Does anyone know of a website or article that explains the different words in the KJV. I'm trying to understand the use of Thee, Thou, Ye, Hath, doest, creepeth... things like that.
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Understanding KJV Words
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The KJV was written during the period of Early Modern English, which retained a number of elements from the period of Middle English. Here's a list of the usage of Middle English pronouns. The original KJV (1611) used Jacobean English (named after James I of England who authorized the KJV, and hence why it's known as the Authorized Version (AV) in some circles).
Though what we have today is an authorized update from 1769 which sought to standardize and update the language of the text due to the fact that the KJV had gone through several misprints and variations in the years since it's original printing, and the fact that it contained some language usages which were quite out dated.
Compare the 1611 version of 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 with the stanard text of 1769
1611
"1. Though I speake with the tongues of men & of Angels, and haue not charity, I am become as sounding brasse or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I haue the gift of prophesie, and vnderstand all mysteries and all knowledge: and though I haue all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines, and haue no charitie, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore, and though I giue my body to bee burned, and haue not charitie, it profiteth me nothing."
1769
"1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."
-CryptoLutheran
Though what we have today is an authorized update from 1769 which sought to standardize and update the language of the text due to the fact that the KJV had gone through several misprints and variations in the years since it's original printing, and the fact that it contained some language usages which were quite out dated.
Compare the 1611 version of 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 with the stanard text of 1769
1611
"1. Though I speake with the tongues of men & of Angels, and haue not charity, I am become as sounding brasse or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I haue the gift of prophesie, and vnderstand all mysteries and all knowledge: and though I haue all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines, and haue no charitie, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestowe all my goods to feede the poore, and though I giue my body to bee burned, and haue not charitie, it profiteth me nothing."
1769
"1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."
-CryptoLutheran
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