Kane Dane The Greek Textus Receptus underlying the KJV was first edited by Desiderius Erasmus and published in 1516. Erasmus had before him a half-dozen manuscripts during the editing process. Critics are quick to seize upon this “flaw” of the Textus Receptus to deride the KJV. However, these criticisms are unjustified. God in the Bible used only … Read more
“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (1 Timothy 6:10, KJV) Some critics take issue with the KJV’s statement that the love of money is “the root of all evil”. They take issue … Read more
“And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.” (2 Samuel 8:4, KJV) This concerns the battle between David and Hadarezer. The KJV follows the Masoretic text and says that David captured “a … Read more
“But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.” (Isaiah 13:21, KJV) The Hebrew word for goat is “שׂעיר (saiyr).” It refers to the animal, but also to goat demons (Leviticus 17:7). The term “satyr” is … Read more
James R. White, author of The King James Only Controversy, considers the NIV’s rendering (in the 1984 version), “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,” to be “clearer than the KJV’s ambiguous translation” (King James Only Controversy, p. 197). The issue with the KJV, however, is not that it translates ambiguously but … Read more