KJV Language
I happen to really like the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible for many
reasons. Often its word choice is particularly poetic and moving.
But sometimes the KJV is quite cryptic, almost as if it were another
language. Listed below are some particularly difficult passages, not because
of what is taught, but because of the words and grammar chosen to
express the thought.
In the examples below, you can click on some words to find their definition.
But before you do, see if you can paraphrase the passage in your own words.
Then click on the "answer" to see how the passage has been translated in
another version.
- Colossians 2:20-23
- Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why,
as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not;
taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the
commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of
wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in
any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Or in other words...
- 2 Corinthians 10:13
- But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to
the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to
reach even unto you.
Or in other words...