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Did Blayney deceitfully mess with the word of God?

Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by Logos1560, Jul 27, 2013.

  1. Logos1560

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    KJV-only author Len Smith wrote: “Be careful if you go buy a King James Version. The publishers will deceitfully call some of them Authorized Versions without letting you know they’ve changed some of the words, some of the spelling, and some of the capitalization” (Age of Reason, D22, p. 9). Len Smith even asserted: “If the old spelling of throughly has been modernized to thoroughly it’s because some fool dared to go through the word of God and mess with it” (Ibid.).

    According to a consistent application of this KJV-only author's faulty reasoning, did Benjamin Blayney deceitfully mess with the word of God?

    Benjamin Blayney inconsistently changed some of the words, some of the spelling, and some of the capitalization in earlier editions of the KJV.

    Exodus 21:19 [see Gen. 11:3, Job 6:2, Jer. 7:5, Ezek. 16:9, Luke 3:17, 2 Tim. 3:17]
    thorowly {1640, 1644, 1650 London}
    throughly (1675, 1679, 1709, 1715, 1720, 1728, 1747, 1754, 1758, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778, 1783 Oxford) [1629, 1637, 1638, 1677, 1683, 1743, 1747, 1756, 1760, 1765, 1767, 1817 Cambridge] {1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1660, 1672, 1684, 1705, 1711, 1735, 1741, 1759, 1772 London} (1755 Oxon) (1638, 1722, 1756, 1760, 1764, 1766, 1769 Edinburgh) (1762 Dublin) (1700 MP) (1746 Leipzig) (1782 Aitken) (1801 Hopkins) (1809, 1818 Boston) (1816 Albany) (1816 Collins) (1818 Holbrook) (JVIPB)
    thoroughly (1769 Oxford, SRB) [1762, 1763B, 1768, 1769 Cambridge, DKJB] {1747, 1750, 1760 London}

    2 Kings 11:18 [see Gen. 11:3, Exod. 21:19, Job 6:2, Ezek. 16:9, Luke 3:17, 2 Tim. 3:17]
    thorowly {1640, 1644, 1650 London}
    throughly (1675, 1679, 1709, 1715, 1728, 1747, 1754, 1758, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778, 1783 Oxford) [1629, 1637, 1638, 1677, 1683, 1743, 1747, 1760, 1762, 1763B, 1765, 1768, 1778, 1817, 1873 Cambridge] {1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1634, 1660, 1672, 1684, 1705, 1711, 1735, 1741, 1747, 1750, 1760, 1772 London} (1755 Oxon) (1638, 1722, 1756, 1760, 1764, 1766, 1769 Edinburgh) (1762 Dublin) (1700 MP) (1746 Leipzig) (1782 Aitken) (1801 Hopkins) (1809, 1818 Boston) (1816 Albany) (1816 Collins) (1818 Holbrook) (2000, 2002 ZOND) (TPB) (HPB) (2008, 2010, 2011 HEND) (NHPB)
    thoroughly (1769 Oxford, SRB) [1767, 1769 Cambridge, DKJB] {1763 London}

    Job 6:2 [see Exodus 21:19 & 2 Kings 11:18]
    thoroughly (1804 Oxford) [1747, 2005, 2011 Cambridge] {1838 London} (1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1802, 1810, 1820, 1842 Edinburgh) (1802, 1813, 1815 Carey) (1803 Etheridge) (1807 Johnson) (1808, 1828 MH) (1814, 1835 Scott) (1815 Walpole) (Clarke) (1818, 1819, 1827, 1829, 1843, 1851, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1858, 1868, 1894, 1902, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1988, 2008 ABS) (1826, 1828 Boston) (1827 Smith) (1831 Brown) (1832 PSE) (1834 Coit) (1836 Hartford) (1843, 1856 AFBS) (1843 Robinson) (1846 Portland) (1845, 1854, 1857, 1876 Harding) (1859 RTS) (1876 Porter) (1911 TCE) (1924, 1958 Hertel) (1945 World) (1948 WSE) (1968 Royal) (1975 Open) (CSB) (RRB) (WMCRB) (1987, 1988 IBS) (LASB) (1983, 1984, 1994 ZOND) (1984, 1991, 2008 AMG) (LPB) (2006 PENG) (ASB) (2012 Biblica) (1833 WEB) (1842 Bernard)
    throughly (1769 Oxford, SRB) [1629, 1769 Cambridge, DKJB]

