Why did KJV bible change all the time?

Question

Why did KJV bible change from old KJV to new KJV?
I have read old KJV in Psalms 83:18 That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth. But the new KJV has removed it.
There is more; ACTS 5:30 it said The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a (tree.) Now some of KJV said cross but some said tree and some said cross , then tree , cross. My question is why did they changing so many times? And that goes same thing "Jehovah" too.
KJV is really confusing me so much! I did like to know why they change it too many time!
If you are christian person then please say it nice way.
I did like to know why KJV always changing too many time?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Part of the reason may be that the KJV (having been written in 1611) is now in the public domain. That is, it has no copyright protection. That means that anyone can copy, print, and sell the "King James Version" of the Bible.



Additionally, anyone can make changes to his "version" of the KJV. This is commonly done by disingenuous translators. One such example is 1 John 5:7-8 where someone added "the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one" in order to support the Trinity belief.



The Bible is clear that adding to and taking away from the Bible is a bad thing. Those who do such things do them at their peril.



This is an issue with many versions/translations of the Bible in addition to the KJV. For example, the "New World Translation" (NWT) published by the Watchtower/Jehovah's Witness organization has several such sectarian modifications.



For example, the NWT adds the divine Name (Jehovah) to the New Testament 237 times when there are ZERO existing New Testament manuscripts containing the Name.



Now, Witnesses bend over backwards to try to explain away this absence, resorting to cherry-picking a few secular scholars who postulate about the possibility of the Name having been in the NT at one time.



But, the Witnesses are forced to admit in their own reference work that "the extant manuscript copies of the original text of the Christian Greek Scriptures do not contain the divine name in its full form." (See Insight on the Scriptures, vol. 2, p. 9).



How to they reconcile the COMPLETE ABSENCE of the Name from ANY New Testament manuscripts? They say that apostates corrupted the manuscripts. If that's the case, that was quite a conspiracy? I wonder what else those apostates corrupted?

Answer 2

1) Why did KJV bible change all the time?



Well, initially this was due primarily to the freedom publishers excercised with editing the bibles that they published. Thus, the King James Version (KJV) underwent literally hundreds of revisions in its first 2 centuries - practically a different revision with every printing. The so-called "Standard Text", based on the Oxford Revision of 1769, has remained extremely stable over the last 240 years, generally suffering only abridgment and rarely revision (examples of revision: Webster's Bible, Joseph Smith Translation)





2) Why did KJV bible change from old KJV to new KJV?



Well, it didn't. The New King James Version (NKJV) is a modern translation of source texts very similar to those used by the translators of the KJV. Also, the KJV was used as a reference version. SO, the NKJV is no more the KJV than the KJV is the Bishops' Bible (the primary reference used by the translators of the KJV). It *is* very similar, but it is most *definitely* a new translation.





3) I have read old KJV in Psalms 83:18 That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth. But the new KJV has removed it.



You are using the term "removed" - but what the NKJV does that was *not* done in the KJV is *consistently* render the tetragrammaton as "the Lord" (small caps). The KJV did this rather haphazardly, and as a result actually implies a distinction between "Jehovah" in Psa 83 and "the Lord" in the remainder of the Old Testament that does not actually exist. In other words, the KJV translators, in this particular matter, produced a less consistent (and therefore less precise) translation than did the translators of the NKJV.



To put it another way: the NKJV does not **remove** the word "Jehovah". Rather, the translators of the KJV oddly used it in this location but not in hundreds of others where the very same original language word is used in the very same way. The NKJV translators, on the other hand, always render that particular original language word the same way - which is as it should be. It would be *nice* if they had chosen to use a transliteration in all cases instead of using "the Lord" - but the KJV translators likewise did not use a transliteration except in 4 or 5 cases. For a modern, scholarly translation that *does* make use of a transliteration in all instances, look at the very excellent New Jerusalem Bible here

http://www.catholic.org/bible/





4) About Act 5:30 and "cross" vs. "tree"

I checked 2 KJV editions plus the NKJV

tree . . 1611 KJV (original)

tree . . Standard Text

tree . . New King James Version



I can't speak for all King James Version editions - but these, the most popular 2 and the "new" KJV, all use "tree"





