How many different KJV editions today?

For the sake of those who want to deal with facts and evidence, this thread will document some of the actual differences in some of the 7 to 10 varying editions of the KJV available today.

 

While I have posted the comparison of the Cambridge Standard Text Edition and the present Oxford KJV edition at least once before, this list now includes a few more differences now found previously.

Consider a present day KJV that is published by Cambridge University Press in Great Britain [ISBN 0-521-50882-7]. It is identified as a "standard text edition." It differs from the standard text in the Oxford edition in the Scofield Bible in several places. This Cambridge edition has “spirit of God“ (Gen. 1:2) for “Spirit of God,” "assuaged" (Gen. 8:1) for "asswaged," "plucked" (Gen. 8:11) for "pluckt," “Sabtecha“ (Gen. 10:7) for “Sabtechah,” "mortar" (Gen. 11:3) for "morter," “theirs“ (Gen. 15:13, 34:23, 43:34) for “their‘s,” “fetched“ (Gen. 18:7) for “fetcht,” “entreat“ for “intreat“ (Gen. 23:8), “Abida“ (Gen. 25:4) for “Abidah,” “ours“ (Gen. 26:20, 31:16, 34:23) for “our‘s,” “chestnut“ (Gen. 30:37) for “chesnut,” "aught" (Gen. 39:6, 47:18) for "ought," “today“ (Gen. 40:7) for “to day,” “spirit of God“ (Gen. 41:38) for “Spirit of God,” “Zerah“ (Gen. 46:12) for “Zarah,” “basins“ (Exod. 24:6) for “basons,” "veil" (Exod. 26:31) for "vail," "plaster" (Lev. 14:42) for "plaister," "plastered" (Lev. 14:43) for "plaistered," "crookbacked" (Lev. 21:20) for "crookbackt," “jubilee“ (Lev. 25:9) for “jubile,” “mixed“ (Num. 11:4) for “mixt,” “ours“ (Num. 32:32) for “our‘s,” “aught“ (Deut. 4:2) for “ought,” “yours“ (Deut. 11:24) for “your‘s,” “awl“ (Deut. 15:17) for “aul,” “hers“ (Deut. 21:15) for “her‘s,” "rearward" (Josh. 6:9, 13) for "rereward," “Jahazah“ (Josh. 13:18) for “Jahaza,” "or Sheba" (Josh. 19:2) for "and Sheba," “Hapharaim“ (Josh. 19:19) for “Haphraim,” “spirit“ (Jud. 3:10) for “Spirit,” “wondrously“ (Jud. 13:19) for “wonderously,” "steadfastly" (Ruth 1:18) for "stedfastly," “hasted“ (1 Sam. 17:48) for “hastened,” “spirit“ (1 Sam. 19:20, 2 Sam. 23:2) for “Spirit,” “inquired“ (1 Sam. 22:13) for “enquired,” “Malchi-shua“ (1 Sam. 31:2) for “Melchi-shua,” “aught“ (2 Sam. 3:35) for “ought,” “Shammua“ (2 Sam. 5:14) for “Shammuah,” “Shimea“ (2 Sam. 21:21) for “Shimeah,” “spirit“ (2 Sam. 23:2) for “Spirit,” “Naharai“ (2 Sam. 23:37) for “Nahari,” "ceiling" (1 Kings 6:15) for "cieling," “the LORD“ (1 Kings 8:56) for “the Lord,” “spirit“ (1 Kings 18:12, 22:24) for “Spirit,“ “inquire“ (1 Kings 22:8) for “enquire,” “hers“ (2 Kings 8:6) for “her‘s,” "the LORD" (2 Kings 19:23) for "the Lord," “Ezer“ (1 Chron. 