Which KJV, 1611 or 1769, Do You Use?
Many who use the KJV today believe that they
are using the 1611 edition. A certain church website for instance has
this statement, “We are an Independent, Fundamental Missionary Baptist
Church located in … preaching and teaching from the KJV 1611 Authorized
Version Bible”. Another website has an interesting account by a
minister who regularly drove past a small church having this signage:
“We are a church using the 1611 KJV”. One day, he decided to stop and
visit the folks, and there was able to show them that the KJV that they
(and we all) use, the KJV in print and circulation today is actually the
1769 (Blayney’s) edition. The 1611 version is long out of print and a
rarity; its’ archaic English probably unreadable to most of us. The
grateful brethren subsequently change their church signage.
The current enamour with the 1611 KJV has its root in
Wilkinson’s 1930 “Our Authorized Bible Vindicated”. Dr Benjamin G.
Wilkinson, (1872 – 1968), Dean of Theology, Seventh Day Adventist
Columbia Union College, 7600 Flower Avenue, Tomoka Park, MD 20912, was
concerned that certain English verse renderings in the newer ASV and NIV
translations were eroding textual support for SDA Saturday Sabbath
keeping and soul sleep/annihilation of unbelievers. Otis Fuller, a
Baptist minister, later reproduced 10 of Wilkinson’s 16 chapters, sans
footnote references to Mrs Ellen White and Wilkinson’s SDA affiliation,
in his book, “Which Bible?” Today, two forms of double or second
inspiration theories exist: -
1.
Peter Ruckman’s view that the KJV translation process in 1611 was
inspired, resulting in a perfect English Bible: any conflict between the
Hebrew Masoretic and Greek TR versus the English rendering should be
resolved by the English.
2.
Verbal Plenary Preservation: a new 2002 name for the view that
the KJV Translators in 1611 miraculously recognised and restored the
Hebrew-Aramaic-Greek texts perfectly to the jot and tittle, resulting in
an exact virtual photocopy of the Autographs.
Ruckmanism and VPPism are estranged twins at deep
diametrical odds. Yet, there are in the literature some who wistfully
wish for both (perfect 1611 English and perfect Hebrew-Aramaic-Greek) to
be concurrently true. Without repeating the theological refutations
against Perfect KJVism, we here simply reproduce 3 appendices which
speak for themselves: -
Appendix A: The Various KJV Editions
Appendix B: The 24,000 Changes in the AV Since
1611 to 1769
Appendix C: Scrivener’s List of Remaining
English Mistakes in the 1769 KJV
May our Almighty Triune God bless us with His truth
and may His Holy Name be praised!
In our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, the only Saviour
of the world,
Lim Seng Hoo, 30 January 2007
APPENDIX A: The
Various KJV Editions
One author compiled the following table of various
editions of the KJV since 1611 under the title “Fluid History of the KJV”.
Our current KJV is based on Blayney’s 1769 edition.
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These are some of the thousands of changes in the
KJV since 1611. The original translators' manuscript that was given
to the printer is lost (like the autographa). We have only copies,
all of which differ from each other. Also, all of them differ from
the original because all of them have printers' errors. |
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1611 original edition |
More than eight thousand notes in the outer
margins giving more literal translations, alternative textual
readings, and explanatory notes; the translators put variant Greek
readings in the margins of the NT |
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1613 edition |
More than four hundred variations from the first
edition |
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1616 edition |
Changed "approved to death to "appointed to
death" (1 Cor. 4:9) |
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1629 edition |
Major revision of the KJV (printed at Cambridge) |
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1629 edition |
First time the KJV excludes the Apocrypha (not
generally omitted until the nineteenth century); |
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1631 edition |
printed at London Called the "Wicked Bible"-the
word not is omitted from the seventh commandment |
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1638 |
Further revisions |
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1717 printing |
Called the "Vinegar Bible"; Jesus gives a parable
of the vinegar in Luke 20 |
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1745 printing |
Called the "Murderer's Bible"; Mark 7:27 reads,
"Let the little children first be killed instead of "filled" |
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1762 |
Thomas Paris Extensive revisions, published at
Cambridge edition |
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1769 |
Blayney’s edition. Basis of most modern KJV
Bibles; differs from the 1611 edition in at least seventy-five
thousand details |
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1873 |
Cambridge Paragraph Bible Contained sixteen
closely printed pages of differences from the original 161 1 edition |
APPENDIX B: The 24,000
Changes in the AV Since 1611 to 1769
The American Bible Society, which publishes the KJV,
documented about 24,000 revisional changes from 1611 to 1769, mostly
spelling but also additions and deletions of phrases, changes of word
meanings, grammatical forms, tenses, gender, numbers and
capitalizations! Dr James D Price, in his 2006 book “King James Onlyism:
A New Sect”, Appendix A, reproduces 600 of these changes that have some
degree of significance; some represent modernization of vocabulary or
grammar; some represent correction of discrepancies in earlier editions;
some represent the introduction of new discrepancies not in earlier
editions: -
Changed One Word for Another of Similar Meaning
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen
8:13 one
first
Num
5:20 hath lien
have lain
Num
7:61 a silver bowl one
silver bowl
1 Kings
6:1 fourscore
eightieth
1 Kings
16:8 twentieth and sixt twenty and
sixth
1 Kings
16:23 one first
1 Kings
18:28 loud aloud
2 Chr
26:18 pertaineth
appertaineth
2 Chr
34:10 mend amend
Job
30:6 clifts
cliffs (Oxford ed.)
