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Does anyone know whether or not the language of the king James bible was typical of early 17th century English? I heard that the translators use archaic expressions no longer commonly used in 1604 for stylistic reasons.
This may be off-topic but is there any consensus on what is the most accurate translation of the bible into English?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was the verse?
Not OP but Psalm 37:8b[0] is my go to verse for this. I grew up reading, hearing, & memorizing out of the KJV and kind of prided myself in being able to understand that style of English. Even knowing various words & phrases have changed,I still have no idea what they verse would have meant to the original readers. I can look at a modern translation & see what it "should" say,but wow, I just can't get there from the K…
I am confused as to whether the word "fret" is considered archaic. I'd settle on "used more often 100 years ago" or something similar, but I have doubts and curiosity.
This may be off-topic but is there any consensus on what is the most accurate translation of the bible into English?
The Douay-Rheims translation is the most accurate. You can directly reconstruct the latin[1] from it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douay–Rheims_Bible#Modern_Harv...
Why is this posted on HN? What if something from Judaism or Islam was discovered etc Why would HN readers care about this? We’re here for the tech, not the white supremacy (Jesus as white, King James, etc) or the Roman derived mythology.
>What if something from Judaism or Islam was discovered etc Why would HN readers care about this? Apparently so: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18895717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21128804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15546761 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20856121
Do religious groups in the US, specifically, Christians, talk about the history of the King James Bible? Why is it, uh, trusted by so many, when stuff like this hints at a storied construction?
I grew up in a religious family and community and I asked the same question! There was a debate among people about which version to use and anything but the King James version was wrong. Why? Because of Revelation 22:18,19 18. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19. A…
This may be off-topic but is there any consensus on what is the most accurate translation of the bible into English?
This may be off-topic but is there any consensus on what is the most accurate translation of the bible into English?
This may be off-topic but is there any consensus on what is the most accurate translation of the bible into English?
I'm ignorant enough to have only read the first five books (Genesis through Deuteronomy), Ecclesiastes, and a scattering of quotes from other books of the bible. I started reading that piece of the old testament after going through some translated Sumerian/Babylonian works and commentary about the relation of the old testament to other pan-Mesopotamian theology, and I feel like it's pretty interesting from that persp…