Bible "versions"?

All new versions lack truth, they lack verses, and important key words.

impotent and impossible are kinda of completely different words...in english anyway!

lol

also if it was 'impotent' that would change the meaning, to something sort of sexual?! although people do use 'omnipotent' to mean Godly.

Anyway, what she said he said was you have to CROSS out the word 'impossible' in your Bibles (whatever version it is) and replace it with the word 'impotent'.

im like um ok. Right.

The obsession with the KJV is unwarranted and unhelpful.

If you truly believed you had God's pure and holy preserved words, wouldn't you be obsessed with telling people too? I hope so. The KJV was written with the most correct form of English words.

Even IF it was the "most correct form of English words".... It is not now.

Sure it is. What we speak is an informal, watered-down version of English. We use "you" for both singular and plural forms. In English, "you" is plural as well as "ye". Thee and thou are singular forms. That makes for an accurate statement.

Sure it is. What we speak is an informal, watered-down version of English. We use "you" for both singular and plural forms. In English, "you" is plural as well as "ye". Thee and thou are singular forms. That makes for an accurate statement.

If you truly believed you had God's pure and holy preserved words, wouldn't you be obsessed with telling people too? I hope so. The KJV was written with the most correct form of English words.

Rubbish. All versions are in some way flawed because they are translations from a foreign language.

The KJV is a problem because the version of English used is archaic.

I did not say I didn't want the KJV because it was too old. Let me rephrase what I did say: IF the English translation I choose requires me to constantly look up what the English word means, it would make more sense to me to invest my time in to learning the language in which the translation comes from. I have no problem with doing a deeper study into scripture, but isn't one of the main points of having a translation so that you can understand the writing in your native tongue? I would rather spend my time learning Hebrew words than learning new-old English words. For the English translations I do choose, I want them to be as accurate as possible while me still being able to understand the English words.

As far as the specific verses that I brought up, a simple google search on them will give you some more insight if interested. The translations of scripture I mentioned also have some sort of commentary or preface/introduction to explain. It would mean more coming from people fluent in the languages than coming from me.

Rubbish. All versions are in some way flawed because they are translations from a foreign language. The KJV is a problem because the version of English used is archaic. I did not grow up with the Bible. When I got saved, the KJV was still the most commonly quoted. I listened to many preachers tell me that the KJV said this but it really meant that. So rather than try to learn (in effect) a new language, I purchased more modern versions.

I'm not 100% happy with any of them but I can't be bothered to learn Greek. If I could only have one, I'd have the Amplified. I read a lot of the writings of people who are way more qualified than I am to explain God's word. I was blessed to be mentored by Ivor Marshall (who used the KJV exclusively) and Watchman Nee, a spiritual giant who was worked to death in prison by the communist regime of China.

The reality is that we need the Holy Spirit to make God's word real to us. Without the Spirit, it's just confusion. I use Bible hub. Most of the time there is very little difference between translations. The obsession with the KJV is unwarranted and unhelpful. New Christians who are not versed in Shakespearean English should avoid the KJV.

Interesting it may seem, learning other languages like Hebrew is fine, however, you learn them for accuracy? How can you say, one translation is accurate? Will you take your lessons to whom? From scholars of today? From lexicons? From the internet google translators? And, I just thought you brought those specific verses with a ready mind but you wanted me to do a google search. Ah.. well…that’s not my assignment but thanks anyway.

If we have the Holy Spirit in us who guides us into all the truth, then there is no such bothering of the archaic English. Explore and you will have to know more. God bless

What we (well, some of us) speak now is correct English. Your opinion about its quality is irrelevant. We don’t speak 16th-century English. “Thee” and “thou”, while more precise, are neither more correct nor current.

And the Holy Spirit can only guide people to the KJV?

It’s sad that your obsession with telling people your opinion about the KJV appears to supersede your interest in telling them about Jesus.

According to the English scripture i use, the Holy Spirit will guide us into all the truth. This include the truth, the there is holy bible for me and that there are also perversions. The difference is you have it all flawed english versions but i have one final pure english version and ready to take a stand on it.

I prefer the KJV, not because it is the best, but because I have used it so long that I am familiar with many of the errors in it.