1:38) for “Ezar,” “Geshan“ (1 Chron. 2:47) for “Gesham,” “Achsah“ (1 Chron. 2:49) for “Achsa,” “Salchah“ (1 Chron. 5:11) for “Salcah,” “Shimron“ (1 Chron. 7:1) for “Shimrom,” “Shemida“ (1 Chron. 7:19) for “Shemidah,” “Jehoshua“ (1 Chron. 7:27) for “Jehoshuah,” “Michah“ (1 Chron. 23:20) for “Micah,” “Jeshua“ (1 Chron. 24:11) for “Jeshuah,” "floats" (2 Chron. 2:16) for "flotes," "ceiled" (2 Chron. 3:5) for "cieled," “spirit“ (2 Chron. 15:1, 18:23, 20:14, 24:20) for “Spirit,” “Ezion-geber“ (2 Chron. 20:36) for “Ezion-gaber,” "sin" (2 Chron. 33:19) for "sins," “Carchemish“ (2 Chron. 35:20) for “Charchemish,” “Mispar“ (Ezra 2:2) for “Mizpar,” “Asnappar“ (Ezra 4:10) for “Asnapper,” "O LORD" (Neh. 1:11) for "O Lord," “LORD“ (Neh. 3:5) for “Lord,” "entreated" (Job 19:17) for "intreated," “spirit“ (Job 33:4) for “Spirit,” “grayheaded“ (Ps. 71:18) for “greyheaded,” "vapour" (Ps. 148:8) for "vapours," “two-edged“ (Ps. 149:6) for “twoedged,” "inquiry" (Prov. 20:25) for "enquiry," “gray“ (Prov. 20:29) for “grey,” “further“ (Eccl. 8:17) for “farther,” “rearward“ (Isa. 52:12) for “rereward,” “cloak“ (Isa. 59:17) for “cloke,” "holy spirit" (Isa. 63:10) for "holy Spirit," "whom ye" (Jer. 34:16) for "whom he," "portray" (Ezek. 4:1) for "pourtray," “spirit“ (Ezek. 11:5, 24) for “Spirit,” “Kerioth“ (Amos 2:2) for “Kirioth,” "flieth" (Nah. 3:16) for "fleeth," “inquired“ (Matt. 2:7) for “enquired,” "Spirit" (Matt. 4:1) for "spirit," "theirs" (Matt. 5:3) for "their's," “aught“ (Matt. 5:23) for “ought,” "cloak" (Matt. 5:40) for "cloke," "lunatic" (Matt. 17:15) for "lunatick," "sponge" (Matt. 27:48) for "spunge," “Spirit“ (Mark 1:12) for “spirit,” “further“ (Mark 1:19) for “farther,” "yours" (Luke 6:20) for "your's," “havoc“ (Acts 8:3) for “havock,” “inquiry“ (Acts 10:17) for “enquiry,” “grafted“ (Rom. 11:23) for “graffed,” “graft” (Rom. 11:23) for “graff,“ “entreaty” (2 Cor. 8:4) for “intreaty,“ “entreat” (Phil. 4:3) for “intreat,“ “cloak“ (2 Tim. 4:13) for “cloke,” “Nicolaitans“ (Rev. 2:6) for “Nicolaitanes,” “Spirit of life” (Rev. 11:11) for “spirit of life,“ and "chrysolite" (Rev. 21:20) for "chrysolyte."

