Perhaps they had been added in over the centuries by well-meaning scribes. Some of the oldest manuscripts were missing verses found in the newer ones that Erasmus used. Later, older Greek manuscripts became available – some dating as far back as the 3rd century. This meant he was using manuscripts that had been hand-copied, over and over and over again for more than 1000 years. The Greek manuscripts available to Erasmus were all recent, with the oldest dating back to the 12 th century. When the Bible was first being translated into English, the main Greek manuscript available was the Textus Receptus, published by a Catholic scholar Erasmus in 1516.

Usually when the Old Testament is speaking specifically of a man, it uses the Hebrew word ish, and the New Testament uses the Greek word anér.Ī third important decision translators make is which manuscripts to translate from. Similarly, translators must consider the use of gender-neutral language when translating words like the Hebrew adam or the Greek anthrópos both can mean a male person (man) but can also mean mankind or person. Translators also decide whether to use gender-inclusive language, like saying “brothers and sisters” when the original text says “brothers,” but the meaning is clearly both genders. Dynamic equivalence is easier to understand, but formal equivalence is more accurate. if the word order follows the way we write today (see Colossians 2:23 in the Bible verse comparisons below).īible Gateway puts the KJV at 12+ grade reading level and age 17+.īible translation differences between KJV VS NASBīible translators must make an important decision on whether to translate “word for word” (formal equivalence) or “thought for thought” (dynamic equivalence) from the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.if the spelling is what’s used now (like shew or sayeth), or.whether a word is currently used in common English (like besom), or.However, Flesch-Kincaid only analyzes how many words are in a sentence and how many syllables are in each word. words that are no longer used at all in modern English (like “chambering,” “concupiscence,” and “outwent”).ĭefenders of the KJV point out that the version is at a 5 th grade reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid analysis.word meanings which have changed over the centuries (like “conversation” which meant “behavior” in the 1600’s), and.ancient idioms (like “her hap was to light on” in Ruth 2:3), and.Many people, however, find the archaic English hard to comprehend, especially: The above notation is also used in a few cases such as John 8 where NA and WH agree and SBL does not include the text.After 400 years, the KJV is still among the most popular translations, beloved for its beautifully poetic language, which some feel makes reading enjoyable. ** Major variant * Minor or spelling variant Where both the NA and SBL agree on a variant word or spelling, it replaces the Nestle along with the following notation:

TR and RP are included for major variants not contained in the critical texts. The Nestle text itself has been marked if not contained in either NA or SBL texts. Only the last version from left to right to contain a given variant is noted. Words not contained in the Nestle text have been included with the following notation: Paragraph formatting has been adapted from Westcott and Hort, 1881. Scrivener, The New Testament in the Original Greek according to the Text followed in the Authorised Version (Cambridge: University Press, 1894).īase text and orthography is the Nestle 1904 Greek New testament, courtesy of: site/nestle1904/. Pierpont, The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform, 2005. 2: Introduction Appendix (Cambridge: Macmillan, 1881). Stuttgart: (Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993).īrooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, The New Testament in the Original Greek, vol. Holmes, Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. (British and Foreign Bible Society, 1904). Morphology in partnership with Helps BibleĮberhard Nestle, Η ΚΑΙΝΗ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ. Strong's Tagging via Open Scriptures, David Troidl and Christopher Kimball Westminster Leningrad Codex text courtesy of Hebrew Transliteration Via Lockman Foundation for use of the NASB Exhaustive Concordance (Strong's).ĭavid Troidl and Christopher Kimball for use of the WLC with Strong's Tagging. We are grateful to those who have made this project possible:Ĭharles Van der Pool for use of the Apostolic Bible Polyglot Interlinear.

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