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Old 03-27-2008, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Nigel View Post
This project is not an update of the King James Bible, and it does not seek to obtain authority by coming under its mantle. However, the King James Bible is worthy of honor as a word-for-word translation of the Received Text into 17th century English.
So let me get the method correct. Are you going back from scratch from the Received Text in the Hebrew and Greek, and constructing a new translation? Or, are you taking the King James translation and exchanging words and wording for updated 21st century English? Which is it?
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