kenneth558
Believer in the Invisible
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I trust any particular translation on a word-by-word basis. I feel KJV is least likely of commonly available hardcopy English versions to deviate from what God said originally. That is my first choice, and I'll even go so far as to allow for the KJV or other Spirit-led translations to enhance from the original in ways that God could decide to honor if He wants to. I would also encourage you to be open to other English translations of the King James period to sometimes choose the more accurate words than KJV.So are you of the Modern Translation/ Original Hebrew and Greek Only Camp?
Or are you of the KJV is the divine and perfect Word of God Camp?
That said...
Another verse where I deviate from KJV into a more understandable, and I strongly feel more accurate, rendering is James 5:16. Instead of "effectual fervent" of the KJV, I believe the best rendering is "energetic", based on the SINGLE Greek word used there: "...the energetic prayer of a righteous man availeth much". I have found NO translation using that term. The consequences are that we miss making our prayers more effective because we don't put energy into them. I used the term "marriage-busting" in my first example. This example is no less, and arguably more, serious.
Another verse, "same but opposite" issue, is Luke 16:2-4. The word "stewardship" (οἰκονομίας or oikonomia) here is translated "dispensation" elsewhere in KJV. Actually, I wholeheartedly agree with the rendering "stewardship" in this verse but believe KJV should have stayed with using that word in the other occurrences. Several other English translations do stay with "stewardship" consistently. The consequences of the inconsistency are that "dispensational" thinking (where we assume or even hope that offensive-to-us teachings are time- or culture-limited and have become obsolete) is directly opposed to the declaration of Moses that "those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever", that concept being witnessed to in many ways throughout the Bible. This example of KJV inconsistency is serious here, too, given a number of leaven-reducing teachings in I Corinthians not being respected these days.
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