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Enduring KJV-only myth regarding the KJV

Logos1560

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KJV-only advocate Matthew Verschuur asserted: “One of the most enduring myths regarding the King James Bible is that the common and standard edition in use in the 20th and 21st centuries is the 1769 Edition” (Vintage Bibles, p. 47).

KJV defender Laurence Vance wrote: “There are 750 differences between the 1769 Blayney edition of the Authorized Version and modern King James Bibles: 461 Old Testament and 189 New Testament” (Text of the KJB, p. 220).
 

Logos1560

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Here are some examples of KJV-only authors asserting non-true claims including this enduring myth concerning KJV editions.

Timothy Morton contended that "the 1762 and 1769 [editions] were to update the spelling" and that "by 1769 whatever slight textual errors that still remained were removed, and the text was finally free from any man-made error" (Which Translation Should You Trust, p. 42). Timothy Morton claimed: “Not one change made in any of the editions of the Authorized Version was to update the language or correct a (supposed) mistranslation” (p. 44). Timothy Morton asserted: “In 1769 the current edition of the King James Bible was published which updated the spelling and removed the last of the ‘typos’” (From the Original Texts, p. 9). Timothy Morton declared: “There is no difference in the hearing between a 1611 edition and today’s 1769 edition except for the very few and usually obvious ‘typos’” (Ibid.).

Al Lacy maintained that "the 1769 edition of the 1611 King James Bible is PERFECT" (Can I Trust My Bible, p. 144). Al Lacy claimed: “The King James Bible we have today is the 1769 edition. You will please note that it is number SEVEN. There has never been another edition since” (Ibid.).

Steve Combs declared: “The KJB went through several editions to correct printer errors and to standardize spelling. The final one was 1769” (So Shall My Word Be, p. 165).

Lawrence Bednar claimed that “the finalized KJB text is inerrant” and that “inerrancy will extent to the final authorized 1769 KJB edition” (Case, p. 102).
Joey Faust maintained that "nothing after 1769 is a true edition" (Common Man‘s Defense of KJV-onlyism, p. 43).

William Sutton maintained that in 1769 “this would be the last time God’s fingerprints ever touched the Holy Bible” (Holy Bible Code, Vol. 7, p. 169). William Sutton claimed: “Upon His completion of the 1769 edition of The Holy Bible the Divine Author permanently departed from His creative work of the Bible. Thus it stands divinely authorized, complete, and perfect” (Ibid.).
 

JesusFan

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Here are some examples of KJV-only authors asserting non-true claims including this enduring myth concerning KJV editions.

Timothy Morton contended that "the 1762 and 1769 [editions] were to update the spelling" and that "by 1769 whatever slight textual errors that still remained were removed, and the text was finally free from any man-made error" (Which Translation Should You Trust, p. 42). Timothy Morton claimed: “Not one change made in any of the editions of the Authorized Version was to update the language or correct a (supposed) mistranslation” (p. 44). Timothy Morton asserted: “In 1769 the current edition of the King James Bible was published which updated the spelling and removed the last of the ‘typos’” (From the Original Texts, p. 9). Timothy Morton declared: “There is no difference in the hearing between a 1611 edition and today’s 1769 edition except for the very few and usually obvious ‘typos’” (Ibid.).

Al Lacy maintained that "the 1769 edition of the 1611 King James Bible is PERFECT" (Can I Trust My Bible, p. 144). Al Lacy claimed: “The King James Bible we have today is the 1769 edition. You will please note that it is number SEVEN. There has never been another edition since” (Ibid.).

Steve Combs declared: “The KJB went through several editions to correct printer errors and to standardize spelling. The final one was 1769” (So Shall My Word Be, p. 165).

Lawrence Bednar claimed that “the finalized KJB text is inerrant” and that “inerrancy will extent to the final authorized 1769 KJB edition” (Case, p. 102).
Joey Faust maintained that "nothing after 1769 is a true edition" (Common Man‘s Defense of KJV-onlyism, p. 43).

William Sutton maintained that in 1769 “this would be the last time God’s fingerprints ever touched the Holy Bible” (Holy Bible Code, Vol. 7, p. 169). William Sutton claimed: “Upon His completion of the 1769 edition of The Holy Bible the Divine Author permanently departed from His creative work of the Bible. Thus it stands divinely authorized, complete, and perfect” (Ibid.).
Which begs the question, why did God not use the 1611 translators to make at that time His perfect and complete forever translation?
And why do KJVO keep on stating that the 1769 ONLY fix typos, as there were hundreds of different word changes, not just fixing printer errors?
And the Kjv kept on being revised, as in 1873 Cambridge version?
 

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Which begs the question, why did God not use the 1611 translators to make at that time His perfect and complete forever translation?
And why do KJVO keep on stating that the 1769 ONLY fix typos, as there were hundreds of different word changes, not just fixing printer errors?
And the Kjv kept on being revised, as in 1873 Cambridge version?
Your three questions are based on unrealistic expectations.

1) There are no inerrant readers of God's word.
2) There are no inerrant translation of God's word.
3) There are real issues of the copies of the handing down of God's inerrant word.
Psalm 119:89, For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
 
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JesusFan

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Your three questions are based on unrealistic expectations.

1) There are no inerrant readers of God's word.
2) There are no inerrant translation of God's word.
3) There are real issues of the copies of the handing down of God's inerrant word.
Psalm 119:89, For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Which Kjvo would all deny
 
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