If so why
2007-09-28 13:58:17 · 7 answers · asked by Benny 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
2007-09-28 14:00:42 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as an inspired translation, and the original KJV isn't even a good translation, with more than 3,500 translational errors. The translators appointed by King James simply were not expert in the ancient languages, and their work plainly reflects their lack of expertise. Many of their errors are just wrong punctuation, wrong tense of a verb, etc., but some of them are really pretty ridiculous, such as their translation of the Hebrew phrase for "horned beasts" as "unicorns", instead of the obvious correct meaning found in every other version of the Bible - "oxen" or "cattle". The Revised KJV is much better, with most of the errors having been corrected. But the unicorns are still there.
2007-09-28 21:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Inspired? No. No translation is inspired, though the Word of God itself is.
The KJV it is full of problems including subjective "translation".
Currently NASB is one of the best English translations available.
2007-09-28 21:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by FourArrows 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it more likely that King James was inspired to do a mew translation to better control his subjects. I don't think God had anything to do with it.
2007-09-28 21:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by honshu01 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, but it's the only translation taken from the original greek and hebrew texts .... i can't remember what they are called, but the KJV is the most accurate.
2007-09-28 21:02:26 · answer #5 · answered by Favre's #1 GIRL Fan!! :) 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Version,,, yes version. Somehow that is NOT translation, just a version.
2007-09-28 21:09:55 · answer #6 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is, the only one you can read and know what it said
2007-09-28 21:12:55 · answer #7 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