 

I do not think that I have ever posted before my comparison of the following KJV edition with the Oxford KJV edition in the Scofield Reference Bible.

A present-day edition is entitled The King James Red Letter Bible (Special Study Edition) and was published in Palm Beach, Florida. Its publisher or editor is a KJV defender, perhaps even a KJV-only advocate. This KJV edition has a page of "changes in spelling and word usage" (p. xxii). Some example differences in this KJV include the following: "between" for "betwixt" (Gen. 17:11), “brought“ for “fetcht“ (Gen. 18:7), "got" for "gat" (Gen. 19:27), "that is" for "to wit" (Gen. 24:21), "lain" for "lien" (Gen. 26:10), "knew" for "wotteth" (Gen. 39:8), "grizzled" for "grisled" (Gen. 31:10), "honorable" for "honourable" (Gen. 34:19), “stripped“ for “stript“ (Gen. 37:23), "loathe" for "lothe" (Exod. 7:18), “basins“ for “basons“ (Exod. 24:6), "knob" for "knop" (Exod. 25:33), "spew" for "spue" (Lev. 18:28), "crookback" for "crookbackt" (Lev. 21:20), “jubilee“ for “jubile“ (Lev. 25:9), “mixed“ for “mixt“ (Num. 11:4), "my LORD" for "my Lord" (Num. 14:17), "ribbon" for "ribband" (Num. 15:38), "evil-favoredness" for "evilfavouredness" (Deut. 17:1), "rearward" for "rereward" (Josh. 6:9), "that is" for "to wit" (Josh. 17:1), "withes" for "withs" (Jud. 16:7), "unsavory" for "unsavoury" (2 Sam. 22:27), "the LORD" for "the Lord" (1 Kings 3:10), "ceiling" for "cieling" (1 Kings 6:15), "to that is" instead of "to wit" (1 Chron. 7:2), "sneezings" for "neesings" (Job 41:18), "the LORD" for "the Lord" (Ps. 2:4), "endeavors" for "endeavours" (Ps. 28:4), “helped“ for “holpen“ (Ps. 83:8, 86:17), "paid" for "payed" (Prov. 7:14), “repaid“ for “repayed“ (Prov. 13:21), "soldering" for "sodering" (Isa. 41:7), "Holy Spirit" for "holy Spirit" (Isa. 63:10), "since" for "sith" (Ezek. 35:6), "marshes" for "marishes" (Ezek. 47:11), "public" for "publick" (Matt. 1:19), "Immanuel" for "Emmanuel" (Matt. 1:23), "cloak" for "cloke" (Matt. 5:40), "show" for "shew" (Matt. 8:4), "dare" for "durst" (Matt. 22:46), "sponge" for "spunge" (Matt. 27:40), "helped" for "holpen" (Luke 1:54), "before" for "ere" (John 4:49), “havoc“ for “havock“ (Acts 8:3), "near" for "nigh" (Acts 9:38), "sergeants" for "serjeants" (Acts 16:35), "bring" for "fetch" (Acts 16:37), "know" for "wist" (Acts 23:5), “struck“ for “strake“ (Acts 27:17), "hoisted" for "hoised" (Acts 27:40), "honors" for "honours" (Acts 28:10), "brought" for "fetched" (Acts 28:13), "know" for "wot" (Rom. 11:2), “grafted“ for “graffed“ (Rom. 11:23), "clamor" for "clamour" (Eph. 4:31), "example" for ensample" (Phil. 3:17), "always" for "alway" (Phil. 4:4), "behavior" for "behaviour" (Tit. 2:3), and "Savior" for "Saviour" (2 Pet. 1:1).