Isa
8:6 For so much
Forasmuch
Jer
34:11 afterwards
afterward
Jer
46:20 afterwards
afterward
Ezek
43:27 eight day
eighth day
Dan
2:27 astrologians
astrologers
Zeph
3:11 mine my
Matt
17:20 unpossible
impossible
Matt
19:26 unpossible
impossible
Luke
1:37 unpossible
impossible
Luke
18:27 unpossible
impossible
Acts
10:9 house
housetop
Acts
28:8 flixe
flux
Rom
11:27 bide
abide
1 Cor
14:23 some place one place
2 Pet
1:9 farre
afar
Rev
17:2 inhabiters
inhabitants
Changed One Word for Another of Different meaning
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Exod
31:10 clothes
cloths
Exod
38:11 hoopes hooks
Num
6:14 lamb
ram
Josh
3:15 at
all
1 Kings
18:28 lancers lancets
2 Chr
3L10 place house
2 Chr
32:5 prepared
repaired
Ezra
2:22 children
men
Job
4:17 sowest
sewest
Job
20:25 Glistering
glittering
Job
30:3 flying
fleeing
Psa
69:32 good
God
Psa
139:7 flie
flee
Psa
143:9 flie
flee
Prov
28:17 flie
flee
Eccl
3:7 rent
rend
Eccl
3:7 sow
sew
Jer
49:1 God
Gad
Ezek
1:17 returned
turned
Ezek
13:18 sow sew
Ezek
44:23 men
them
Ezek
46:23 new row
of
Hosea
9:11 flee
fly
Nah
1:4 floure
flower
Nah
3:16 flieth
fleeth (Oxford ed.)
Mark 2:21
soweth seweth
Mark
5:6 he came he
ran
Mark
14:55 counsell
council
John
15:20 then
than
Acts
24:24 Jew
Jewess
Rom
12:2 that acceptable and
acceptable
1 Cor
4:6 approved
appointed
1 Tim
1:4 then
than
1 Tim
6:11 flie
flee
Rev
12:14 flee
fly
Changed an Archaic Word or Form for a More Modern
Equivalent
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
2 Sam
9:5 fet
fetched
2 Sam
11:27 fet
fetched
1 Kings
7:13 fet
fetched
1 Kings
9:38 fet
fetched
2 Kings
4:35 neesed sneezed
2 Kings
11:4 fet
fetched
2 Chr
12:11 fet
fetched
Job
10:10 cruddled
curdled
Job
18:9 grinne
gin
Psa
7:14 travelleth
travaileth
Psa
140:5 grinnes
gins
Psa
141:9 grinnes
gins
Eccl
1:13 travell
travail
Eccl
4:6 travell
travail
Eccl
4:8 travell
travail
Eccl
5:4 travell
travail
Isa
13:8 travelleth
travaileth
Isa
21:3 travelleth
travaileth
Isa
23:4 travell
travail
Isa
53:11 travell
travail
Isa
54:1 travell
travail
Jer
4:31 travell
travail
Jer
15:7 sith
since
Jer
22:23 travell
travail
Jer
23:38 sith
since
Jer
26:23 fet
fetched
Jer
31:8 travelleth
travaileth
Jer
36:21 fet
fetched
Jer
49:24 travell
travail
Jer
50:43 travell
travail
Lam
3:5 travell
travail
Ezek
10:5 utter court
outer court
Mic
4:9 travell
travail
Mic
4:10 travell
travail
Matt
24:50 ware
aware
Luke
12:46 ware
aware
Acts
28:13 fet
fetched
1 Tim
2:9 shamefastness
shamefacedness
Changed a Word for its Possessive Form
(or visa versa)
The earlier editions of the KJV did not use an
apostrophe to indicate the possessive form of words. Thus there could
have been confusion between a possessive and a plural. These usually
were corrected in the later revisions. The following are examples of the
many changes of this type.
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen 31:1
fathers father's
Lev 25:5 it owne
accord its own accord
Num 24:6 river
side river's side
Judg 11:2 his wives
sons his wife's sons
1 Sam 2:13
priests priests'
1 Kings 15:14 Asa his
heart Asa's heart
1 Chr 7:2, 40
fathers father's
Ezra 2:59
fathers father's
Esther 3:4 Mordechai his
matters Mordechai's matters
Psa 6:4
mercies mercies'
Psa 31:16
mercies mercies'
Psa 44:26
mercies mercies'
Psa 81:12
hearts hearts'
Psa 140:30
adders adders'
Prov 26:3
fools fool's
Prov 31:14
merchants merchants'
Ezek 1:2 Jehoiakins
Jehoiachin's
Ezek 7:11
theirs their's (Oxford ed.)
