Archaic Words In The KJV

1 Kings

4:28 dromedaries

other horses

4:29 and largeness of heart

and a breadth of understanding

5:14 and Adoniram was over the levy

Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor

5:15 hewers in the mountains

stonecutters in the hills

8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves

if they have a change of heart

10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train

Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan

10:5 and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her

the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the Lord , she was overwhelmed

10:29 did they bring them out by their means

They also exported them

11:1 But King Solomon loved many strange women

King Solomon , however , loved many foreign women

14:4 for his eyes were set by reason of his age

his eyes were gone because of his age

16:13 their vanities

their worthless idols

16:31 as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins

not only considered it to be trivial to commit the sins

16:34 he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn

He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn

17:18 What have I to do with thee , O thou man of God ? art thou comeunto me to call my sinto remembrance

What do you have against me , man of God ? Did you come to remind me of my sin

17:20 hast thou also brought evil upon the widow

have you brought tragedy even on this widow

17:21 let this child's soul come into him again

let this boy's life return to him !

18:26 And they leaped upon the altar which was made

And they danced around the altar they had made .


I already gave some verses for 2 Kings earlier , but I am not sure if I gave this remarkable rendering from the KJV in 9:30 : Jezebal heard of it ; she painted her face and tired her head .

TNIV : When Jezebel heard about it , she painted her eyes , arranged her hair

 

1 Chronicles

2:7 the troubler of Israel , who transgressed in the thing accursed

who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devted things

4:10 enlarge my coast , and that thine hand might be with me , and that thou wouldest keep me from evil , that it may not grieve me !

enlarge my territory ! Let your hand be with me , and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain .

4:41 destroyed them utterly unto this day

completely destroyed them , as is evident to this day

6:54 throughout their castles in their coasts

settlements allotted as their territory

6:66 the residue of their families

Some of the Kohathite clans

7:23 because it went evil with his house

because there had been misfortune in his family

10:9 to carry tidings unto their idols , and to the people

to proclaim the news among their idols and their people

12:33 they were not of double heart

with undivided loyalty

12:40 they that were neigh them

their neighbors

13:11 David was displeased

David was angry

15:13 the Lord our God made a breach upon us , for that we sought him not after the due order

the Lord our God broke out in anger against us . We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way .

16:3 a good piece of flesh , a flagon of wine

a cake of dates and a cake of raisins

16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong

He allowed no one to oppress them

21:22 that the plague may be stayed for the people

that the plague on the people may be stopped

22:5 young and tender

young and inexperienced

25:8 And they cast lots , ward against ward , as well the small as the great , the teacher as the scholar .

Young and old alike , teacher as well as student , cast lots for their duties .

26:1 the porters

the gatekeepers

29:30 the times that went over him

the circumstances that surrounded him

 

2 Chronicles

1:2 the chief of the fathers

the heads of families

2:2 Solomon told out

He conscripted

2:7 brass ... cunning men

bronze ... skilled workers

4:1 he made an altar of brass

He made a bronze altar

6:23 by requiting the wicked , by recompensing his way upon his own head

condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done

6:37 bethink themselves

have a change of heart

7:6 waited on their offices

took their positions

8:16 the house of the Lord was perfected

the temple of the Lord was completed

9:2 told her all her questions

answered all her questions

9:4 there was no more spirit in her

she was overwhelmed

9:14 chapman

traders

11:23 unto every fenced city : and he gave them victual in abundance

to all the fortified cities . He gave them abundant provisions

13:7 young and tenderhearted , and could not withstand them

young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them

13:21 waxed mighty

grew in strength

16:14 prepared by the apothecaries' art

blended perfumes

18:26 feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction , until I return in peace

give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely .

19:10 this do , and ye shall not trespass .

Do this , and you will not sin .

21:17 carried away all the substance

carried off all the goods

24:10 until they had made an end

until it was full

29:6 the habitation of the Lord

the Lord's dwelling place

33:9 to err

led... astray

34:11 artificers

carpenters

34:28 all the evil

all the disaster

 

Ezra , Nehemiah and Esther

Ezra

2:62 therefore were they , as polluted , put from the priesthood

but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean

7:26 let judgment be executed speedily upon him

must surely be punished

9:7 confusion of face

humiliation

9:14 and join in affinity with the people

intermarry with the people

10:19 they gave their hands

they gave their hands in pledge


Nehemiah

4:15 brought their counsel to nought

had frustrated it

4:16 habergeons

armor

4:23 saving that everyone put them off for washing

even when he went for water

5:7 I consulted with myself

I pondered them in my mind

5:13 I shook my lap

I also shook out the folds of my robe

6:4 they sent unto me four times after this sort

Four times they sent me the same message

6:8 thou feignest them out of thine own heart

you are just making it up out of your head

9:29 withdrew the shoulder

Stubbornly they turned their backs on you

9:30 many years didst thou forbear them

For many years you were patient with them

13:8 it grieved me sore

I was greatly displeased

13:26 the outlandish women

foreign women


Esther

3:6 and he thought scorn to lay his hands

he scorned the idea of killing

3:15 the city Shushan was perplexed

but the city of Susa was bewildered

4:14 then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise

relief and deliverance ... will arise

7:8 Will he force the queen

Will he even molest the queen ?

