This section is prepared in two parts and consists of excerpts from the Comparative Word Study prepared by KJ21 Bible Publishers. For your full review, click here to download an electronic copy. Part One consists of a few examples of word updating which appear in the KJ21® Bible. Note that in each case, these word changes do not alter the meaning of the KJV, but make the passage much easier to read and understand. Part Two compares passages which are essentially the same in the KJ21® and the KJV with popular modern versions. Note the differences in meaning. Often these differences are subtle and reflect a liberal theological, cultural, or political bias characteristic of many modern translations.
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Abbreviations Used in Comparisons |
| KJ21®...........21st Century King
James Version |
| KJV...................................King
James Version |
| NASB...............New American Standard
Bible |
| NIV..........................New
International Version |
| NKJ...........................New King James
Version |
| NRSV..............New Revised Standard
Version |
| REB...............................Revised
English Bible |
| TEV............................Today's
English Version |
Part One
King James
Version compared with the
21st Century King James Version
| KJV | KJ21® | |
| Ezra 9:3 | ...and sat down astonied. | ....and sat down stunned. |
| Ps 140:5 | ...they have set gins for me. | ...they have set traps for me. |
| Pr 23:16 | Yea, my reins shall rejoice,... | ...yea, my inmost being shall rejoice. |
| Mt 17:12 | ...Elias is come already, and they...have done unto him whatsoever they listed. | ...Elijah is come already and they...have done unto him whatsoever they pleased. |
| Mk 9:6 | For he wist not what to say;... | For he knew not what to say... |
| 1 Cor 9:7 | Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? | Who goeth to war at any time at his own expense? |
| Php 2:1 | If there be...any bowels and mercies,... | If there be...any tenderness and mercies,... |
Part Two
21st Century King James
Version* compared with contemporary versions
*In the examples that follow the
KJ21® is either identical to, or
substantially the same as, the KJV.
| KJ21® | Contemporary Versions | |
| Gen 1:28 | "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it;... |
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| In the KJ21®
the text focuses on mankind's duty to restore to
the earth what is being consumed, rather than
merely to take possession of the earth. |
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| 1 Sam 8:5 | "Now make us a king to judge us,... |
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| In the KJ21®
the elders of Israel reflect the Biblical view of
the government as a judge, rather than as a
ruler. |
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| Pr 11:16 | ...and strong men retain riches |
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| In neither the KJ21®
nor the KJV does the writer/poet manifest any
bias against the accumulation of wealth. |
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| Ecl 9:9 | Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest... |
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| In the KJ21®
the preacher recognizes the unique and blessed
status of traditional marriage, together with its
joyful potential. |
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| Isa 7:14 | Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son... |
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| Isaiah, in the KJ21®
and KJV, cites as a sign that a virgin shall
conceive, truly an astonishing miracle. |
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| Mt 6:13 | ...lead us not into temptation,... |
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| In the KJ21®
Christ's petition to the Lord is for deliverance
from the temptation of sin, rather than
deliverance from misfortune. |
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| Mk 5:30 | And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him,... |
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| In the KJ21®
St. Mark says that Christ's healing qualities
come from virtue, rather
than from power. |
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| Rom 16:1 | I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church... |
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| In the KJ21®
St. Paul does not hesitate to ascribe the glory
and honor of servanthood to a woman (servanthood
being the highest calling of all men and women). |
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| 1 Cor 13:1 | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not charity,... |
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| In the KJ21® St. Paul uses the term charity rather than love, charity being more specific in connoting selfless benevolence and a disinclination to ascribe evil to others. | ||
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