Ezek 22:10
fathers fathers'
Ezek 44:30
priests priest's
Dan 2:41
potters potters'
Matt 14:9 othes
oath's
Rom 4:19 Saras
Sarah's
1 Cor 10:29
other's other
Changed a Singular for a Plural Form
(or visa versa)
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen 23:10
gates gate
Gen 39:1
hand hands
Gen 47:6 any
man any men
Exod 23:13
names name
Exod 29:26
consecrations consecration
Exod 35:29
hands hand
Lev 2:4 unleavened
cake unleavened cakes
Lev 10:14
sacrifice sacrifices
Lev 22:10
priests priest
Lev 25:31
walls wall
Num 1:2
poll polls
Num 1:18
poll polls
Num 1:20
poll polls
Num 4:40
houses house
Deut 16:4
coasts coast
Deut 23:25
neighbours neighbour
Deut 28:9 noone dayes
noonday
Deut 28:42
locusts locust
Josh 7:14
households household
Judg 11:2 his wives
sons his wife's sons
1 Sam 20:5
fields field
1 Sam 28:7
servant servants
1 Kings 3:2
word words
1 Kings 13:11 his sonne
his sons
2 Kings 9:23
hand hands
2 Kings 21:21
ways way
2 Kings 22:2
ways way
2 Kings 23:36
year years
2 Kingsa 24:13 treasure treasures
1 Chr 3:19 sonne
sons
1 Chr 7:35 sonne
sons
2 Chr 31:6
tithes tithe
2 Chr 33:19 all his sinne
all his sins (Oxford ed.)
Psa 141:9
snare snares
Psa 148:8
vapour vapours (Oxford ed.)
Song 4:6
mountains mountain
Song 5:12
water waters
Isa 10:34
forests forest
Isa 49:13
heaven heavens
Jer 4:6
standards standard
Jer 23:20
word words
Jer 51:12
watchman watchmen
Jer 52:1
year years
Ezek 32:25
multitudes multitude
Ezek 34:28
beasts beast
Dan 5:31
year years
Amos 1:1 two
year two years
Amos 8:3
Temples temple
Mal 3:4
offerings offering
Matt 26:75
words word
Mark 10:46 high ways
side highway side
Luke 1:74 hands
hand
Luke 8:5 the wayes
side the way side
Luke 11:16
other others
Luke 18:9
other others
John 11:3
sister sisters
Acts 7:35
hands hand
Rom 4:19
year years
Rom 11:28
sake sakes
1 Cor 10:29
others other
2 Cor 5:1
hand hands
2 Cor 11:26
journeying journeyings
Phil 4:6 request requests
Col 1:12
sometimes sometime
Heb 3:10
hearts heart
1 Pet
2:5 sacrifice
sacrifices
Rev 17:4
stone stones
Changed One Article for Another
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Prov 25:24 a
corner the corner
Ezek 42:17 a measuring
reed the measuring reed
Hos 13:3 a
whirlwind the whirlwind
Luke 19:9 the
son a son
Luke 20:12 the
third a third
Rom 14:6 a
day the day
Changed One Pronoun for Another
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen 39:16 her
lord his lord
Lev 15:33
which that
Ruth 3:15
he she
2 Chr 28:22
this his
Job 39:30
he she
Psa 109:33
those these
Prov 6:19
him he
Jer 34:16
ye he (Oxford ed.)
Jer 40:1
which that
Jer 51:30
their her
Ezek 6:8 that he
may that ye may
Ezek 24:5
him them
Ezek 26:14
they thou
Ezek 48:8
they ye
Hos 4:4 this
people thy people
Hos 13:3 dew it passeth
dew that passeth
Joel 1:16
your our
Mark 14:36
that what
John 8:30
those these
James 2:16
you ye
James 5:4
which who
1 John 2:29
which that
Changed One Conjunction for Another
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Lev 11:10
nor and
Num 36:3 whereinto
whereunto
Josh 19:2 or
Sheba and Sheba (Oxford ed)