9:16 they laid not their hands on the prey

but did not lay their hands on the plunder

9:31 their cry

lamentation

10:3 and speaking peace to all his seed

and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews

 

Job , Chapters 1-9

1:2 eschewed evil

shunned evil

1:5 Job sent and sanctified them

made arrangements for them to be purified

1:17 fell upon the camels

swept down on your camels

2:9 Dost thou still retain thine integrity ?

Are you still maintaining your integrity ?

3:1 cursed his day

cursed the day of his birth

3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat , and my roarings are poured out like the waters .

For sighing has become my daily food ; my groans pour out like water .

4:2 If we assay to commune with thee , wilt thou be grieved ?

If someone ventures a word with you , will you be impatient ?

5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root : but suddenly I cursed his habitation .

I myself have seen a fool taking root , but suddenly his house was cursed .

5:13 the counsel of the froward is carried headlong .

the schemes of the wily are swept away .

5:16 iniquity stoppeth her mouth .

injustice shuts its mouth .

6:3 therefore my words are swallowed up.

no wonder my words have been impetuous .

6:7 are as my sorrowful meat .

such food makes me ill .

6:21 ye see my casting down , and are afraid .

you see something dreadful and are afraid .

6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words , and the speeches of one that is desperate , which are as wind ?

Do you mean to correct what I say , and treat my desperate words as wind ?

6:29 Return , I pray you , let it not be iniquity ; yea , return again , my righteousness is in it .

Relent , do not be unjust ; reconsider , for my integrity is at stake .

9:33 daysman betwixt us

someone to arbitrate between us

 

Job , Chapters 10-15

10:1 I will leave my complaint upon myself

I will give free rein to my complaint

10:17 changes and war are against me

your forces come against me wave upon wave

11:17 thine age shall be clearer than the noonday

Life will be brighter than noonday

11:20 their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost

their hope will become a dying gasp

12:19 He leadeth away princes spoiled

He leads priests away stripped

13:4 But ye are forgers of lies , ye are all physicians of no value

You , however , smear me with lies ; you are worthless physicians , all of you !

13:8 Will ye accepthis person ?

Will you show him partiality ?

13:12 your bodies to bodies of clay

your defenses are defenses of clay

13:15 I will maintain mine own ways before him

I will surely defend my ways to his face

15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness , and maketh collops of fat on his flanks

Though their faces are covered with fat and their waists bulge with flesh

15:29 neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth

nor will their possessions spread over the land

 

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Job 19 - 29

19:17 My breath is strange to my wife , though I intreated for the children's sake of my own body .

My breath is offensive to my wife ; I am loathsome to my own family .

20:18 according to his substance shall the restitution be

he will not enjoy the profit from his trading

20:20 he shall not save of that which he desired

he can not save himself by his treasure

20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits

In the midst of his plenty , distress will overtake him

21:10 Their bull gendereth ... and casteth not her calf

Their bulls never fail to breed ; their cows calve and do not miscarry .

21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way ? and do ye not know their tokens ?

Have you never questioned those who travel ? Have you paid no regard to their accounts --

21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him

The soil in the valley is sweet to them

22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down

Surely our foes are destroyed

22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing , and it shall be established unto thee

What you decide on will be done

23:13 But he is in one mind

But he stands alone

26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters

The dead are in deep anguish

26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent .

By his breath the skies became fair ; and his hand pierced the gliding serpent .

27:2 whohath taken away my judgment

who has denied me justice

28:23 God understandeth the way thereof

God understands the way to it

29:24 If I laughed on them , they believed it not ; and the light of my countenance they cast not down .

When I smiled at them , they scarcely believed it ; the light of my face was precious to them .

 

Job ,Chapters 30-42

30:1 dogs of my flock

sheep dogs

30:11 they also throw off restraint in my presence

30:27 My bowels boiled , and rested not

The churning inside me never stops

31:10 Then let my wife grind unto another , and let others bow down upon her .

then may my wife grind another man's grain , and may other men sleep with her .

32:18 For I am full of matter , the spirit within me constraineth me .

For I am full of words , and the spirit within me compels me .

