Welcome aboard.
I'm not fond of discussing any particular version of the bible, but why do you suppose the KJV is superior to any other written in Latin or Greek?
Actually, shouldn't it be a bit of a mix between 5th century BC Hebrew and 1st~3rd century AC Greek and Aramaic?
Any version in English (or any other language that is not the book's original) has to be some sort of translation - carrying with it errors, of course.
These errors can be simple distractions, or intentional changing of the context.... or extreme difficulty in conveying the original message, thus botching it up... or literal translation which discards the original meaning... or or or...
For me, the best strategy seems to be: learn the languages in which the original was written. Read it thus. [you may be surprised along the way]
Act smug over those poor sods who cannot read the original and have to content themselves with some shoddy translation.
Write your own fully annotated and unbiased translation.
Get rich!
I'm not fond of discussing any particular version of the bible, but why do you suppose the KJV is superior to any other written in Latin or Greek?
Actually, shouldn't it be a bit of a mix between 5th century BC Hebrew and 1st~3rd century AC Greek and Aramaic?
Any version in English (or any other language that is not the book's original) has to be some sort of translation - carrying with it errors, of course.
These errors can be simple distractions, or intentional changing of the context.... or extreme difficulty in conveying the original message, thus botching it up... or literal translation which discards the original meaning... or or or...
For me, the best strategy seems to be: learn the languages in which the original was written. Read it thus. [you may be surprised along the way]
Act smug over those poor sods who cannot read the original and have to content themselves with some shoddy translation.
Write your own fully annotated and unbiased translation.
Get rich!
