However, the book of mormon is not written in elizabethan english, except for the copies of the twenty chapters of isaiah that are found in the book. The bible we have today is the same bible god gave by inspiration to the prophets, apostles and those whom god used to reveal his word to us. Ces letter no translation errors i dont think you can say that the book of mormon contains unique errors from the king james version bible. The book of mormon and the king james bible wikipedia. Do kjv only advocates realize that the most powerful and irrefutable evidence that neither were translated under inspiration, is the very first edition with all their thousands of errors.
Sometimes the translators italic words appear in the book of mormon verses and sometimes. But why would the lord use faulty texts in the book of mormon if it was the most correct. Why i do not think the king james bible is the best. Do the errors exclusively found in the 1769 king james bible being the same exact errors found in the book of mormon damage the credibility of the book of mormons authenticity.
Peter s download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This section will look at this phenomemon in some detail through a series of articles which reveal how smith made use of the bible. Jackson, the king james bible in the days of joseph smith, in the king james bible and the restoration, ed. Are there errors from the 1769 king james version of the. It is very likely that the king james bible may have been used as a model for the translation of the book of mormon, but the authorship of the book is attributed to the man mormon, who is reported to have compiled the book around 400 a.
If the book of mormon was translated by the power of god, it is reasonable to assume. Mormons believe joseph smiths english translation of the book of mormon from the nephi plates was done under inspiration. The church of jesus christ of latterday saints uses the king james version of the bible, as it considers it most accurate version available in english. Are there errors from the 1769 king james version of the bible. No, the book of mormon does not contain unique errors from the king james version bible. The verses in question are given first and then what is. Joseph used a rock in a hat for the book of mormon dictation but may have also used the 1769 kjv edition bible and possibly other sources in aiding in producing the book of mormon. This chapter will explore the relationship between the king james bible and the joseph smith translation.
Many in the world refer to the book of mormon as the mormon bible. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the errors in the king james bible. Remind students that the prophet joseph smith was commanded by the lord to make an inspired revision of the king james version of the bible. It is also true that the king james version contains some textual errors. Although few in number, the king james version does. These mistranslations in the 1611 kjv reveal that, in this verse, the king james translators followed the greek septuagint, by way of the bishops and other english bibles except the geneva, as well as the latin vulgate, instead of the hebrew text. Sometimes the quotation is explicit, as in the second book of nephi, which contains 18 quoted chapters of the book of isaiah. Kjv errors in the book of mormon book of mormon research.
The king james version of the bible and the book of mormon. Along the way, weve noticed that joseph smith quotes directly from the king james bible kjv or paraphrases it in a handful of places in the book of mormon which was allegedly revealed to him by the angel moroni. It does not require much reasoning to see which solution is the simplest. The king james bible and the book of mormon its obvious even to the casual reader that the book of mormon, in its original 1830 translation, is written in the language of the king james version bible hereafter kjv.
What are 1769 king james version edition errors doing in the book of mormon. It is very evident that the book of mormon owes much to the king james version. Book of mormontranslation errors from the kjv fairmormon. That said, the bible verses embedded in the book of mormon do show a clear reliance on the 1769 king james version of the bible and not on the 1611 version. Since this particular version of the bible was not translated until 1611, it means that the book of mormon cannot be an ancient work as joseph smith claimed. He quotes king james translation errors again and again. The best confirmation that the book of mormon used the kjv bible is the. According to chronology found in the book of mormon, king benjamin should have been dead at this time. This revision is known as the joseph smith translation.
Volumes have been written on its distinctive and rhythmic style, and it is still regarded as a triumph of modern english literature. King james english in the book of mormon an oddity in the book of mormon, published in 1830, is that it uses antiquated english resembling the style of the king james version kjv bible. The critics have been quick to condemn the book of mormon because of this fact. Robert plummer answers in honest answers episode 73 resource links.
Below is a partial listing of king james version kjv bible translation errors. The king james bible and the joseph smith translation. The book of mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the king james bible kjv. Why is the book of mormon written in king james english. Much of what makes the kjv recognizable, and even iconic, is its external expression, such as its words, grammar, organization, and the way it is presented on the printed page. First, i want to affirm with all evangelical christians that the bible is the word of god, inerrant, inspired, and our final authority for faith and life. Similarly, when joseph smith dealt with the bible quotes in the book of mormon, he relied on the most widelyused english translation of the day, the kjv, even when it contained errors.
Further research will show that the book of mormon relies on a specific version of the new testament, namely the king james version. Is the king james version of the bible the most accurate. Critics wonder why many of the quotes from isaiah in the book of mormon are identical to the king james version. Two translation errors unique to the king james bible were the plurals. While joseph smith described the book of mormon as a translation of text written on golden plates, smith had not. Furthermore, the book of mormon is full of scripture, and for the world of joseph smiths day, the king james version was the scripture, as we have noted. At red door church weve been taking a look at the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds. And whereas the bible is organically linked to the earthly ministry of jesus christ by extensive surviving manuscript evidence going back as far as a. So one of the talking points in the ces letter, which i have seen quoted in this sub as well, is that there are 1769 kjv bible edition errors unique to only that edition present in the book of mormon. If the book of mormon is an accurate translation, some claim that it shouldnt contain. The author resolves apparent contradictions and by doing so, he has increased my beliefs in the kjv supernatural attributes. Large portions of the book of mormon are very similar to the king james version of the bible, which of course was about the only english bible available to joseph smith in the 1820s.