Psa 24:3
and or
Jer 16:2
nor or
Changed One Preposition for Another
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Lev 1:;8 in the
fire on the fire
Deut 4:49 of this
side on this side
2 Sam 16:8 to thy
mischief in thy mischief
1 Kings 22:2 on the third
year in the third year
2 Kings 20:17 unto
Babylon into Babylon
1 Chr 11:15 of
David to David
1 Chr 29:6 over the Kings worke
of the king's work
Isa 44:20 of
ashes on ashes
Ezek 39:11 at that
day in that day
Mark 11:8 of the
trees off the trees
Luke 23:19 in
prison into prison
Acts 25:6 in the judgment
seat on the judgment seat
1 Pet 5:10 into . . .
glory unto . . . glory
Rev 22:2 of either
side on either side
Changed One Negative for Another
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Matt 13:6
not no
Mark 10:18 no
man none
1 Cor 13:2
no not
Changed a Preposition for a Conjunction
(or visa versa)
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Josh 3:11 even the
Lord of the Lord
1 Chr 26:18 And Parbar
At Parbar
Zech 7:7
of and
1 Cor 15:6
And After
Changed an Article for a Pronoun
(or visa versa)
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Lev 1:9 the
inwards his inwards
Lev 23:22 the
field thy field
Lev 25:6 the
stranger thy stranger
Num 9:18 the tents
their tents
Deut 15:11 the
land thy land
Deut 16:5 the
gates thy gates
Deut 28:23 the
heaven thy heaven
Josh 7:26 the
place that place
Judg 14:17 while the
feast while their feast
1 Sam 6:7 the
calves their calves
1 Sam 10:23 the
shoulders his shoulders
1 Kings 15:19 the
league thy league
2 Kings 15:15 the
conspiracy his conspiracy
2 Chr 6:27 the
land thy land
Neh 9:17 the
wonders thy wonders
Esth 4:4 the
sackcloth his sackcloth
Psa 105:30 The
land Their land
Prov 27:26 thy
field the field
Eccl 1:5 the
place his place
Isa 47:6 the
yoke thy yoke
Jer 28:6 the
words thy words
Jer 51:27 her
horses the horses
Ezek 5:1 take the
balances take thee balances
Ezek 36:15 the
nations thy nations
Dan 3:18 thy golden
image the golden image
Dan 12:13 the
lot thy lot
Joel 3:13 the
wickedness their wickedness
Nah 3:17 The
crowned Thy crowned
John 15:20 the
Lord his lord
Rom 7:2 law of the
husband law of her husband
Eph 4:24 that new
man the new man
2 Thes 2:14 the Lord Jesus
Christ our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Tim 2:19 the
seal this seal
Changed Tense, Mood, or Number of Verb Inflections
The later revisers of the KJV changed the inflected
form of some verbs with respect to tense, mood, or number. Sometimes the
change was made to modernize the grammar, sometimes to improve the
accuracy of the translation, or sometimes for some other reason.
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen 47:18
had hath
Lev 5:10 had
sinned hath sinned
Lev 13:29 hath a
plague have a plague
Lev 25:23 were
strangers are strangers
Num 5:20 hath
lien have lain
Num 30:8
disallow disallowed
Deut 2:37
forbade forbad
2 Sam 6:12
pertained pertaineth
1 Kings 15:27 belongeth
belonged
2 Kings 12:18
dedicate dedicated
1 Chr 26:20
dedicate dedicated
1 Chr 26:26
dedicate dedicated
1 Chr 28:12
dedicate dedicated
2 Chr 24:7
dedicate dedicated
2 Chr 31:12
dedicate dedicated
Psa 115:3
pleased hath pleased
Psa 119:102
may might
Isa 64:1
rent rend
Jer 1:13
was is
Jer 48:36
is are
Ezek 36:2
had hath
Dan 3:19 to be
heat to be heated
Amos 9:5 dwelleth
dwell
Zech 4:2
were are
Matt 27:22
said saith
Mark 6:7 calleth
called
Luke 8:8
said had said
John 11:34
say said
John 12:22
told tell
John 21:17
said saith
1 Cor 7:32 belongeth
belong
Eph 1:9
had hath
1 John 3:17
hath have
Rev 13:6
dwelt dwell
Changed Word Order That Affects Sense
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Num 3:13 they shall
be shall they be
2 Kings 23:21 this book of the
covenant the book of this covenant
Job 4:6 confidence: the
uprightness confidence, thy hope,
of thy ways and
thy hope? and the uprightness of thy ways?
Psa 132:12 also shall
sit shall also sit
Isa 6:8 I
said said I
Dan 6:13 the captivity of the
children the children of the captivity
John 5:18 not only because
he because he not only
Acts 19:19 also of
them of them also
Rom 3:24 Jesus
Christ Christ Jesus
Rom 6:12 reign
therefore therefore reign
Rom 7:13 Was that
then Was then that
Changed Punctuation That Affects Sense
The punctuation used in 1611 was quite different from
that of 1769. Extensive modernization of punctuation was made by the
revisers of the KJV. Some punctuation changes that affected meaning are
listed here. The punctuation used in current editions of the KJV is
significantly different than modern punctuation. People today who are
unfamiliar with this archaic punctuation may be confused by it.
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
2 Sam 4:4 feet, and
was feet. He was
Job 4:6 confidence: the
uprightness confidence, thy hope,
of thy ways and
thy hope? and the uprightness of thy ways?
Acts 27:18 being exceedingly
tossed being exceedingly tossed
with a tempest
the next with a tempest, the next
day, . .
. day . . .
Changed the Spelling of Important Names
The spelling was
changed for many proper names. Only a few examples are listed that are
more significant.