 

The next two posts will include a comparison of the American Bible Society KJV edition with the present Oxford KJV edition. I was unable to post all the differences because of the length in one post.

An 1846 KJV edition published by the American Bible Society had a good number of differences from the present Oxford KJV edition that remain in the present ABS KJV editiion. It has "subtile" for "subtil" (Gen. 3:1), "Spirit" for "spirit" (Gen. 6:3), "assuaged" for "asswaged" (Gen. 8:1), "a husbandman" for "an husbandman" (Gen. 9:20), "mortar" for "morter" (Gen. 11:3), “lifted“ for “lift“ (Gen. 14:22), “a horror“ for “an horror“ (Gen. 15:12), “In that“ for “In the“ (Gen. 15:18), “fetched“ for “fetcht“ (Gen. 18:7), “have borne“ for “have born“ (Gen. 30:20), "grizzled" for "grisled" (Gen. 31:10), "aught" for "ought" (Gen. 39:6), "raven" for "ravin" (Gen. 49:27), "loathe" for "lothe" (Exod. 7:18), "rye" for "rie" (Exod. 9:32), “sanctuary, O LORD“ for “Sanctuary, O Lord“ (Exod. 15:17), "clothes" for "cloths" (Exod. 31:10, 35:19, 39:1, 39:41), "strewed" for "strawed" (Exod. 32:20), "cleft" for "clift" (Exod. 33:22), “a hole“ for “an hole“ (Exod. 39:23), "cuckoo" for "cuckow" (Lev. 11:16), "plaster" for "plaister" (Lev. 14:42), "plastered" for "plaistered" (Lev. 14:43), "brazen" for "brasen" (Num. 16:39), “awl“ for “aul“ (Deut. 15:17), "or Sheba" for "and Sheba" (Jos. 19:2), "prancings" for "pransings" (Jud. 5:22), “mother-in-law“ for “mother in law“ (Ruth 1:14), "steadfastly" for "stedfastly" (Ruth 1:18), “priest‘s custom“ for “priests‘ custom“ (1 Sam. 2:13), “hasted“ for “hastened“ (1 Sam. 17:48), “And he made“ for “And made“ (2 Sam. 2:9), "word" for "words" (1 Kings 3:12), “basins“ for “basons“ (1 Kings 7:50), “the LORD“ for “the Lord“ (1 Kings 8:56), "three pounds" for "three pound" (1 Kings 10:17), “the LORD“ for “the Lord“ (2 Kings 7:6), “all the tribes“ for “all tribes“ (2 Kings 21:7), "five thousand pounds" for "five thousand pound" (Ezra 2:69), “in the dust“ for “in dust“ (Job 39:14), "Most High" for "most High" (Ps. 21:7), "Holy Spirit" for "holy spirit" (Ps. 51:11), "steadfast" for "stedfast" (Ps. 78:8), "paid" for "payed" (Prov. 7:14), "inquiry" for "enquiry" (Prov. 20:25), “yea further“ for “yea farther“ (Eccl. 8:17), "wash ye" for "wash you" (Isa. 1:16), "Spirit of the LORD" for "spirit of the LORD" (Isa. 11:2), “a hungry“ for “an hungry“ (Isa. 29:8), “a hill“ for “an hill“ (Isa. 30:17), "Mighty One" for "mighty One" (Isa. 49:26), "inflaming" for "Enflaming" (Isa. 57:5), "Holy Spirit" for "holy Spirit" (Isa. 63:10), "astonished" for "astonied" (Jer. 14:9), "neither … nor daughters" for "neither … or daughters" (Jer. 16:2), "afterwards" for "afterward" (Jer. 34:11), “The word which“ for “The word that“ (Jer. 40:1), "portray" for "pourtray" (Ezek. 4:1), "loathed" for "lothed" (Ezek. 16:45), "since" for "sith" (Ezek. 35:6), "outer" for "utter" (Ezek. 40:31, 37), "music" for "musick" (Dan. 6:18), “a harlot“ for “an harlot“ (Joel 3:3), "prized" for "prised" (Zech. 11:13), "public" for "publick" (Matt. 1:19), "Spirit" for "spirit" (Matt. 4:1), "cloak" for "cloke" (Matt. 5:40), "lunatic" for "lunatick" (Matt. 17:15), "sponge" for "spunge" (Matt. 27:48), “further“ for “farther“ (Mark 1:19), "lifted" for "lift" (Luke 16:23), "sycamore" for "sycomore" (Luke 19:4), "others" for "other" (Luke 23:32), "sergeants" for "serjeants" (Acts 16:35), "publicly" for "publickly" (Acts 18:28), "fleshly" for "fleshy" (2 Cor. 3:3), "those who" for "these who" (Gal. 2:6), "sometime" for "sometimes" (Eph. 5:8), "always" for "alway" (Phil. 4:4), "steadfastness" for "stedfastness" (Col. 2:5), "Holy Spirit" for "holy Spirit" (1 Thess. 4:8), "broidered" for "broided" (1 Timothy 2:9), "thoroughly" for "throughly" (2 Tim. 3:16), "heretic" for "heretick" (Tit. 3:10), and "chrysolite" for "chrysolyte" (Rev. 21:20).

