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	LARGE PRINT EDITION Authorized King James Version Holy Bible for Kindle (With Kindle Audiobook Technology) Best Selling Bible of All Time (KJV) Full Old Testament & New Testament (ILLUSTRATED) List Price: $1.99
	ILLUSTRATED VERSION:Contains 10 illustrations depicting key characters from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible including* Abraham* Isaac* Mary* Jesus Christ* St. Peter* St. PaulOVERVIEWThis volume contains the first and currently only LARGE PRINT Amazon Kindle edition of the authorized King James Version (KSV) Holy Bible...

Is there a significant difference between The king James and New World testament versions of the bible?

My last question was in reference to the JW faith. Allot of people responded by saying that the JW founder twisted the words in the NWT to fit his personal ideology.

dooder's comparison is accurate, but not his reasoning. It is not accurate to say that the word "a" was "added" in the New World Translation (NWT), and the use of a lower case "g" for god in this instance is *not* a mistaken translation. In other words, strictly from an *accuracy of translation of the words* point of view, "a god" is no less accurate than "God".

Now, for your question: there *is* a significant difference between the King James Version (KJV) and the NWT. The founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) was dead for decades before the creation of the NWT. Nevertheless, the NWT *does* show significant JW bias in many particulars of the translation strategy. Fortunately, most of these are explained quite clearly in the translation itself.

Here is my review of the NWT http://www.jimpettis.com/bibles/nwt.htm

The primary differences are these:
NWT uses more authentic sources than KJV
NWT uses more modern ancient languages scholarship (i.e. better) than KJV
NWT uses modern English
NWT shows a very definite JW bias in the method of translation (which is *not* the same as inaccuracy of translation)

Personally, I find the NWT it a *useful* translation, but as noted in my review, the reader needs to be aware of the JW bias present in the translation. So far, I am aware of only 1 passage that someone has brought to my attention that can be reasonably claimed to have been translated inaccurately. Not being an ancient languages scholar myself, I cannot verify the validity of this claim, but it *does* seem suspicious. The passage is Col 1:15-18, where the word "other" is inserted 4 times (and duly indicated in the text). All other "suspect" passages that have been brought to my attention I have ascertained to have an accurate translation (which, understand, is not necessarily the same as the *correct* translation!). There is also, of course, the not-entirely-justified insertion of "Jehovah" in places where it does not appear in the original text. This is well documented within the NWT itself.

The KJV I also find to be a useful translation, but not for the same reasons as the NWT. I find the NWT useful as a study bible (useful translation notes), particularly in tandem with another study bible, but the KJV is best when used in discussions with KJV users - of which there are many. Actually, the original KJV itself has some quite useful translation notes (alternate translations of numerous ambiguous passages provided in the margins). However, nearly all modern KJV exclude these notes, and abridge a large portion of the translation as well (several books are usually omitted from modern KJV editions).

If I had to make a choice between the two, lacking all other versions, I would choose KJV because I feel that it displays less bias. However, given that other versions are available to us, and that I am fully aware of the bias in the NWT, I would favor it as a more accurate translation, using superior modern scholarship and superior source texts in comparison to the KJV.

If you insist on using a KJV, here are the editions I recommend:

KJV (Paragraph) - http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FKJV-Cambridge-Paragraph-Bible-Apocrypha%2Fdp%2F0521843863%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1189044700%26sr%3D1-1&tag=wwwjimpettico-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
A scholarly effort to duplicate the original KJV *translation* (as opposed to any particular printing). Spelling is modernized (not the wording) and the complete contents of the original translation is here, including the excellent marginal notes.

KJV (Oxford) - http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBible-Authorized-James-Version-Apocrypha%2Fdp%2F0192835254%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1190233697%26sr%3D11-1&tag=wwwjimpettico-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
Similar to the above, this edition lacks only the marginal notes and is much cheaper (and paperback). It is pretty well-put-together for a paperback.

KJV 1611 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FHoly-Bible-King-James-Version%2Fdp%2F1565631609%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1189044819%26sr%3D1-1&tag=wwwjimpettico-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
This is a "replica" of the original 1611 printing. Each word on each page is in precisely the same position as in that original printing. It also includes the excellent marginal notes. The *spelling* in this edition is also identical to the original, and at 1st will cause readers some difficulty (but only at 1st). Once you have mastered the transposition of u and v, and of i and j, you will likely find it just as easy to read as an Oxford Revision KJV. Fortunately, this edition does not use the original Germanic lettering of the original, and instead uses the Roman lettering to which we are all accustomed. Possibly the best bible to use when discussing scripture with a KJV-only Christian, as this is about as close as you can get for under $100 to the *actual* *original* KJV. It is also quite reasonably priced.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

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