    Genesis 11:3 [see Exod. 21:19, 2 Kings 11:18] [thoroughly--NKJV]
    thorowly {1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1634, 1640, 1644, 1650 London}
    thoroughly [1873, 2005, 2011 Cambridge] (1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1802, 1810 Edinburgh) (1791 Thomas) (1802, 1813, 1815 Carey) (1803 Etheridge) (1815 Walpole) (Clarke) (1818, 1819, 1827, 1829, 1843, 1851, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1858, 1868, 1894, 1902, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1988, 2008 ABS) (1826, 1828 Boston) (1823, 1827 Smith) (1828, 1833 MH) (1832 PSE) (1832 Scott) (1834 Coit) (1836 Hartford) (1843, 1856 AFBS) (1843 Robinson) (1846 Portland) (1845, 1854, 1857, 1876 Harding) (1859, 1868 RTS) (1895 NPC) (1897 ABU) (1911 TCE) (1923 NIB) (1924, 1958 Hertel) (1940, 1979, 2010 Holman) (1942 UBBH) (1945, 2004 World) (1948 WSE) (1968 Royal) (1975 Open) (1976 BH) (CSB) (RRB) (WMCRB) (1983, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002 ZOND) (1984 AMG) (Nave’s) (VB) (1987, 2001 TN) (LASB) (1987, 1988 IBS) (KJRLB) (Dake‘s) (LPB) (E-R) (TPB) (HPB) (2006 PENG) (2008, 2010, 2011 HEND) (2008 Pilot) (NHPB) (2010 BRO) (ASB) (2011 Barbour) (APB) (2011 PJB) (2012 F-S) (HKJVSB) (2012 Biblica) (1833 WEB) (1842 Bernard)
    throughly (1769 Oxford, SRB) [1629, 1769 Cambridge, DKJB]

    There was a KJV-only web site that took the very extreme position of claiming that some present-day KJV editions were “counterfeit” that printed “to day” as one word “today” or “to-day,” that printed “twoedged” as “two-edged” or “two edged.” and that updated the spelling of a few words.

    Psalm 149:6 [two edged--1560 Geneva, 1602 Bishops] [see also Job 41:30]
    two-edged (1675, 1679, 1709, 1715, 1747, 1754, 1758, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778, 1783, 1788 Oxford) [1637, 1638, 1677, 1683, 1743, 1747, 1756, 1760, 1762, 1763B, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1773, 1778, 1817, 1822, 1824, 2005, 2011 Cambridge, CSTE] {1644, 1660, 1672, 1711, 1735, 1741, 1747, 1750, 1759, 1760, 1763, 1764, 1767, 1772, 1795, 1860, 1877, 1879 London} (1755 Oxon) (1722, 1735, 1756, 1760, 1764, 1766, 1769, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1810, 1820, 1842, 1858 Edinburgh) (1860, 1866 Glasgow) (1762 Dublin) (1700 MP) (1746 Leipzig) (1791, 1816 Collins) (1801 Hopkins) (1802, 1813, 1815 Carey) (1808, 1828 MH) (1809, 1818, 1826, 1828 Boston) (1814, 1832, 1835 Scott) (1816 Albany) (1818 Holbrook) (Clarke) (1818, 1819, 1827, 1829, 1843, 1851, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1988, 2008 ABS) (1827 Smith) (1831 Brown) (1832 PSE) (1843 Robinson) (1846 Portland) (1845, 1854, 1876 Harding) (1856 AFBS) (1859 RTS) (1876 Porter) (1924, 1958 Hertel) (1948 WSE) (1958 NPC) (1966 SC) (1968 Royal) (1973 REG) (GPB) (1975 CBP) (1975 Open) (1975 GID) (CSB) (RRB) (WMCRB) (1984, 1991 AMG) (1987, 2001 TN) (1991, 2012 FWP) (1987 Dugan) (TLPSB) (EB) (JVIPB) (DSB) (2004 World) (2006 PENG) (2008 Pilot) (APB) (2011 PJB) (2012 F-S) (HKJVSB) (NCE) (1833 WEB) (1842 Bernard) [NKJV]
    two edged (1769, 1784, 1787, 1795e, 1799, 1800, 1803, 1804, 1810, 1812, 1819 Oxford) [1629, 1769, 1790, 1795, 1800, 1833, 1837 Cambridge] {1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1634, 1640, 1684, 1813, 1817, 1824, 1825, 1827 London} (1638 Edinburgh) (1791 Thomas) (1803 Etheridge) (1810 Boston) (1815 Walpole) (1836 Hartford) (1843 AFBS)
    twoedged (1821 Oxford, SRB) [DKJB]