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen 5:32 Sem
Shem
Gen 6:10 Sem
Shem
Gen 7:13 Sem
Shem
2 Kings 19:2 Esai
Isaiah
2 Kings 20:1
Amos Amoz
2 Kings 24:19 Jehoiachin
Jehoikim
Jer 52:31 Jehoiakin
Jehoiachin
Rom 4:19 Saraes
Sarah's
Rom 9:9
Sara Sarah
1 Cor 9:9 Moyses
Moses
1 Cor 10:2 Moyses
Moses
Added Words That Were Not in the 1611
Added Articles:
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Gen 22:7 the fire and
wood the fire and the wood
Gen 36:14 the daughter of Anah,
the daughter of Anah
daughter of
Zibeon the daughter of Zibeon
Exod 34:25 the feast of passover
the feast of the passover
Lev 11:3 cheweth
cud cheweth the cud
Deut 4:32 God created man upon God created man upon
earth the earth
Deut 9:10 the midst of
fire the midst of the fire
Deut 20:7 lest he die in
battle lest he die in the battle
Josh 3:10 and Girgashites and the Girgashites
Josh 12:6 and Gadites
and the Gadites
Josh 13:23 and villages
thereof and the villages thereof
1 Sam 25:16 keeping
sheep keeping the sheep
Ezra 7:18 the silver and
gold the silver and the gold
Psa 99:2 high above all
people high above all the people
Jer 35:13 and inhabitants of
Jerusalem and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
Ezek 11:24 brought me in
vision brought me in a vision
Matt 16:16 Thou art
Christ Thou art the Christ
Matt 27:52 bodies of
saints bodies of the saints
Mark 2:4 for
press for the press
Acts 5:34 a doctor of
law a doctor of the law
Acts 18:5 pressed in
spirit pressed in the spirit
1 Cor 14:15 pray with
understanding pray with the understanding
Gal 3:13 hangeth on
tree hangeth on a tree
Added Pronouns:
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Deut 4:5 and shall have
remained and ye shall have remained
2 Sam 4:4 his feet, and
was his feet. He was
2 Sam 16:12 Lord will requite good Lord will requite me good
1 Kings 13:6 restored
again restored him again
2 Kings 8:19 he promised to
give he promised him to give
2 Chr 29:23 and laid their
hands and they laid their hands
Neh 2;12 what God had
put what my God had put
Prov 7:21 With much fair speech With her much fair speech
Isa 51:16 and have covered
thee and I have covered thee
Isa 57:8 and made a
covenant and made thee a covenant
Jer 12:15 and will bring
again and will bring them again
Jer 31:14 be satisfied with
goodness be satisfied with my goodness
Dan 1:12 let them give
pulse let them give us pulse
Amos 1:11 and kept his
wrath and he kept his wrath
Mal 2:2 and will
curse and I will curse
Mal 4:2 and shall go
forth and ye shall go forth
Matt 3:12 but will burn
up but he will burn up
Acts 27:18 And being exceedingly And we being exceedingly
Rom 4:12 but also walk in
the but who also walk in the
1 Cor 14:15 and will pray
with and I will pray with
Added Preposition:
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Lev 7:23 no manner
fat no manner of fat
Lev 14:54 all manner
plague all manner of plague
Numbers 20:5 or
vines or of vines
Judges 1:31 nor Achzib
nor of Achzib
nor Helbath
nor of Helbath
nor Aphik
nor of Aphik
1 Kings 16:19 Israel
sin Israel to sin
Ezra 8:21 the river Ahava the river of Ahava
Neh 7:59 of Pochereth Zebaim
of Pochereth of Zebiam
Isa 10:26 the rock Oreb
the rock of Oreb
Jer 42:16 after you in
Egypt after you there in Egypt
Acts 24:14 and the
prophets and in the prophets
Heb 8:8 the house of Judal
with the house of Judah
Rev 1:11 and
Philadelphia and unto Philadelphia
Added Conjunctions:
Reference
1611 Edition Current Editions
Exod 23:23 the Hivites
and the Hivites
1 Chr 6:60 Anathoth with
her and Anathoth with her
1 Chr 29:2 the silver for
things and the silver for things
2 Chr 32:20 For this
cause And for this cause
Est 1:8 for the king
had for so the king had
Job 41:5 wilt thou bind
him or wilt thou bind him
Psa 62:10 become not
vain and become not vain
Psa 107:19 he saveth
them and he saveth them
Psa 113:9 to be a joyful
mother and to be a joyful mother
Isa 34:11 The
cormorant But the cormorant
Jer 26:18 the house the
high the house as high
Jer 31:18 thou art the Lord my
God for thou art the Lord my God
Ezek 23:23 all the
Assyrians and all the Assyrians
Matt 16:19 whatsoever thou shalt
and whatsoever thou shalt
loose on
earth loose on earth
Luke 17:34 the other shall be
left and the other shall be left
Acts 2:22 by miracles,
wonders, by miracles and wonders
and
signs and signs
Rom 14:10 we shall all
stand for we shall all stand
1 Cor 10:28 the earth is the
Lord's for the earth is the Lord's
2 Cor 8:21 but in the sight of
men but also in the sight of men
2 Cor 9:5 not of
covetousness and not of covetousness
Gal 5:15 take heed ye be
not take heed that ye be not
2 Tim 1:17 of power, of
love of power, and of love
1 John 2:16 the lust of the
eyes and the lust of the eyes
Rev 5:13 Blessing, honour,
glory Blessing, and honour, and glory
Added Negatives:
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Ezek 24:7 poured it upon the
ground poured it not upon the ground
Matt 12:23 Is this the son of
David? Is not this the son of David?
