Description

Updated King James Version Bible

It is an update of archaic words and certain expressions in theAuthorized King James Version. This is done using software knownonly as the “Translator”. The program searches the entire text ofthe KJV and replaces words that are archaic and old expressionstaken from a special dictionary. This dictionary contains wordsthat are selected by ‘contextual’ comparison that are done manuallyby examining the original Hebrew/Greek words in the Strong’sconcordance.

In fact, the Updated KJV is NOT a new translation. It’s retainsthe unique structure of the KJV English and makes it easier to readand understand by replacing words and phrases that are hard/archaicin nature.

Total changes made as a result of “Translator” are LESS than 6%of the Authorized KJV. Surprisingly this amount was enough toproduce a decent update of the KJV and at the same time retains theflow and uniqueness of the English structure that is found in theKJV.

Why another English translation?
An excellent project that provides free version based on the ASVhas given the answer to this question. To Quote Michael PaulJohnson (World English Bible): -
”That is a good question. There are more than 40 Englishtranslations of the
Holy Bible. Unfortunately, all of them are either (1) archaic (likethe KJV
and ASV of 1901), or (2) covered by copyright restrictions thatprevent
unrestricted free posting on the internet or other media (like theNIV and
NASB). The Bible in Basic English (BBE) was in the Public Domain inthe USA
(but not all countries) for a while, but its copyrighted status wasrestored
by GATT. (The BBE used a rather restricted subset of English,anyway,
limiting its accuracy and readability.)In other words, there is NOOTHER
complete translation of the Holy Bible in normal Modern Englishthat can be
freely copied (except for some limited "fair use") without paymentof
royalties”