Is it okay to use the NKJV?

[Salty]

Excellent. Since 99.9% of people assume they understand what "fetching a compass" meant to sailors, they would not even think to do a tedious search for other OT references to the phrase.

I wasnt a sailor - as I was in the army - no ideal "fetching a compass"

 

[Dr. Bob]

I wasnt a sailor - as I was in the army - no ideal "fetching a compass"

Another reason I feel sorry for you. BTW I learned to fetch a compass when forgot mine in the tent out deer hunting. Some northern Minnesota woods were death-traps for a fellow like me that went around in circles most of the time.

 

[Salty]

I go in squares!

 

[Dr. Bob]

I don't get lost now hunting for meat. Kroger has nicely marked aisles.

They do get up tight when I bring in a shotgun looking for a Thanksgiving turkey.

 

[Salty]

So that was the ruckus the other day!

 

[JD731]

I wasnt a sailor - as I was in the army - no ideal "fetching a compass"

I thought probably something good about you. Army, mos 95,B 40 Vietnam 1968 Danang with 1st Marine Div.

 

[Dr. Bob]

I thought probably something good about you.

Please, don't encourage him.

When I was endorsed for chaplaincy during 'Nam, I was given a choice. After consideration of all matters, I seemed more suited for a nice bunk on a ship than a rice paddy. Never ended up serving (thank you, Tricky Dicky, but if I died, figured I would go down clean)

 

[JD731]

Please, don't encourage him.

When I was endorsed for chaplaincy during 'Nam, I was given a choice. After consideration of all matters, I seemed more suited for a nice bunk on a ship than a rice paddy. Never ended up serving (thank you, Tricky Dicky, but if I died, figured I would go down clean)

Seems like a wise choice to me.

 

[Salty]

Seems like a wise choice to me. (Navy)

NOPE!!! I like to sleep with the windows open!

 

[David Lamb]

Excellent. Since 99.9% of people assume they understand what "fetching a compass" meant to sailors, they would not even think to do a tedious search for other OT references to the phrase.

I agree. There are many words and phrases that mean something completely different now to what they mean in the KJV. Some examples are: prevent, carriages, suffer, conversation, replenish and closet.

 

[JD731]

I agree. There are many words and phrases that mean something completely different now to what they mean in the KJV. Some examples are: prevent, carriages, suffer, conversation, replenish and closet.

Do you have any concerns that no cross references exist with the NKJV's "circled round" in Acts 28:13?

 

[David Lamb]

Do you have any concerns that no cross references exist with the NKJV's "circled round" in Acts 28:13?

It depends on the edition. Many NKJV bibles are printed with copious cross-references. Whichever translation one uses, it is a good idea to check, using a concordance, what the original Hebrew or Greek word meant. The concordance will show every place where the same original word is used. With thinks like the KJV's "fetched a compass," a modern reader would not see the need for looking anything up, because they recognise a "compass" as a direction-finding device, and fetching means going and getting. However, that is not what the KJV means by "fetched a compass."

So no, I am not concerned by the lack of cross-references in some editions of the NKJV. The bible as originally given in Hebrew and Greek didn't even have chapters and verses, let alone cross-references.