    Revelation 1:16 [two edged--1560 Geneva, 1602 Bishops]
    two edged (1769, 1787, 1795, 1795e, 1803, 1804, 1810, 1812, 1819 Oxford) [1778, 1800 Cambridge] {1611, 1613, 1614, 1616, 1617, 1634, 1640, 1672, 1684, 1813, 1814, 1825, 1834 London} (1791 Thomas) (1803 Etheridge) (1810 Boston) (1815 Walpole) (1835 Scott) (1836 Hartford) (1843 AFBS) (KJRLB) (E-R)
    two-edged (1675, 1709, 1715, 1728, 1747, 1754, 1758, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778, 1783, 1784, 1788, 1791, 1800 Oxford) [1629, 1637, 1638, 1683, 1743, 1747, 1760, 1762, 1763B, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1817, 1822, 1824, 2005, 2011 Cambridge, CSTE] {1660, 1735, 1747, 1750, 1759, 1760, 1763, 1772, 1795, 1860, 1879 London} (1638, 1722, 1764, 1766, 1769, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1810, 1820, 1842, 1858 Edinburgh) (1866 Glasgow) (1700 MP) (1770 Dodd) (1782 Aitken) (1791, 1816 Collins) (1801 Hopkins) (1807 Johnson) (1813 Carey) (1816 Albany) (1818 Holbrook) (1818, 1828 Boston) (1818, 1819, 1829, 1843, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1988, 2008 ABS) (1827 Smith) (1831 Brown) (1832 PSE) (1846 Portland) (1854, 1876 Harding) (1856 AFBS) (1876 Porter) (1910 Collins) (1911 TCE) (1924, 1958 Hertel) (1948 WSE) (1968 Royal) (1973 REG) (GPB) (1975 Open) (CSB) (RRB) (WMCRB) (LASB) (1984, 1991 AMG) (1991, 2012 FWP) (EB) (2006 PENG) (NCE) (1833 WEB) (1842 Bernard) (1851 Cone) [NKJV]
    twoedged (1828 Oxford, SRB) [1790, 1833, 1869, 1873 Cambridge, DKJB]

    Was the 1769 Oxford edition of the KJV and even the 1611 edition of the KJV "counterfeit" according to a consistent application of the faulty reasoning at a KJV-only web site?

    Perhaps because of lack of knowledge and because of KJV-only misinformation along with faulty reasoning including use of unscriptural, unrighteous divers measures [double standards], KJV-only advocates will make claims and assertions concerning the KJV that are inaccurate and that cannot be applied consistenly using just measures.
     
  2. Revmitchell

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    Quite the obsession
     
  3. Logos1560

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    Is a believer in God and in the Scriptures who stands for the truth and who attempts to present accurate, true information supposedly a problem for those who may seek to use fallacies, divers measures, and unproven accusations perhaps to excuse, to cover for, or possibly to promote KJV-only opinions?
     
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    Is acceptance of the truth of what the Scriptures teach and a consistent stand for that truth objectively and properly or subjectively and improperly accused of being an "obsession"?
     
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    Actually, quite thorough RESEARCH, something not done by most KJVOs. Betcha can't disprove anything Logos said. And what's wrong with seeking to have God's word as accurately as possible?

    This Len Smith's work reminds me of that infamous Nic Kizziah article about "counterfeit KJVs".
     
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    I think Blayney perfected perfection. The 1611 edition was already perfect --he just made it even more perfect in the 18th century. Doncha' know there was a chain of perfection extending from the KJV revisersedition up through Paris and Blayney?
     
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    Culminating in the absolute perfection of the 2011 NIV, right?:tonofbricks:
     
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    The spelling of many words was not standardized in 1611. Many words were often spelled many different ways. This does not reflect error.

    Even today there are some differences that remain. The English spell "colour" while we use "color".

    If you ask me, this shows how perfect the King James Bible is. If you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find differences in spelling over hundreds of years when English wasn't standardized yet, you are hurting big time.
     
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    It was not claimed that spelling was standardized in 1611.
    By the way, some spelling differences in 1611 later became different English words with different meanings.

    This thread deals with the 1769 Oxford edition and incorrect KJV-only claims concerning it. Several KJV-only authors have claimed that spelling in the KJV was standardized in 1769 when it was not. Some KJV-only advocates have claimed that the 1769 Oxford edition was the final KJV edition and was perfect.

    It is faulty KJV-only reasoning that has made an issue of spelling.
    Some KJV-only advocates have asserted that some or even many present KJV editions are "counterfeit" or are impure because of spelling differences or even just differences in whether words are hyphened, compounded, or divided.

    It has been proven that there were errors in the 1611 edition of the KJV, and it can be proven that there were errors in the 1769 Oxford edition of the KJV.
     
  10. preachinjesus

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    Perhaps the larger point in response should be, is it a good stewardship of my time rigorously research to either approve or disprove what the OP posted?

    Unless I'm missing something its not. And I'd bet the OP is just a cut and paste job which I am loathe to reply to.
     
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    IF a team of scholars were to use exactly same sources used by Kjv team in translating... Would producing a Bible with totally modern vocabulary meet criteria for a "kjv?"
     
  12. Logos1560

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    Are you actually implying that you consider the truth about editions of the KJV supposedly scraping the bottom of the barrel?
     
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