largest fault of the Authorized Version of 1611 (the "King James Version") is its disappointing convention of using "LORD" (in all capitals) to replace nearly every one of the almost SEVEN THOUSAND occurrences of the Divine Name, the Tetragrammaton; the name "Jehovah" is only used in KJV a mere four times.
"The Tetragrammaton" is the term used to describe the four Hebrew characters (" הוהי ") of the Divine Name. The four characters are generally transliterated (that is, a Roman character familiar to readers of English is shown for the sound of each Hebrew character) as "YHWH" and pronounced something similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah". It is relatively straightforward to guess how the Hebrew pronunciation "Yehowah" became translated into the English pronunciation "Jehovah" more than 400 years ago.
To reiterate, the King James Version uses the name "Jehovah" a mere four times (Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4). A few place-names which include "Jehovah" are also left intact (see Genesis 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24).
The shortened form of "Jehovah" is "Jah". KJV uses "Jah" at Psalm 68:4, and within the exclamation "Hallelu-jah" (or "Alleluia"), which literally means "praise Jah" (see Revelation 19:1-6).
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=diagram_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122/article_02.htm
2007-09-05 07:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Do a little more homework. Erasmus put together the textus receptus, which was a Greek version of scriptures, but he didn't have any very old manuscripts, and only had a few. For the books he was lacking (including revelation) he translated the Vulgate (Latin) into Greek. Please read the book THE KING JAMES ONLY CONTROVERSY by James White. He makes clear many things that are "wrong with the king james version".
2007-09-05 07:41:31 · answer #2 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses use any and all bibles. At one time the "Watchtower BIBLE & Tract Society" published and distributed the King James Version as well as other bibles.
The King James is still in use today.
2007-09-07 07:52:38 · answer #3 · answered by keiichi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean they blame everything on translation? I'm a Witness and I sometimes use the KJV. There's nothing wrong with it as far as I'm concerned (except that I'm not too fond of Old English) The Witnesses can use any version of the Bible they choose, they simply use the NWT most because it's the only one that still uses God's name Jehovah.
2007-09-05 07:30:55 · answer #4 · answered by Mabes 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is wrong w/ the King James version. I use it in my personal studies along with the NWT.
2007-09-05 12:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by Agape 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every church out there blames the problems Christianity has on the Translation of the Bible, because they are sure they are the only ones who have it right. The JW are just one of the more vocal groups. So I'd like to think no one has it right, and I'm going to explore my own spirituality to the best of my ability.
2007-09-05 07:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by Grethor the Bard 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow, just when you think you've heard it all! LOL So now it was King James who 'found' the books of the Bible! He's the one who 'merely compiled them'. Sweetie, do a little research, please, please.
2007-09-05 07:46:42 · answer #7 · answered by Suzette R 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