Have you ever realized that The KJV has been under attack. The NIV is not under attack nor is the Message bible nor is the NASB or some other translation. Why is the KJV under such scrutiny.
Because the devil only attacks that which is from God. If he's got you then he leaves you alone.
Your comments please.
It's much harder to "make up" the "word of God" when an inerrant standard exists... that's another reason the KJV is under attack. Nowadays if you don't like a particular biblical doctrine, you can either go to a different translation that supports your heresy or you can go to the lexicon and pick one of the 5 or 6 definitions that aligns most with your heretical view.
For example if you believe in the gap theory which is not supported in the KJV, you can go to Strong's and pick out whatever word you want to substitute for "was". The gap theory believer will say a better translation for "was" would have been "become". And there you have it... you changed the word of God so it would line up with your belief.
H1961
היה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.
Gen 1:2 And the earth
was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.