5) KJV "changing"



First, understand the difference between

a) the King James Version - that is, the original translation

b) scholarly revisions of the King James Version - that is, versions that modernize the spelling and "correct" a few verses but otherwise make no attempt at re-translation. Among these are the "Standard Text" (Oxford Revision of 1769), Cambridge Paragraph Bible and New Cambridge Paragraph Bible. Word changes are almost non-existent in these scholarly revisions.

c) altered King James Versions - using the KJV as the base of the text but making major alterations (such as the "sacred name" bibles)

d) The New King James Version and similar new translations that make use of the title "King James Version" but actually are entirely new translations.



This may help clarify the issue

http://www.bible-reviews.com/selector_kjv.html



Jim

Answer 3

The only "later version" I can find which is different is the NIV. All the others I have checked keep the same basic form as the KJV. While it is strange wording in English, do remember that it was NOT originally written in English, and in Classical Hebrew the wording would not have seemed nearly as odd. The NIV is what is know as a "Dynamic Translation". That means it tried to capture the dynamic meaning .. the English equivalent PHRASING ... of a passage rather than a "word-for-word" type translation. The KJV, and to an even greater extent the NASB, are "Literal Translations", which means the translators when for a word-for-word translation rather than a "Dynamic Translation". That is why the NIV gives what is obviously the meaning of the passage, while the KJV, NKJV, NASB, RSV, Young's Literal, and many others keep the wording which seems far more awkward in English than it would have in Classical Hebrew.

Answer 4

It all has to do with translators and what they think is the best way of translating from Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek.



The best way to find out what the original word is is to look in a Bible Concordance. I use the on-line one from a website called Blue Letter Bible.



You type in the verse you are interested in, it comes on the screen then there are buttons at the side of each verse. Press the one marked 'C' and it will give you the original language and the meaning of the word plus its uses.



http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Mat&c=8&v=10&t=KJV#10

Answer 5

The NKJ version is different from the AKJ version..



It was advertised as being the same Bible just changing the language to make it more modern. That is not true. The translators of the NKJ version used their belief to subtly change the wording to fit their way of thinking.



The word cross and tree are interchangeable as the cross was wood and therefore made out of a tree. That is just a different way to say the same thing.

Answer 6

I recently read- that "Jehovea" was a poor translation originally. Jews might have pointed this out, since they wrote the Old Testament.



My web-search explains that "Jehovea" was never used in the new testament either, except by Mormons... hmm interesting.



it says, in 1954, the "New world translation" was officially denied as being accurate by The WatchTower Corporation of New York, who translated it poorly.



This was proven in a case called....the Walsh Trial in Scottland.



So thats probably why the word Jehovea was dropped.

Its amazing how much I can learn with a google search!



Peace.

Answer 7

Don't stress it. Compare several different Bible translations; cross reference. there are many many many different translations out there, if you cross reference with several other Bibles, the truth will stand like a steady ribbon through them all and you'll know what the verse is really saying.



We know Jesus died on a cross because that was tradition back then.

Answer 8

The "old" KJV is the ORIGINAL King James Version as translated in 1611



The "new" KJV is a new translation and bears NO relation to the OLD KJV.



The 'old' KJV is the ONLY accurate English translation and has not changed !



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Answer 9

Only one reason. Language changes with time and usage. As the definitions of words evolve and change from generation to generation Bible versions must be adjusted to portrait the same meaning that was meant when it was originally written.

Answer 10

No such thing as a capital J ? now you are changing it!



If you don't like the changes then here is the same ol' king james as it was in 1611



http://members.localnet.com/~the1stkjv/



Pfalmes 83:18 That men may knowe, that thou, whose name alone is IEHOVAH: art the most High ouer all the earth.

Answer 11

Language gets updated. People now talketh not in the language of thatt king of yore and changeth with the time thus the Lord decrees that the scriptures be recast in a more modern tounge.



This rule does not apply to the Book of Mormon.