32:21 Let me not ...accept any man's person

I will show no partiality

33:6 I am according to thy wish in God's stead

I am the same as you in God's sight

33:16 and sealeth their instruction

and terrify them with warnings

34:6 Should I lie against my right ?

Although I am right , I am considered a liar

34:29 When he giveth quietness , who then can make trouble ?

But if he remains silent , who can condemn him ?

34:33 Should it be according to thy mind ? he will recompense it , whether thou refuse , orwhether thou choose ; and not I

Should God then reward you on your terms , when you refuse to repent ? You must decide , not I

35:2 thou saidst , My righteousness is more than God's ?

You say , I am in the right and not God .

36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way ?

Who has prescribed his ways for him

36:33 [ A classic ! ] The noise thereof sheweth concerning it , the cattle also concerning the vapour .

His thunder announces the coming storm ; even the cattle make known its approach .

38:31 the sweet influences

the chains

39:1 canst thou mark when the hinds do calve ?

Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn ?

39:9 unicorn

wild ox

41:11 Who hath prevented me

Who has a claim against me

41:12-15 [ I have done this one elsewhere ]

42:9 the Lord also accepted Job

the Lord accepted Job's prayer .

 

Psalms 2-19

2:1 Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing ?

Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain ?

5:9 their inward part is very wickedness

their heart is filled with malice

7:14 he travaileth with iniquity

those who are pregnant with evil

8:2 thou hast ordained strength

you have established a stronghold

11:4 his eyelids try

his eyes examine

12:8 the vilest men are exalted

depravity is honored

14:5 for God is in the generation of the righteous

for God is present in the company of the righteous

15:3 nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor

who cast no slur on others

15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned

who despise those whose ways are vile

17:10 They are enclosed in their own fat

They close up their callous hearts

18:43 Thy hast delivered me from the strivings of the people

You have delivered me from the attacks of the people

19:4 Their line has gone through all the earth

Yet their voice goes out into all the earth

19:7 converting the soul

refreshing the soul

19:13 presumptuous sins

willful sins

 

Psalms 21-39

21:11 they imagined a mischievous device

devise wicked schemes

22:1 the words of my roaring

the words of my groaning

26:4 neither will I go in with dissemblers

nor do I associate with hypocrites

27:13 I had fainted , unless I had believed to see

I remain confident of this : I will see

31:20 the strife of tongues

accusing tongues

34:13 thy lips from speaking guile

your lips from telling lies

35:15 the abjects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not

assailants gathered against me without my knowledge

35:17 my darling

my precious life

37:37 Mark the perfect man

Consider the blameless

38:8 I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart

I groan in anguish of heart

38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof

My friends and companions avoid me

38:19 mine enemies are lively

Many have become my enemies without cause

38:20 I follow the thing that good is

I seek only to do what is good

39:1 the wicked is before me [ just bad English , even if it was once considered good ]

in the presence of the wicked

39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain

Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom ; in vain they rush about

39:11 thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth

you consume their wealth like a moth

 

Psalms 40-59

40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame

be appalled at their own shame

42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls

42:11(and 43:5) the health of my countenance

my Savior

44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat

You gave us up to be devoured like sheep

45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter

My heart is stirred by a noble theme

45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within

All glorious is the princess within her chamber

47:9 the shields of the earth

the kings of the earth

48:12 tell the towers thereof

count her towers

49:10 bruthish person

the senseless

49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul

Though while they live they count themselves blessed

49:20 Man that is in honour

Human beings that have wealth

50:23 him that ordereth his conversation aright

to the blameless

51:4 that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest , and be clear when thou judgest

you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge

51:12 uphold me with thy free spirit

grant me a willing spirit , to sustain me

52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words

You love every harmful word

53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge ?

Do all these evildoers know nothing ?

55:9 divide their tongues

confound their words

55:19 they have no changes

[ nothing ]

59:15 grudge if they be not satisfied

howl if not satisfied

 

Psalm 65 - 89

65:5 terrible things in righteousness ... who art the confidence

awesome and righteous deeds ... the hope

68:8 the heavens also dropped

the heavens poured down rain

68:18 thou hast led captivity captive

you took many captives

69:10 that was to my reproach

I must endure scorn

75:5 speak not with a stiff neck

do not speak with outstretched neck

76:5 none of the men of might have found their hands

not one of the warriors can lift his hands

77:3 I remembered God , and was troubled : I complained , and my spirit was overwhelmed

I remembered you , God , and I groaned ; I meditated , and my spirit grew faint .

78:30 They were not estranged from their lust .ut before they turned from what they craved ,

81:6 his hands were delivered from the pots

their hands were set free from the basket

82:2 accept the persons of the wicked

show partiality to the wicked

88:18 Lover and friend

friend and neighbor

89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him

No enemy will get the better of him



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