Other Words or Phrases Added:
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Gen 19:21 concerning this
thing concerning this thing also
Exod 15:25 he made a
statute he made for them a statute
Exod 21:32 thirty
shekels thirty shekels of silver
Exod 26:8 the eleven shall
be the eleven curtains shall be
Exod 35:11 his taches, and
his his taches, and his boards,
bars, his
pillars his bars, his pillars
Lev 19:34 shall be as one
born shall be unto you as one born
Lev 20:11 shall be put to
death shall surely be put to death
Lev 26:23 be reformed by these
things be reformed by me by these things
Lev 26:40 the iniquity of their fathers their
iniquity, and the iniquity
of their fathers
Num 7:31
charger of an hundred and
charger of the weight of an
thirty shekels
hundred and thirty shekels
Num 7:55
charger of an hundred and
charger of the weight of an
thirty shekels
hundred and thirty shekels
Deut 5:29 keep my
commandments keep all my commandments
Deut 26:1 the LORD giveth
thee the LORD thy God giveth thee
Josh 11:17 unto Baalgad in the
valley even unto Baalgad
in the
of Lebanon
valley of Lebanon
Josh 13:29
the half tribe of Manasseh
the half tribe of the children
of Manasseh
1 Sam 18:1 he made an end of
speaking he had made an end of speaking
1 Sam 18:27 David arose, he and his
men David arose and went, he and
his men
1 Kings 9:11 then Solomon gave
Hiram then king Solomon gave Hiram
2 Kings 11:10 in the
temple. in the temple of the LORD.
2 Kings 20:13 in the house of his
precious all the house of his precious
things things
1 Chr 7:5 were men of
might were valiant men of might
Job 33:22 His soul draweth
near Yea, his soul draweth near
Psa 44 title for the sons of Korah
for the sons of Korah, Maschil
Psa 115:3 whatsoever he
pleased whatsoever he hath pleased
Eccl 2:16 shall be
forgotten shall all be forgotten
Eccl 8:17 a man labour to seek
it a man labour to seek it out,
out, yea
further yet he shall not find it, yea further
Jer 38:16 So the
king So Zedekiah the king
Ezek 3:11 unto thy
people unto the children of thy people
Ezek 12:19 viiolence of
them violence of all them
Ezek 34:31 my flock of my pasture my flock, the flock of my pasture
Dan 3:15 the midst of a fiery
furnace the midst of a burning fiery furnace
Matt 6:3 what thy right
doeth what thy right hand doeth
Luke 1:3 understanding of
things understanding of all things
John 7:16 Jesus answered
them, Jesus answered them, and
My
doctrine said, My doctrine
1 Cor 15:41 another of the
moon another glory of the moon
1 Cor 15:48 they that are
earthly they also that are earthly
2 Cor 9:6 shall reap
sparingly shall reap also sparingly
shall reap
bountifully shall reap also bountifully
2 Cor 11:32
kept the city with a garrison kept
the city of the
Damascenes with a garrison
Eph 6:24 them that love our Lord
them that love our Lord Jesus
Jesus in
sincerity. in sincerity. Amen.
1 Tim 1:4 rather than
edifying rather than godly edifying
2 Tim 4:8 unto them
also unto all them also
2 Tim 4:13
bring with thee, but especially bring with thee, and the
the parchments.
books, but especially the parchments.
Heb 11:23 and they not
afraid and they were not afraid
James 5:2 your garments motheaten
your garments are motheaten
1 Pet 2:6 Wherefore it is
contained Wherefore also it is contained
1 John 5:12
he that hath not the Son,
he that hath not the Son of
hath not life.
God hath not life.
Jude 25 dominion and power,
now dominion and power, both
and
ever. now and ever.