Answer 12

1rst, the Bible severely warns us not 2 trust humans (including clergy), not even ourselves (Jer 10:2-5,23; Is 2:22; Job 12:11; Prov 14:12; Acts 17:11). So carefully think over what I say. Dont just believe or dismiss what I write so u wont make the mistake many have, getting caught up in religious beliefs that wont lead u 2 God (things written about the Bible r by man not Jesus - like books/commentaries).



Never forget: Neither a label, title, name, its history, # of members, amount of time it existed or whats claimed about them means anything - its whats practiced that makes it valid or a lie or not useful (even with respect 2 Bibles). Most Bibles contain the truth but many hv bad errors (also, spinning wheels over a name isnt useful - the JWs got so rapped up in Jahovah issue that they completely missed the truth of who God & Jesus actually r which nullifies all they teach & they r good @ gathering all kinds of knowledge, much of it carnal, but the root of their problems is so great they'll never know who Jesus really is or how 2 follow Him).



Many dont know that God is well aware many would [un]intentionally twist & prevert His Word so He invented a system in the Bible that will never change (Just like God & Jesus - more visible in word 4 word/literal versions). No matter how many people tried [un]intentionally 2 rewrite or change the language of the Bible God protected the real truth that stands 4ever unchanged - so discussing/debating KJV issues r moot points especially b/c its obsolete (the tree/stake or cross argument is also nonsense & trivial compared 2 major issues omitted by many but it was a cross).



No matter how much well-meaning people (religious or not) read the Bible they cant find Jesus Christ without going directly 2 Jesus thru His Biblical instructions (Jn 5:39; 10:1,7; 3:3,5). God outsmarted man - the Bible's the only 1 that cant b properly understood without Jesus (Jn 14:6; II Cor 3:14; Is 29:11-12 - If Jewish people cant pierce the veil over the OT without Jesus then 4 sure all gentiles cant). Thats why theres many interpretations & many thinking its just fairytales (Jesus came with the sword of division).



While the King James version (even with some errors) was fine in its day its now obsolete. This is b/c Older (including the Middle English KJV) English hasnt been spoken fluently 4 nearly 175 years (even word 4 word/literal translation methods wont help much) & since we dont have that mindset (along with non-usage or different usage of words since then) its much more difficult 2 understand, almost like learning a new language. The continued usage of Older English after it was no longer used publically by well-meaning (as well as others with hidden agendas) people trying 2 hang on 2 tradition only wound up promoting & continuing Biblical ignorance - its hard enough 2 understand whats in the Bible even in plainer modern English without adding more roadblocks present in Older English.



Well-meaning people will tell u the KJV is the only "authorized" version (KJV is authorized by a "human" king not God). It doesnt matter which religions (Catholic, Protestant or other) continued 2 use it b/c religion, its rituals & its human traditions cant lead u 2 the real Jesus. While KJV may b poeticly nice the Bible isnt about poetry. Choosing a Bible b/c its popular isnt the right/best criteria 2 base 1's choice on. The truth's hidden in the Bible. It takes lots of time & energy 2 mine it as is.



Use a Bible version that gives 1 the quickest path 2 the truth 4 the best chance not 2 b confused, which u'll hv along the way - especially 4 young people - what u feed children spiritually will affect the outcome - imput = output (Always get a Bible with references 4 related texts). I hv access 2 30+ translations (only 2 r the best so others rnt useful - see below).



I recommend the English Standard Version (ESV) as its an easy 2 read but more accurate version than what others will suggest. Its very important 2 understand the most accurate Bibles r those that r word 4 word or a combination of word 4 word + the right amount of literal translation (4 readability). Presently, theres over 30 versions of the Bible. Only a few r translated close 2 whats in the original text. The ESV adheres 2 the word for word method while making it easy 2 read (literal method) - the best accurate Bible 4 the younger crowd - but its good 4 parents, children & others 2 be reading the same Bible 4 good communication (get 1 with verse references so u can easily look up related text).



