Originally posted by josephwI am curious, do you actually believe that?
The King James is a translation. All the rest of the English Bibles are versions.
In the preface of one copy of the King James that I saw it quite clearly stated that it was not to be taken as a final accurate translation but that later translations were expected to be better.
just read some leviticus and i gotta say it is a lot more readable in lolspeak.
Leviticus 1
Teh Ceiling Cat saiz to Mozes, "O hai! Outta ur tabby-nackels, d00dthx.2 U should go saiz this to Izrulites, for to IM me, Hey Ceiling Cat, I can has stuff 🙂 and liek that, they gotta bring me teh cheezeburgers or other good stuff for impruvin teh conneckshun winkwink."
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Originally posted by josephwThe KJV is an Anglo-Saxon translation. It's a difficult read because modern English isn't purely Anglo-Saxon as it was then.
The King James is a translation. All the rest of the English Bibles are versions.
My favorite translation is NRSV, translated from Hebrew and Greek.
Some Bibles are paraphrases, not versions, such as the Living Bible.