Although very beautiful, this classic Protestant translation also contains language and word use that is now archaic and obscure. Like the Douay/Rheims Bible is it often hard to understand.


Isaiah 9:2-3
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them that hath the light shined.
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.




Psalm 23
A Psalm of David
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.


1 John 4:7-8
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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A major revision of the King James this translation aims to preserve the historic dignity of the 1611 text, but updates all that is no longer easily understood.


Isaiah 9:2-3
The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the
shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
You have multiplied the nation
And increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.



Psalm 23
The Lord the Shepherd of His People
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of
righteousness
For His name's sake.


1 John 4:7-8
Knowing God Through Love
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of god and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.


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