Showing posts with label archaic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archaic. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Obsolete and Archaic Language

Here's a link to the full text of the Bible Word-book, now in the public domain, which contains all the words in the KJV whose definitions were obsolete or archaic. Obsolete or archaic by the time of its publication in 1884, that is!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Example of KJV Obscuring the Text

Here's a great example of how the KJV's rendering of a passage creates confusion for anyone but a scholar of the original language--not that such a person would then rely on KJV English to explain the meaning....

Isn't it interesting how a KJV user trying to preach or teach will paraphrase the KJV so that it can be understood in English? And how often those paraphrases sound like one of the modern translations?