KJV is textually beautiful, but it's really a poor translation... it's really more of a transliteration - and closer to a paraphrase in some cases.JReed wrote:Congats Scott.
It has been awhile since I have read my Bible like that. I prefer my KJV besides being what I grew up with I find that the old language forces me to think more on what I am reading. Well since I am on duty tonight I'll swing by the house and pick up my copy I have the next 24hours to start the reading it again. Thanks for the insperation Scott.
A really good thing to do if you want to study the Bible (NT anyway) is to get a "paralell" NT in several translations. I have one which compares KJV to NIV to Phillips to Greek passage by passage.
The Concordant Literal New Testament is interesting too.
Somthing I like to remember when doing Biblical Studies (as opposed to Theological Interpretive Studies)...
... let it be remembered that God inspired the original documents of the Scriptures, but He did not inspire versions made of them by men.