 

ABS KJV edition


Along with the differences listed in the previous post, this post includes other variations found in the present ABS KJV edition.

A present KJV edition published by the American Bible Society has more variations from many present KJV editions than did the 1846 edition. This ABS edition has "Joshua" at Acts 7:45 instead of "Jesus." Some additional differences besides the ones in the 1846 edition include the following: "cherubim" for "cherubims" (Gen. 3:24), "plucked" for "pluckt" (Gen. 8:11), "savor" for "savour" (Gen. 8:21), “dwelt“ for “dwelled“ (Gen. 13:7), "a handmaid" for "an handmaid" (Gen. 16:1), "favor" for "favour" (Gen. 18:3), "entreat" for "intreat" (Gen. 23:8), "lain" for "lien" (Gen. 26:10), "savory" for "savoury" (Gen. 27:4), “chestnut“ for “chesnut“ (Gen. 30:37), “streaks“ for “strakes“ (Gen. 30:37), "labor" for "labour" (Gen. 31:42), "honorable" for "honourable" (Gen. 34:19), "colors" for "colours" (Gen. 37:3), "traffic" for "traffick" (Gen. 42:34), "rigor" for "rigour" (Exod. 1:13), "neighbor" for "neighbour" (Exod. 3:22), “Tomorrow“ [one word] for “To morrow” (Exod. 8:10), “brazen“ for “brasen“ (Exod. 27:4), “basins“ for “basons“ (Exod. 24:6), "showbread" for "shewbread" (Exod. 25:30), “always“ for “alway“ (Exod. 25:30), "veil" for "vail" (Exod. 26:31), "a hanging" for "an hanging" (Exod. 26:36), "wreathed" for "wreathen" (Exod. 28:14), "a hole" for "an hole" (Exod. 28:32), “men children“ for “menchildren“ (Exod. 34:12), "baked" for "baken" (Lev. 2:4), "color" for "colour" (Lev. 13:55), "spew" for "spue" (Lev. 18:28), “jubilee“ for “jubile“ (Lev. 25:9), "a homer" for "an homer" (Lev. 27:16), "evil-favoredness" for "evilfavouredness" (Deut. 17:1), “recompense“ for “recompence“ (Deut. 32:35), "valor" for "valour" (Josh. 1:14), "rearward" for "rereward" (Josh. 6:9), "neighbors" for "neighbours" (Jos. 9:16), "parlor" for "parlour" (Jud. 3:20), "a hammer" for "an hammer" (Jud. 4:21), "armor-bearer" for "armourbearer" (Jud. 9:54), “wondrously“ for “wonderously“ (Jud. 13:19), "withes" for "withs" (Jud. 16:7), "favorable" for "favourable" (Jud. 21:22), "armor" for "armour" (1 Sam. 14:1), "a honeycomb" for "an honeycomb" (1 Sam. 14:27), “strongholds“ [one word] for “strong holds” (1 Sam. 23:19) "a hill" for "an hill" (1 Sam. 26:13), "succor" for "succour" (2 Sam. 8:5), "unsavory" for "unsavoury" (2 Sam. 22:27), “caterpillar“ for “caterpiller“ (1 Kings 8:37), "a horse" for "an horse" (1 Kings 10:29), "rumor" for "rumour" (2 Kings 19:7), "magnificent" for "magnifical" (1 Chron. 22:5), “victuals“ for “victual” (2 Chron. 11:11, 23), "dishonor" for "dishonour" (Ezra 4:14), "armory" for "armoury" (Neh. 3:19), "a hireling" for "an hireling" (Job 7:1), "a hypocrite" for "an hypocrite" (Job 13:16), "hunger-bitten" for "hungerbitten" (Job 18:12), "entreated" for "intreated" (Job 19:17), "a hook" for "an hook" (Job 41:1), "sneezings" for "neesings" (Job 41:18), "endeavors" for "endeavours" (Ps. 28:4), “helped“ for “holpen“ (Ps. 83:8, 86:17), "vapor" for "vapours" or "vapour" (Ps. 148:8), "seraphim" for "seraphims" (Isa. 6:2), "soldering" for "sodering" (Isa. 41:7), “laden“ for “loaden“ (Isa. 46:1), “clefts“ for “clifts“ (Isa. 57:5), “winevat“ for “winefat“ (Isa. 63:2), “chapped“ for “chapt“ (Jer. 14:4), "astonished" for "astonied" (Jer. 14:9), “cherubim‘s“ for “cherubims‘” (Ezek. 10:5), "marshes" for "marishes" (Ezek. 47:11), "hose" for "hosen" (Dan. 3:21), “while“ for “whiles“ (Dan. 9:21), "vats" for "fats" (Joel 2:24), "dishonoreth" for "dishonoureth" (Mic. 7:6), "well-favored" for "wellfavoured" (Nah. 3:4), “idle shepherd“ for “idol shepherd“ (Zech. 11:17), "ahungered" for "an hungred" (Matt. 4:2), "show" for "shew" (Matt. 8:4), "laborers" for "labourers" (Matt. 9:37), “wayside“ [one word] for “way side“ (Matt. 13:4), "honor" for "honour" (Matt. 13:57), “lowering“ for “lowring“ (Matt. 16:3), "a hymn" for "an hymn" (Matt. 26:30), "further" for "farther" (Matt. 26:39), “plow“ for “plough“ (Luke 9:62), "They say" for "They said" (John 11:34), “others“ for “other“ (John 19:18), "a hundred" for "an hundred" (Acts 1:15). "bishopric" for "bishoprick" (Acts 1:20), “havoc“ for “havock“ (Acts 8:3), "endeavored" for "endeavoured" (Acts 16:10), “others“ for “other“ (Acts 17:9), "theater" for "theatre" (Acts 19:29), “struck“ for “strake“ (Acts 27:17), "hoisted" for "hoised" (Acts 27:40), "honors" for "honours" (Acts 28:10), “unmovable“ for “unmoveable“ (1 Cor. 15:58), "Anathema, Maranatha" for "Anathema Maranatha" (1 Cor. 16:22), "braided" for "broided" (1 Tim. 2:9), "behavior" for "behaviour" (Tit. 2:3), "today" [one word] for "to day" [two words]" (Heb. 13:8), “Spirit” for “spirit” (1 Pet. 4:14), and "scarlet-colored" for "scarlet coloured" (Rev. 17:3).

