Do any of you have a copy of the edition of the KJV that has on its cover THE KING JAMES RED LETTER BIBLE and Special Study Edition? On its title page, it has THE KING JAMES BIBLE RED LETTERED. The name of the printer is not given, but the following location for the printing is given:
Palm Beach, Florida 33480. Under Special Study Edition, the following is one of the things noted: Complete Red Letter Edition--
Old Testament--the direct words of God in red
New Testament--the words of Christ in red
I understand that the person responsible for having this KJV edition printed is a KJV defender.
If so, what is your opinion of it?
The King James Red Letter Bible
Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by Logos1560, Dec 30, 2007.
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Personally if it's a red letter edition of any bible I rule out the purchase.
It's all God's word!
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Another different feature of this KJV edition is that it capitalized some pronouns when used for God. Here are some examples from Psalms 19-21: “His“ for “his“ (Ps. 19:1), “He“ for “he“ (Ps. 19:4), “Thou“ for “thou“ (Ps. 19:12), “His, He, His, His“ for “his, he, his, his“ (Ps. 20:6), “Thy“ for “thy“ (Ps. 21:1).
I have not checked it enough to know how consistent it is in this practice.
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Didn't we discuss this last year at?
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The KING JAMES RED LETTER BIBLE was mentioned in that thread as one of the varying present editions of the KJV after someone asked how many different KJV editions are in print today. -
Thank you for the information Brother Logos1560.
It is obvious your memory is better than my search
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Isn't "The Sword" Bible, the so called "KJVer",
"based on the beloved 1611 King James Version"?
The "King James Version easy reader " (KJVer)
publisher has changed some of the words
for easy reading. I haven't found anything
that suggests that the words of God/Jesus/Holy
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The King James Red Letter Bible (Special Study Edition) has a page of "changes in spelling and word usage" (p. xxii), but it probably does not update as many archaic words as the easy reading edition of the KJV does.
Some example differences in this edition of the KJV when compared to the Oxford KJV edition in the Scofield Reference Bible include the following: "between" for "betwixt" (Gen. 17:11), “brought“ for “fetcht“ (Gen. 18:7), "got" for "gat" (Gen. 19:27), “know“ for “wot“ (Gen. 21:26), "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), “knew“ for “wotteth“ (Gen. 39:8), “to see“ for “to wit“ (Exod. 2:4), "loathe" for "lothe" (Exod. 7:18), “knew“ for “wist“ (Exod. 16:15), “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), “His“ for “his“ (Ps. 19:1), “He“ for “he“ (Ps. 19:4), “Thou“ for “thou“ (Ps. 19:12), “His, He, His, His“ for “his, he, his, his“ (Ps. 20:6), “Thy“ for “thy“ (Ps. 21:1), "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), “Jonah“ for “Jonas“ (Matt. 12:39), "dare" for "durst" (Matt. 22:46), “Noah“ for “Noe“ (Matt. 24:37), "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), “Timothy“ for “Timotheus“ (Acts 16:1), "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), “Hosea“ for “Osee“ (Rom. 9:25), “Isaiah“ for “Esaias“ (Rom. 9:27), "know" for "wot" (Rom. 11:2), “grafted“ for “graffed“ (Rom. 11:23), “to that is“ for “to wit“ (2 Cor. 8:1), "clamor" for "clamour" (Eph. 4:31), "example" for ensample" (Phil. 3:17), "always" for "alway" (Phil. 4:4), "behavior" for "behaviour" (Tit. 2:3), “scepter” for “sceptre” (Heb. 1:8), and "Savior" for "Saviour" (2 Pet. 1:1).
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Its publisher is listed as being in Arizona as my earlier post indicated. According to the preface of this "King James Easy-Reading Red Lettered Study Bible," it does seem that the man who had lived in Florida and who had been responsible for having the King James Red Letter Study Bible published in Florida may also be responsible for having the later King James Easy-Reading Study Bible published. Perhaps this man later moved to Arizona, or he may be using a printer based in Arizona. He may also have someone that is now helping him that could live in Arizona.
According to the November, 2007, issue of BFT Update, this man had hired D. A. Waite's oldest son, who had been the footnote author and editor for The Defined KJB, to help with the making of the King James Easy-Reading Study Bible.