The errors in the king james bible ruckman, peter s on. The book of mormon and the king james bible red door church. The book of mormon incorporates text which seems to be taken from the king james version, including passages which are now considered to be mistranslations in the king james version. In the case of the book of mormon, which contains copious quotes from the new testament, the implication is that the book actually originated after the formation of the christian scriptures. If the book of mormon is an accurate translation, why would it contain translational errors that exist in the king james bible. Do the errors exclusively found in the 1769 king james.
In responding to the ces letters book of mormon section, fairmormon makes a few critical concessions, including that errors unique to the 1769 version of the king james version bible are included in the current version of the book of mormon. Ive researched kjv errors a bit, but i havent been able to find specifically any errors that are specific to that edition of the king james. Lest you think me a book of mormon elitist let me share an example from the book of mormon. Joseph smith nor the nephites lived in jacobean england. Among knowledgeable bible students and scholars, it is well known that our modern king james bible is an accurate translation of the original autographs the original copies of the bible. There is evidence that the biblical passages cited in the book of mormon were translated from hebrew, not copied from the king james bible. Translation errors in the king james bible appearing in the book of mormon summary. Why do italic translator words from the kjv bible appear. I dont think you can say that the book of mormon contains unique errors from the king james version bible. The book of mormon has the structure of a translation from the hebrew language. Kjv translation errors as found in the book of mormon. Not only is almas rendering different from the kjv, its also different from matth. The king james version of the bible is, in all likelihood, the most successful of all the english translations.
The english bible lied to you interfaith now medium. Debunking fairmormon letter to a ces director book of. What are the errors in the king james version bible. Ergo, the book of mormon could not be based on plates buried in 421 a. Thus, mosiah 14 had to have been copied from the king james bible. The book of mormon, doctrines and covenants, the pearl of great price. Joseph smith worked on a translation of the bible, and his work is listed in the footnotes of the page for certain verses.
Joseph smiths other writings, such as his history and diary, reflect the modern english era of his day. False, because of mistakes in book of mormon, doctrines and covenants, and the pearl of great price. When king james translators were translating the kjv bible between 1604 and 1611, they would occasionally put in their own words into the text to make the english more readable. Smith copied the kjv blindly, not showing awareness of translation problems and. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the book of mormon. For many people, the king james version was the bible, to the point that god is still. If you really want to know if the king james bible is the word of god but were persuaded otherwise by kjb opponents, this is the book for you.
The dependence of the book of mormon on the king james version, however. It started coming to light that parts of the book of mormon contradicted the bible. The errors in the king james bible kindle edition by. Errors which are unique to the 1769 edition that joseph smith owned. Since joseph smith used no paper notes, scripts or other texts, whatever he produced in the book of mormon came from god. This article explains that joseph claimed to be restoring the true, original meaning of the bible, and looks at examples of josephs changes to the gospel of john proving this claim to have been false. Is the king james version of the bible the most accurate translation. Kjv isaiah, bom 2nd nephi, correct translation, kjv bom translation. Joseph smiths inspired revisions to the king james bible. Even when the septuagint is an incorrect translation, it is used by the new testament writers. When it comes to the book of mormon translation, there is what is called a tight translation and there is. In short, there can be very little doubt that the king james version inspired large sections of the book of mormon.
Kjv does not take the word for rock and accidentally translate. The book of mormon and the king james version secular web. Tvedtness analysis and evidence was highly ambiguous, substantially incomplete, strained, or simply in error. It seems reasonable to assume that if smith was a prophet of god and was translating the book of mormon under divine inspiration, he would have known about the errors found in the king james version, and would have corrected them for when passages from the king james version appeared in the book of mormon. Joseph smith proclaimed that the problem was that errors had been introduced into the bible and he undertook to make a new.
There are a couple of circumstances that bear on the similarity to the king james version. All this statement does is transfer the problem to why god chose to have joseph smith translate the book of mormon into king james version biblical language see that topic below. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible. Fairmormons response to presence of 1769 kjv errors in book of mormon. In short, he read from the stone as he translated the texts. The errors in the king james bible kindle edition by ruckman, dr. Somehow the divine process guiding josephs translation of the book of mormon didnt prevent him from making identical translation errors.
Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. Kjv translation errors our understanding of the hebrew language today is much more advanced than it was in the 1600s when king james authorized an english translation of the bible. Nowhere am i told that the king james bible is the best or only holy bible. The joseph smith translation is josephs supposedly inspired revision of the king james bible. What are 1769 kjv edition errors doing in book of mormon. After he wrote the book of mormon joseph smith the founder of the lds church had a problem. What are these 17th century italicized words doing in the book of mormon.
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