In addition to all the above changes, this present ABS edition has several changes in the spelling of proper names and places. It has “Girgashite“ (Gen. 10:16) instead of “Girgasite,” "Rephaim" (Gen. 14:5) instead of "Rephaims," "Emim" (Gen. 14:5) instead of "Emims," "Anakim" (Deut. 1:28) instead of "Anakims," "Nethinim" (1 Chron. 9:2) instead of "Nethinims," “Mehunim“ (2 Chron. 26:7) instead of “Mehunims,” "Carchemish" (2 Chron. 35:20) instead of "Charchemish," "Zion" instead of "Sion" (Ps. 65:1), “Jeshurun“ instead of “Jesurun“ (Isa. 44:2), "Rachel" instead of "Rahel" (Jer. 31:15), "Gammadim" instead of "Gammadims" (Ezek. 27:11), "Syriac" instead of "Syriack" (Dan. 2:4), "Zarephath" (Luke 4:26) instead of "Sarepta," "Gomorrah" (Matt. 10:15) instead of "Gomorrha," "Sodom" (Rom. 9:29) instead of "Sodoma," "Haran" (Acts 7:4) instead of "Charran," "Canaan" (Acts 7:11) instead of "Chanaan," “Midian“ (Acts 7:29) instead of “Madian,” "Sinai" (Acts 7:38) instead of 'Sina," "Sharon" (Acts 9:35) instead of "Saron," "Phoenicia" (Acts 11:19) instead of "Phenice," "Kish" (Acts 13:21) instead of "Cis," "Stoics" (Acts 17:13) instead of "Stoicks," "Hagar" (Gal. 4:24) instead of "Agar," "Miletus" (2 Tim. 4:20) instead of 'Miletum," and "Naphtali" (Rev. 7:6) instead of "Nephalim." This ABS edition also has "Elijah" and "Jeremiah" in Matthew 16:14 for "Elias" and "Jeremias," "Asher" for "Aser" in Luke 2:36, "Elisha" for "Eliseus" in Luke 4:27, "Zechariah" for "Zacharias" in Matthew 23:35, "Noah" in Matthew 24:37 for "Noe," "Messiah" in John 1:41 for "Messias," "Hosea" in Romans 9:25 for "Osee," "Mark" in Colossians 4:10 for "Marcus," "Gideon" in Hebrews 11:32 for "Gedeon," "Jephthah" in Hebrews 11:32 for "Jephthae," "Luke" in Philemon 24 for "Lucas," "Timothy" in 2 Corinthians 1:19 for "Timotheus," "Beor" in 2 Peter 2:15 for "Bosor," "Korah" in Jude 11 for "Core," and "Balak" in Revelation 2:14 for "Balac." Furthermore, there are several differences in the spelling of the names at Matthew 1 and Luke 3 such as "Judah" (Matt. 1:3) for "Judas," "Rehoboam" (Matt. 1:7) for "Roboam," "Abijah" (Matt. 1:7) for "Abia," "Uzziah" (Matt. 1:9) for "Ozias," "Hezekiah" (Matt. 1:10) for "Ezekias," "Zadok" (Matt. 1:14) for "Sadoc," "Immanuel" (Matt. 1:23) for "Emmanuel," "Reu" (Luke 3:35) for "Ragau," "Hezron" (Luke 3:33) for "Esrom," "Terah" (Luke 3:34) for "Thara," "Methuselah" (Luke 3:37) for "Mathusala,"and "Peleg" (Luke 3:35) for "Phalec." Other differences could probably be found with more examination.

 

Hopefully the information in my posts in this thread will provide any one interested in comparing present KJV editions a good starting place. It is possible that a few of the references were typed incorrectly. If you find any mistakes, please do point them out.

 

Re: 1873 Cambridge and present Zonderan KJV

This 1873 and present Zondervan KJV edition has "strain out" at Matthew 23:24 instead of "strain at." It has "profession of our hope" at Hebrews 10:23 instead of "profession of our faith." At John 10:25, this 1873 edition has "ye believe not" in agreement with several of the earlier English Bibles while most present KJV's have "ye believed not." At Acts 25:23, it has "were entered" in agreement with several earlier English Bibles while most KJV's have "was entered" following the Bishops' Bible. This 1873 edition has "thy mercy's sake" (Psalm 6:4, 31:16, 44:26) for the Oxford edition's "thy mercies' sake," “fathers‘ house“ for “father‘s house“ (1 Chron. 7:2, Ezra 2:59, Neh. 7:61), “heart’s lust” for “hearts’ lust” (Ps. 81:12), “Adder‘s poison“ for “adders‘ poison“ (Ps. 140:3), “fools‘ back” for “fool‘s back“ (Prov. 26:3), “merchant’s ships” for “merchants’ ships” (Prov. 31:14), “priests‘” for “priest’s” (Ezek. 44:30), “potter’s clay” for “potters’ clay” (Dan. 2:41), and “oaths’ sake” for “oath’s sake” (Matt. 14:9, Mark 6:26). It has “mine hands” for “my hands” (Isa. 65:2) and “mine hand” for “my hand” (Jer. 25:15, Ezek. 6:14). It has “thine hand” for “thy hand” (Isa. 64:8).


