Is the King James version of the bible the absolute word of God?  Are there any mistakes in it?
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Yes there are many mistakes. But also resources to check it out. In the original 1611 version the translators wrote a letter to the reader. Saying how carefully they did their work. But also they said there might be some imperfections. There are some words you can't translate. There are also figures of speach. Plus the translators did not have the benefit of the Masorrah. Deep subject and too complicated to go into here.\n\nThe KJV is the nearest to perfection. We have the benefit of resources, works of scholars, to check it out.
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What are you saying? That we shouldn't read the Bible because we don't speak Hebrew?\nThere are basically two different kind of translations. There are the literal translations which aim to translate the original text word for word and then there are paraphrases or so called "dynamically equivalent translations", which aim at reproducing the meanings, the original readers would have understood.\nSo not all English translations are inaccurate. In the King James Version, although a literal translation, there were some mistakes, such as the one you mention. These have been corrected in the New King James version. \nIn the NKJ it reads "murder", not "kill".
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As noted, King James did not write a Bible, he authorized a new translation.  The project began in 1604, and was published in 1611.  It is largely a refinement of Tyndale's translation by reference to the oldest available manuscripts of the time.  Speciifically, it ignored the Vulgate used by Catholics.  54 scholars were involved in the project.\n\nThe primary purpose of this new translations was to eliminate the sectarian bias that existed is the several English language translations then in use.
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In an odd way, sweet_shy is right.  Sure, there are translation errors and parts of it may have been added or deleted, but it's still God's work.  It was divinely inspired; the only part that really matters is the message, and do you really think that he would let his message be corrupted?  The rest is just fluff to make it readable.  Now having read the New Testament, I find that what I read is entirely in line with my knowledge of God.  I think the message comes through just fine and there are no errors in it despite whatever stages the actual text has gone through.
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I would like to clarify the difference of translated and changed. Translated is when something is written in one language and is copied or written into another language that one can understand. And when something is changed it means that it is totally worded different from its original text. The bible has not been changed. It has been translated.\nFrom what I found there has been over 400 versions of the English Bible since the King James Bible was published in 1611. Starting with the Revised Version (1881); to the American Standard Version (1901); to the Amplified Bible (1958); to the Living Bible (1967); to the New International Version (1973); to the New King James Bible (1979);
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The KJV Bible was modernised as it was written in old English and too hard for most people to understand.  I personally love this version, so there's no need to stop using it.\n\nThe term Jesus saves is true, but He saves through the repenting of sins.
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God promised to preserve his Word, not the English language. He knew about the translations, and the annomalies that may arise.\n\nYou can bet the translations (not all of them), but a few of them, potray the message in a clear and concise manner.\n\nWhile the enemy may taint some avenues of the Gospel, the Lord will not allow them all to be corrupted.\n\nI posted this in another thread:\n\nThe Bible is made up of 66 books, written by 40 authors on 3 continents, using 3 languages, and penned over a 1600 year span of time, yet it uniquely fits together without contradiction, making up one volume we call, “The Bible”.\n\nCharles Spurgeon said, "This Bible is the anvil on which many a hammer of critics has been worn out." It has truly withstood every test and trial while remaining the undisputed bestseller of all time! Over 1/2 billion Bibles were printed in1997 alone!\n\nWhat makes the Bible so different from all other books? It's incredible accuracy both historically, scientifically, geographically, and prophetically.\n\nArcheological findings, have proven the Bible’s literal accuracy. The Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947, substantiate the accuracy of the Old Testament scriptures written 2,500 to 3,500 years ago!\n\nThe Bible revealed many truths thousands of years ago long before they were discovered. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica; Volume 4 page 937 "Columbus discovered America by Bible prophecy rather than by astronomy." Columbus believed the Bible and convinced the Queen after reading to her the following scriptures:\n\nIsaiah 40:22 (about 800 B.C.)\n\n"It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth..."\n\nJob 26:7 (Almost certainly over 1,000 B.C.)\n\n"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing."\n\nMan thought the earth was flat and perhaps sat on the back of a turtle, just 500 years ago, yet God revealed the earth's true Geography over 3,500 years ago, a circle that hangs on nothing.