Rev 1:4
to the seven churches in Asia to the
seven churches which
are in Asia
Deleted Words That Were in the 1611
Deleted Articles:
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Lev 2:4 it shall be an unleavened cake
it shall be unleavened cakes
1 Sam 10:10 a company of the
priests a company of priests
2 Kings 13:24 Hazael the king of
Syria Hazael king of Syria
2 Chr 16:6 Baasha was a
building Baasha was building
Ezra 4:24 of the house of the
God of the house of God
Prov 10:23 It is as a
sport It is as sport
Matt 9:34 He casteth out the
devils He casteth out devils
Deleted Pronouns:
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Exod 37:19 bowls made he after
the bowls made after the fashion
fashion
2 Sam 2:9 And he made him king And made him king
2 Sam 11:1 it came to pass, that
after it came to pass, after
Isa 28:24 when he that looketh
upon when he that looketh upon
it, seeth it,
while it is yet it seeth, while it is yet
2 Tim 1:12 and I am
persuaded and am persuaded
Deleted Prepositions:
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Josh 12:2 the river of Arnon
the river Arnon
2 Kings 8:19 to give to him alway a
light to give him alway a light
1 Cor 12:28 helps in
governments helps, governments
Heb 12:1 with patience unto the
race with patience the race
Deleted Conjunctions:
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2 Sam 4:4 feet, and
was feet. He was
Ezek 18:1 And the word of the
Lord The word of the Lord
Luke 3:21 and it came to
pass it came to pass
2 Cor 5:20 that be
ye be ye
Deleted Other Words or Phrases:
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Ezra 3:5
that willingly offered,
that willingly offered a
offered a freewill offering
freewill offering
Jer 40:5 over all the cities
of Judah over the cities of Judah
Zech 11:2 all the mighty are
spoiled the mighty are spoiled
Changed the Names of God
The spelling of the names of God reflects
the Hebrew words from which they were translated. The following list
indicated the translation convention:
LORD
יהךה
Lord
אךנ׳
God
אלח׳ם
GOD
יהךה
Capitalization of the first letter is reserved for
names referring to the one true God.
Reference
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Gen 6:5
God GOD
Exod 23:15 LORD
God Lord GOD
2 Sam 7:22 Lord
GOD LORD God
2 Sam 12:22
God GOD
2 Chr 13:6 his
LORD his lord
2 Chr 17:4 LORD
God LORD God
2 Chr 28:11
God LORD
Neh 1:11 O
LORD O Lord
Neh 3:5
LORD Lord
Neh 8:10 our
LORD our Lord
Psa 2:4
LORD Lord
Isa 49:13
God the LORD
Zech 6:4
LORD lord
Changed Capitalization of Doctrinally
Important Proper Nouns
The initial letter of proper nouns that
refer to God are capitalized, otherwise they have an initial lower case
letter. For example, "Spirit" refers to the Holy Spirit of God, whereas
"spirit" refers to an angel, the spirit of man, and so forth. The word
"Judge" refers to God as the divine Judge, whereas "judge" refers to a
human judge. The word "Scripture" refers to the divinely inspired Word
of God, whereas "scripture" refers to other writings.
Words Referring to Deity:
The convention for capitalizing words in 1611 was
different than in 1769; many more words were capitalized in the earlier
editions of the KJV than in current editions. The revisers corrected the
capitalization of the KJV to the convention current with their time.
Most of these changes are not listed here; they are mainly
modernization. However, the convention for capitalizing proper nouns
that refer to deity did not change. The following is a list of places
where such capitalization was changed contrary to the existing
convention. The list is not exhaustive. Note that the current editions
of the KJV published by the American Bible Society have capitalization
restored in most of these places.
Reference
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Gen 6:3
Spirit spirit[1]
Gen 16:7 Angel of the
LORD angel of the LORD[2]
Gen 31:11 Angel of
God angel of God[3]
Exod 33:2 an
Angel an angel[4]
Josh 5:14 my
Lord my lord
Deut 32:6
Father father[5]
1 Sam 2:25
Judge judge[6]
Job 19:25
Redeemer redeemer[7]
Psa 2:6
King king[8]
Psa 106:21
Saviour saviour[9]
Isa 33:22
Lawgiver lawgiver[10]
Isa 43:15 Creator
creator
Isa 54:5 holy
one Holy One
Isa 54:5
redeemer Redeemer
Isa 54:5
maker Maker
Dan 3:28 his
Angel his angel
Dan 10:16
Lord lord[11]
Zech 3:3 the
Angel the angel
Zech 4:4, 5
Angel angel
Luke 23:2
king King
John 15:20 the
Lord his lord
Acts 11:12
spirit Spirit (Oxford ed.)
Words Referring to the Word of God:
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Dan 10:21
Scripture scripture[12]
Deut 29:21 booke of the
Law book of the law[13]
Josh 8:31 the Law of
Moses the law of Moses[14]
1 Chr 16:40 the Lawe of the LORD the
law of the LORD[15]
Ezra 7:12 the Law of the God of
. . . the law of the God of . . .
Ezra 7:14 the Lawe of thy
God the law of thy God
Neh 8:8 the Law of
God the law of God[16]
Matt 7:12 the Law and the
Prophets the law and the prophets[17]
Luke 24:44 in the Law of
Moses, in the law of Moses,
and in the
Prophets and in the prophets,
and in the
Psalms and in the psalms
APPENDIX C: Scivener’s
List of Remaining English Mistakes in the 1769 KJV
F. H. A. Scrivener, whose reverse-engineered 1881
Greek text underlying the KJV is regarded by VPP proponents as the
perfect NT VPP text, was a member of the RV Committee together with
Westcott and Hort and others. His Greek text was part of the RV
translation commission. Scrivener also led in the collation of a list
of English mistakes remaining in the KJV 1769, a partial list of which
are as follows: -
Grammar:
Scrivener listed a number of examples of grammatical irregularities:
1.
The following illustrate irregular verb forms:
Ex. 9:31—“the flax and barley was smitten”
2 Sam. 17:29—“The people
is hungry, and weary, and thirsty”
2 Chr. 1:12—“wisdom and knowledge is
granted”
Mark 9:3—“no fuller...can white them.”