The text of this KJV edition is more in agreement with the 1611 edition than are most other present KJV editions. Scrivener presented a list of the places in his 1873 edition that he restored 1611 readings (Authorized Edition, pp. 215-237). The Old Testament of this edition has “you“ for “ye“ (Gen. 9:4), “Girgashite“ for “Girgasite“ (Gen. 10:16), “towards“ for “toward“ (Gen. 15:5), “this thing“ for “this thing also“ (Gen. 19:21), “lift“ for “lifted“ (Gen. 22:4), “amongst“ for “among“ (Gen. 23:10), “to him“ for “unto him“ (Gen. 25:33), “Philistims“ for “Philistines“ (Gen. 26:1), "hand” for “hands” (Gen. 39:1), “spirit” for “Spirit” (Gen. 41:38), “drunk“ for “drank“ (Gen. 43:34), “any man” for “any men” (Gen. 47:6), “Haste you“ for “Haste ye“ (Gen. 45:9), “And you“ for “And ye“ (Gen. 45:13), “you did“ for “ye did“ (Exod. 10:11), “consecrations“ for “consecration“ (Exod. 29:26), “clothes“ for “cloths“ (Exod. 31:10), “stript“ for “stripped“ (Exod. 33:6), “manner fat“ for “manner of fat“ (Lev. 7:23), “nor scales“ for “and scales“ (Lev. 11:10), “were“ for “are“ (Lev. 25:23), “river side“ for “river‘s side“ (Num. 24:6), “begun“ for “began“ (Num. 25:1), “thy hand“ for “thine hand“ (Deut. 2:24), “thy heart“ for “thine heart“ (Deut. 15:7), “thy oil“ for “thine oil“ (Deut. 18:4), “all lost thing“ for “all lost things“ (Deut. 22:3), “noondays“ for “noonday“ (Deut. 28:29), “even the Lord” for “of the Lord” (Josh. 3:11), “or Sheba“ for “and Sheba“ (Josh. 19:2), “spirit” for “Spirit” (Jud. 3:10), “a hammer“ for “an hammer“ (Jud. 4:21), “he went” for “she went” (Ruth 3:15), “girt“ for “girded“ (1 Sam. 2:4), “my heart“ for “mine heart“ (1 Sam. 2:35), “in the fields” for “in the field” (1 Sam. 20:5), “wrapt“ for “wrapped“ (1 Sam. 21:9), “rose“ for “arose“ (1 Sam. 24:8), “a hill“ for “an hill“ (1 Sam. 26:13), “thy word“ for “thy words“ (1 Kings 3:12), “the LORD“ for “the Lord“ (1 Kings 8:56), “flotes“ for “floats“ (1 Kings 5:9), “son” for “sons” (1 Kings 13:11), “leese“ for “lose“ (1 Kings 18:5), “a horse “ for “an horse“ (1 Kings 20:20), “neesed“ for “sneezed“ (2 Kings 4:35), “kab“ for “cab“ (2 Kings 6:25), “to give to him“ for “to give him“ (2 Kings 8:19), “Geshan“ for “Gesham“ (1 Chron. 2:47), “Shimron“ for “Shimrom“ (1 Chron. 7:2), “men of might” for “valiant men of might” (1 Chron. 7:5), “son“ for “sons“ (1 Chron. 7:35), “Michah“ for “Micah“ (1 Chron. 23:20), “and laid” for “and they laid” (2 Chron. 29:23), “sin“ for “sins“ (2 Chron. 33:19), “and gold” for “and the gold” (Ezra 7:18), “built“ for “builded“ (Neh. 3:10, “cruddled“ for “curdled“ (Job 10:10), “sent“ for “scent“ (Job 14:9), “flying” for “fleeing” (Job 30:3), “the LORD“ for “the Lord“ (Ps. 2:4), “whiles” for “while” (Ps. 49:18), “holy Spirit“ for “holy spirit“ (Ps. 51:11), “Zion“ for “Sion“ (Ps. 65:1), “stablish“ for “establish“ (Ps. 89:4), “snare” for “snares” (Ps. 141:9), “vapour” for “vapors” (Ps. 148:8), “beareth“ for “bear“ (Song of Solomon 4:2), “mixt“ for “mixed“ (Isa. 1:22), “Get you” for “Get you” (Isa. 30:11), “burnt“ for “burned“ (Jer. 1:16), “nor daughters” for “or daughters” (Jer. 16:2), “sith“ for “since“ (Jer. 23:38), “afterwards” for “afterward” (Jer. 34:11), “word which“ for “word that“ (Jer. 40:1), “utter court” for “outer court” (Ezek. 10:5), “cropt“ for “cropped“ (Ezek. 17:4), “And the word” for “The word” (Ezek. 18:1), “ebeny“ for “ebony“ (Ezek. 27:15), “astrologians“ for “astrologers“ (Dan. 2:27), “a whirlwind” for “the whirlwind” (Hos. 13:3), “ript“ for “ripped“ (Hos. 13:16), “Kerioth“ for “Kirioth“ (Amos 2:2), “flieth” for “fleeth” (Nah. 3:16), and “Lord GOD“ for “LORD God“ (Hab. 3:19).