Be wise stay away from all other popular versions b/c they, 2 1 degree or another hv rewritten passages/verses as translators tried 2 make versions so-called easier/more pleasurable 2 read - the Bible isnt a storybook or novel. Many were trying 2 please humans instead of God. While many were well-meaning they watered down/caused significant changes 2 the meaning of God's actual message/block the true power of God's word from being rightly understood. The more liberally applied the worse the version (especially 4 hidden agendas) - perversion 2 1 degree or another. The translations that hv inherent problems/errors (including those having any so-called "lost" or Apocrypha books b/c they dont adhere 2 the foundation/structure of the rest of the Bible) include but r not limited 2:



All old(er) English versions like the King James Version (KJV), American Standard Version (ASV), Revised English Version (REV), Darby; & all Catholic versions; middle of the road type versions - CJB, NJB, the (NASB), NKJV, NRSV, HCSV, CEV, GNB, NCV; worse versions (If u want 2 know God's actual message dont use these versions @ all - they will give u a distorted picture/message & u could wind up remembering them that way - especially our impressionable children) - the LT, NIV, NIRV, NLV, NLT, TNIV, NLV; The Way - Paraphrased + the Message Bible (worst offenders).



Then theres other so-called Bibles that cant lead u 2 God @ all - the New World Translation (JWs), BOM (Mormon), the Qu'ran (Islam/muslims) & others claiming 2 b from God, another testament, update or restoration.



Many miss this - Jesus is the only 1 in history who said He's "the" way, "the" truth & "the" life & NO 1 can know God except thru Jesus (Jn 14:6 - ref Acts 4:12; Jn 5:39; 10:1,7). So "the" whole truth was complete & there4 finished thru what Jesus taught/did or God doesn't know what He's doing & cant be God. The truth is either fully true or its a lie. The full truth cant contain a lie - the absence of any lie. So any so-called new teaching, other religious beliefs or from self-proclaimed prophets & teachers r null & void & cant lead u 2 God. But God always knew what He's doing & all Jesus would do.



Jesus couldnt have done nor said what He did unless He fully knew the entire OT (the NT didnt exist @ the time of Jesus) - only possible if God sent Him & the Apostles couldnt write down the NT unless Jesus allowed them 2 remember & know His purpose (Lk 24:25-27,45). Not possible unless God caused it.



Religions made many fatal errors. They built religions on what man would like God 2 b like. They cant all b right (i.e. Theres 1 Bible, why so many interpretations? - II Pet 1:**19-21). Religion wont teach u much about God (they cant teach what they don't know).



I know many Biblical things but most important is do u know about being Born Anew (Jn 3:3,5)? Whats Biblical is built on it (NT - John is the place 2 start, Chap.3 1rst - the whole Bible is connected 2 John). Im not religious under "church" type labels b/c the Bible is about eternal life not how many rituals u can do (wrong use of the Bible - part of why theres many interpretations). By loving the truth 1rst u'll learn the true love of Jesus Christ.



2 begin 2 find our real Jesus, start with Jn 3:1-14 - note: Nicodemus was very religious but Jesus flatout told him he had missed the 1rst most important step - being Born Anew. 2 be Born Anew u must 1rst understand that no1 can live without breaking God's Law = sin that separates us from God (Rom 3:23; Acts 3:19). There4, u must pray 2 Jesus asking Him 2 forgive ur past sins, accept Jesus Christ as ur 1 & only Savior, ask Him 2 give u God's Holy Spirit (Lk 11:11-13; Jn 15:26; 14:26), seek 2 know & follow Him - u always need a Bible (Jn 7:17; Jn 1:12,13; 3:16,17;21; 36; 5:24: 6:37; 8:12; 10:9; 11:25; 14:6; 20:31; Is 34:16;46:10 - memorize this set of verses - later they helped me).



Whoever seeks Jesus Christ with all his heart & soul will find Him (u shall know the truth & it will set u free). But u can lead a horse 2 water but u cant make them drink. Why should God want u 2 live with Him forever if u dont want 2 know Him (reason 4 free will - Jn 1:12-13)? The truth of God remains forever while things of a man dies with him, including his religions & gods made in his image. Theres everlasting hope only in Jesus Christ.



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Answer 13

Hmm. I can't really answer the question. However, it may be of note that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the original King James Version translation.

Answer 14

because it is to change the word and meaning and to confuse people that is only reason why you should only read from the king james bible it has not changed and is the only true book

Answer 15

created by humans