PNT For there must be sectes among you, that they which are approued among you, myght be knowen. KJV For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. KJV And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.ĭBY And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren: NJB But if he refuses to listen to these, report it to the community and if he refuses to listen to the community, treat him like a gentile or a tax collector. If he heare not the congregacion take him as an hethen man and as a publican. TNT If he heare not them tell it vnto the congregacion. KJV And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. NJB A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and my feet. JPS For dogs have encompassed me a company of evil-doers have inclosed me like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.

KJV For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. JPS Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. KJV Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. NOTE: Technically speaking none of these translations are incorrect, as there is never a word=word correlation in language translation. It is categorized as a dynamic equivalent.)ġ982: The ' New King James Version' (NKJV) is published as a 'Modern English Version maintaining the original style of the King James.'Ĭonsider these few examples of scriptures and the different meanings and implications of the translations. (However its accuracy is very much disputed in many places and is often found wanting as a reliable translation.

A King James Version, with All 80 Books.ġ885: The ' Revised Version' Bible The First Major English Revision of the King James Bible.ġ901: The ' American Standard Version' The First Major American Revision of the King James Bible.ġ971: The ' New American Standard Bible' (NASB) is Published as a 'Modern and Accurate Word for Word English Translation' of the Bible from the Greek and Hebrew texts.ġ973: The ' New International Version' (NIV) is published as a 'Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation' of the Bible. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.ġ808: Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken) The First Bible to be printed by a Woman.ġ833: Noah Webster's Bible After Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the King James Bible.ġ846: The Illuminated Bible The most lavishly illustrated Bible printed in America. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885 Leaving Only 66 Books.ġ782: Robert Aitken's Bible The first English language Bible (a King James Version without Apocrypha) to be Printed in America.ġ791: Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas respectively produce the first Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible printed in America. Done by John 'Thomas Matthew' Rogers (80 Books).ġ539: The 'Great Bible' or 'Cramner's Bible' printed The first English language Bible to be authorized for public use (80 Books).ġ560: The Geneva Bible Printed The First English Language Bible to add numbered verses to each chapter (80 Books).ġ568: The Bishops Bible Printed The Bible of which the King James was a revision (80 Books, as well as a 20% cut and paste from the Geneva Bible).ġ609: The Douay Old Testament is added to the Rheimes New Testament of 1582 (Catholic translation) making the first complete English Catholic Bible It was translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 Books).ġ609: The first printing of the King James Bible originally with All 80 Books.ġ611: The King James Bible revised and printed all 80 Books. Tyndale did not finish translating the Old Testament.ġ535: Myles Coverdale's Bible The first complete Bible to be printed in the English Language (80 Books: Old Testament and New Testament including the Apocryphal books which are non-canonical).ġ537: Matthews Bible The second complete Bible to be printed in English. The first book ever printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.ġ525: William Tyndale's New Testament translated from the Greek MSS This is the first New Testament to be printed in the English language on the printing press. 1384: Wycliffe produces a hand-written English translation of the complete Bible All 80 Books his translation was from the Latin Vulgate and not from Greek or Hebrew.ġ455: Gutenberg invents the printing press Books may now be mass-produced instead of individually hand-written.

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