In the New Testament, this 1873 and present KJV edition has “but will” for “but he will” (Matt. 3:12), “Spirit“ for “spirit“ (Matt. 4:1), “a hungred“ for “an hungred“ (Matt. 4:2), “out the devils“ for “out devils“ (Matt. 9:34), “Is this“ for “Is not this“ (Matt. 12:23), “had not root” for “had no root” (Matt. 13:6), “a hymn“ for “an hymn“ (Matt. 26:30), “ought“ for “owed“ (Luke 7:41), “he said“ for “he had said“ (Luke 8:8), “to my Lord“ for “unto my Lord“ (Luke 20:42), “They say” for “They said” (John 11:34), “Canaan“ for “Chanaan“ (Acts 7:11, 13:19), “house“ for “housetop“ (Acts 10:9), “law of the husband“ for “law of her husband“ (Rom. 7:2), “approved to death” for “appointed to death” (1 Cor. 4:9), “hand“ for “hands“ (2 Cor. 5:1), “think you“ for “think ye“ (2 Cor. 12:19), “passed“ for “past“ (Eph. 2:11), “shamefastness” for “shamefacedness” (1 Tim. 2:9), “or by our epistle“ for “or our epistle“ (1 Thess. 2:15), “which doeth“ for “that doeth“ (1 John 2:29), “precious stone” for “precious stones” (Rev. 17:4), “sailers“ for “sailors“ (Rev. 18:17), “dipt” for “dipped” (Rev. 19:13), and several others. Some renderings accepted in other present KJV editions may have come from this 1873 edition.

 

2005 Cambridge KJV edition

An examination of the new 2005 Cambridge KJV text edited by David Norton, which is also the text of the 2006 Penguin Classics KJV edition, indicates that there are at least 4,000 differences between it and the present Oxford text. Hundreds [perhaps a thousand or more] of these differences are because this 2005 edition goes back to many 1611 renderings. The updating of the spelling of many words also affected the sound over 1,700 times. In addition, the 2005 Cambridge used “a” instead of “an” before several words starting with h (over 300 differences). The 2005 Cambridge also used “thy” or “my” when used as adjectives instead of “thine” and “mine” in many cases (over 1100 differences). Together the changes total at least 4,000.

Because of this large number of differences, I cannot post them in one post. If anyone wants other examples than the return to the 1611 renderings, I could list some.

 

quote from an article by a KJV-only advocate that is found at the following web address baptistpillar.com/bdo161.htm

"And this my friend is only a sampling, there are literally hundreds of places they have changed words, punctuation, and grammar. Some could say, “Well spelling is no big deal, writing Isaiah for Esaias in John 1:23, what does that matter?” Well, let’s take a look at the Thompson Chain Reference Bibles published by Kirkbride Bible Co. Published in 1988. John 4:24 in the Thompson chain reads, “God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” Notice the change in “...God is a spirit...” and “...God is a Spirit...” in the K.J.V. In the Thompson chain published in 1964 it reads, “...God is a Spirit...”
Why would they change winefat to winevat in the Annotated Study Bible? Why would they not tell you they have taken the liberty to change words, spelling, punctuation, and grammar? I hear the ssssssssss... of the serpent. I smell a rat. I hear, “Yea, hath God said,...” Some could still say, “Well, I don’t have a problem with changing the spelling, punctuation, or changing a few words, what harm could it do?” Confusion, is the answer, it causes confusion. Example, recently I was teaching in the Gospel of John and quoting from John 4:24, ““...God is a Spirit..” capital S,” I said, and one of our members said mine doesn’t say capital S it’s little s. “Yea, hath God said...” You see how easily the doubt and confusion could rise. We have always been able to see the confusion with using different translations but how much more if our K.J.V.’s don’t even say the same things. Jesus said in Mat. 24:35, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” Every word of God is important and in the K.J.V. we have every word and yes, every word
does matter. The Lord Jesus Christ in these last 2,000 years has always used his church, the one he started, to defend, protect, and help preserve his Word. We’re slipping, let’s get to work. Our forefathers died and shed their blood so we could have the Word of God. Remember if a word has been changed they are saying there was a mistake. The K.J.V. is perfect without error, it doesn’t need to be changed, it needs to be read. "
~ Pastor John Reaves

 

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