Luke 1:19—“Gabriel, that stand”
John 11:57—“if any man knew where he were”
Acts 1:15—“the number of names together
were...”
Acts 6:7—“a great company...were obedient”
Acts 23:15—“or ever he come near”
1 John 5:15—“if we know that he hear us”
Rev. 18:17—“so great riches is come”
2.
The following illustrate antiquated singular forms that were
usually corrected to plurals by the revisers, but evidently overlooked
in these places:
Judg. 14:12, 13—“thirty change of garments”
1 Kings 10:17—“three pound of gold”
Ezra 2:69—“five thousand pound of silver”
Neh. 7:71—“two hundred pound of silver”
Neh. 7:72—“two thousand pound of silver”
Luke 9:28—“an eight days”
3.
The following illustrate the irregular use of an adjective for an
adverb:
2 Chr. 2:9—“wonderful great”
2 Pet. 2:6—“live ungodly”
4.
The following illustrate the irregular use of double
superlatives:
Mark 10:44—“chiefest” (see also 1 Sam. 2:29;
9:22; 21:7; 2 Chr. 32:33; Song 5:10; 2Cor. 11:5; 12:11)
Acts 26:5—“most straitest”
5.
The following illustrates the irregular suppression of the sign
of the genitive (of):
Rev. 18:12—“all manner vessels” (twice)
Spelling: The
revisers usually corrected the archaic spelling of words. Scrivener
listed numerous examples of words not corrected due to oversight:
|
Reference |
Archaic Spelling
|
Usually Corrected to |
|
Gen. 8:11 |
pluckt |
plucked |
|
Gen. 18:7 |
fetchtd |
fetched |
|
Ex. 17:7 |
Tentation |
Temptation |
|
Ex. 33:22 |
clift |
cleft |
|
Judg. 6:31 |
whilst |
while |
|
2 Sam. 7:13, etc. |
stablish |
establish |
|
2 Chr. 2:16 |
flotes |
floats |
|
Ezra 9:3, etc. |
astonied |
astonished |
|
Job 41:18 |
neesings |
sneezings |
|
Psa. 68:13 |
|
lien |
|
Ezek. 21; 29 |
whiles |
while |
|
Ezek. 35:6 |
sith |
since |
|
Ezek. 40:31, etc. |
utter |
outer |
|
Luke 9:62 |
|
plough |
[1] This
change also occurs at Exod 31:3; 35:31; Num 11:26, 29; 24:2; Neh
9:30; Psa 51:11; Isa 11:2; 30:1; 42:1; Ezek 36:7; 37:1; 39:29; Joel
2:28, 29; Mic 2:7; Hag 2:5; Matt 4:1 (Oxford ed.); Mark 1:12 (Oxford
ed.); John 6:63; Rom 1:4; 1 Cor 2:12; 1 John 5:8 (Cambridge ed.);
Rev. 17:3.
[2] This
change also occurs at Gen 16:7, 9, 10, 11; 22:11, 15; Exod 3:2; Num
22:22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35; Judg 2:1, 4; 5:23; 6:11,
12, 20, 21, 22, 22; 13:3, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 21; Zech 1:11,
12; 3:1, 3, 5, 6; 12:8.
[3] This
change also occurs at Exod 14:19; Judg 6:20; 13:6, 9.
[4] This
change also occurs at Num 20:16.
[5] This
change also occurs at Isa 63:16.
[6] This
change also occurs at Isa 33:22; James 5:8.
[7] This
change also occurs at Isa 41:14; 43:14; 63:16.
[8] This
change also occurs at Psa 45:1; 145:1; Isa 33:22; Jer 10:10; Zech
14:9.
[9] This
change also occurs at Jer 14:8.
[10] This
change also occurs at James 4:12.
[11] This
change also occurs at Dan 10:17, 19; Zech 4:4, 5, 13.
[12] This
change also occurs at Mark 12:10; 15:28; Luke 4:21; John 2:22; 7:38,
42; 10:35; 13:18; 17:12; 19:24, 28, 36, 37; 20:9; Acts 1:16; 8:32,
35; Rom 1:2; 4:3; 9:17; 10:11; 11:2; Gal 3:8, 22; 4:30; 1 Tim 5:18;
2 Tim 3:15, 16; James 2:8, 23; 4:5; 1 Pet 2:6; 2 Pet 1:20.
[13] This
change occurs also at Deut 30:10; 31:26; Josh 1:8; 8:31, 34; 2 Kings
22:8, 11.
[14] This
change also occurs at Josh 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6; 23:25; 2
Chr 23:18; 30:16; Neh 8:1; Dan 9:13; Mal 4:4.
[15] This
change also occurs at 2 Chr 17:9; 31:3, 4; 35:26; Ezra 7:10.
[16] This
change also occurs in Neh 8:18; 10:28.
[17] This
change also occurs at Matt 22:40; Acts 13:15; 24:14; Rom 3:21.
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