\n\nIncredible as it may sound, we probably killed our first president, George Washington, by bleeding him to death. A practice called blood letting, the cutting of ones wrist and removing life giving blood. If we had only read and believed God's word:\n\nLeviticus 17:11\n\n"For the life of the flesh is in the blood..."\n\nThere are hosts of incredible proofs like these throughout the Bible. The water cycle and evaporation process is revealed in Ecclesiastes 1:6-7 and Psalms 135. \n\nThe Bible is the only book that foretells the future with 100% accuracy. It foretold the birthplace of Jesus 700 years before He was born! (Micah 5:2), That He would be crucified over 500 years before this inhumane practice ever began! Details about Jesus’ crucifixion such as: His hands and feet would be pierced, His beard would be torn out, His garments would be gambled for, and that He would die between two thieves, and be buried in a rich mans tomb (Isaiah 53, Psalms 22). Jesus fulfilled 30 different prophecies in just one day. There were about 300 prophecies that foretold His first coming and over 500 that tell of His second coming.\n\nOne such prophecy was fulfilled and witnessed by millions of people alive today! On May 14th, 1948, three million Jews from all over the world speaking 85 different languages returned to a tiny piece of desolate desert land, that most had never seen. God foretold of this incredible event through His word over 2,500 years ago.\n\nJeremiah 30:3\n\n"For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it."\n\nEzekiel 36:24\n\n"For I will take you (Jews) from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land."\n\nZechariah 8:8\n\n"And I will bring them, and they shall dwe
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Many people may not see it this way but i think that all these new bibles NIV,nasb, and more are a taktic of satan. you know in the end times every one is going to be of one religion and every one changing to these new bibles i believe is the changing of religions. i use the King James Version AND I LOVE MY GOD.
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The Bible is not the silver bullet, of course. I do believe in God and in Jesus's ressurection, however, there are parts of the Bible that sound like pure nonsense to me while other parts contain great, true wisdoms everyone should live by.
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YES I DO! I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN RE-WROTE OVER AND OVER, BUT I ONLY READ KJV BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST VERSIONS. SOME SAY KJV IS TO HARD TO UNDERSTAND BUT IT IS WROTE ON A 8TH GRADE LEVEL. SO ANY BODY COULD UNDERSTAND THAT. I BELIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE BECAUSE I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST AND I CAN FEEL HIM IN MY HEART AND SOUL.
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Yes, I have compaired the NIV to the JKV the New KJV and the modern english Translation the American Standard version and the New American Standard version. I find all these are very similar, some are easier to read of course, but I always stuck with the King James for memorizing and teaching. I also used the NIV or some other modern version for my straight through reading, but have read the KJV through many times, but not as much as I used the other versions. \n\nI did notice some words were changed to make it appear to say something else, but when you read everything in context it is hard to take it out of context.  Especially when you looked at other passeges. \n\nI never liked or trusted the Schofield notes.\n\nI did buy one NIV study bible with notes and found it very desturbing because the scripture would be very plain, but the Scholars added their own intrepretation and even claimed that the Apostle or writer was wrong and did not understand their own scripture. \n\nPersonally, I feel it is better to use a bible without notes. That is just my opinion.
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The Bible before the KJV was the Latin Vulgate. You can find one translated in to english. Try latinvulgate.com or  google.com\nIt's the best since it was translated from the original greek centuries before the KJV.
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The Bible is the inerrant, infallible, inspired Word of God.  Everything in it is true.  People didn't create the New Testament, but holy men wrote as they were led by the Holy Spirit.
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The bible is 99% pure, however there still exist copyist errors which you most definitely have pointed out.  The first is a numbering copyist error and the second, one of the daughters is actually Merab.  However the christian faith does not rest on tiny pieces of data like these examples.  All of the questionable material of the bible has absolutely no impact on the doctrine of Christianity--they are all very minute details such as the ones you have pointed out.  The other 'supposed' contradictions out there commit several logical fallacies such as quoting out of context and juxtaposition, and do not look at hebrew or greek colloquialisms
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Of course.  All of the bible has been translated and re-translated hundreds of times, and all subject to the political and social morals of the monks keeping the records through the centuries. Don't kid yourself about it being "God's Word" and thus unchangeable and infallible.
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I asked a friend of mine that had studied Greek & Hebrew, what was the most accurate translation in his opinion, and he said the King James translation.  I use it.