Okay, again starting with the
King James Version, let us take a look at how wording has changed across the
various new translations:
VERSE
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NASV
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NIV
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NKJV
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NRSV
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RSV
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Matthew 1:25
Removed “Firstborn”
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X
|
X
|
X
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Matthew 5:22
Removed “without a cause”
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X
|
X
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X
|
X
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Matthew 5:44
Removed “bless them that curse you….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Matthew 6:13
Removed “for thine is the kingdom….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Matthew 6:27
Changed “cubit of his stature” to “hour
of his life”
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X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Matthew 6:33
Removed “of God”
|
X
|
X
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X
|
X
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Matthew 8:29
Removed “Jesus”
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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Matthew 9:13
Removed “to repentance”
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X
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X
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X
|
X
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Matthew 11:23
Removed “Hell”
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X
|
X
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X
|
X
|
X
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Matthew 12:6
Changed “one greater” to “something
greater”
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X
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X
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X
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Matthew 12:35
Removed “of the heart”
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X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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Matthew 12:40
Changed “whale” to “fish” or “sea
monster”
|
X
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X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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Matthew 13:51
Removed “Lord”
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X
|
X
|
X
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||
Matthew 15:8
Removed “draweth nigh unto me ….”
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X
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X
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X
|
X
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Matthew 16:3
Removed “o ye hypocrites”
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Matthew 16:18
Removed “hell”
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Matthew 16:20
Removed “Jesus”
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X
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X
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X
|
X
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Matthew 18:26
Removed “and worshipped him”
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X
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X
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X
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X
|
X
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VERSE
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NASV
|
NIV
|
NKJV
|
NRSV
|
RSV
|
Matthew 19:9
Removed “and he who marries a divorced....”
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X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Matthew 19:17
Changed “callest thou” to “do you ask me....”
Removed “God”
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X
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X
|
X
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X
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|
X
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X
|
X
|
X
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||
Matthew 20:7
Removed “and whatsoever is right ….”
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Matthew 20:16
Removed “for many be called but few….”
|
X
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X
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X
|
X
|
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Matthew 20:20
Changed “worshipping him” to “kneeling down”
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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Matthew 20:22
Removed “and to be baptized with the ….”
|
X
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X
|
X
|
X
|
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Matthew 23:33
Changed “damnation” to “condemn”, etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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Matthew 24:36
Added “nor the Son”
Changed “my Father” to “the Father”
|
X
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X
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X
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X
|
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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||
Matthew 25:13
Removed “wherein the Son of man cometh”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Matthew 27:35
Removed “that
it might be fulfilled….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Matthew 27:54
Changed “the Son of God” to “a son of
God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Matthew 28:2
Removed “from the door”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Matthew 28:9
Removed “and as they went to tell his ....”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Mark 1:1
Removed “the Son of God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 1:2
Changed “prophets” to “Isaiah”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Mark 1:14
Removed “of the kingdom”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 1:31
Removed “immediately”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 2:17
Removed “to repentance”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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Mark 3:29
Changed “eternal damnation” to “eternal
sin”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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Mark 6:11
Removed “Verily, I say unto you, it
shall be..”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
VERSE
|
NASV
|
NIV
|
NKJV
|
NRSV
|
RSV
|
Mark 7:8
Removed “as
the washing of pots and cups; and many other such....”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 9:24
Removed “Lord”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Mark 9:49
Removed “and every sacrifice shall be....”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 10:21
Removed “take up the cross”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
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Mark 10:24
Removed “for them that trust in riches”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 11:10
Removed “that cometh in the name of the
Lord”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 12:23
Removed “when they shall rise”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
||
Mark 12:40
Changed “greater damnation” to “punished
most severely” “greater condemnation” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Mark 13:6
Changed “I am Christ” to “I am He, the
One”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 13:14
Removed “spoken of by Daniel the
prophet”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 13:33
Removed “and pray”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Mark 14:68
Removed “and the cock crew”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
||
Luke 1:28
Removed “blessed art thou among women”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 2:14
Changed “good will toward men” to “to
men on whom his favor rests” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 2:22
Changed “her” to “their”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 2:33
Changed “Joseph” to “his father”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 2:43
Changed “Joseph and his mother” to
“parents”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 4:4
Removed “but by every word of God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 4:8
Removed “get thee behind me Satan”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
VERSE
|
NASV
|
NIV
|
NKJV
|
NRSV
|
RSV
|
Luke 4:18
Removed “he hath sent me to heal….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 4:41
Removed “Christ”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 6:48
Changed “founded upon a rock” to “well
built”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 9:54
Removed “even as Elijah did”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 9:55
Removed “ye know not what manner of….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 9:56
Removed “for the Son of man is not come
….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 9:57
Removed “Lord”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 10:15
Removed “hell”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Luke 11:2
Removed “for thine is the power and the….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 11:4
Removed “but deliver us from evil”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 11:29
Removed “the prophet”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 16:23
Removed “hell”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 21:4
Removed “cast in unto the offerings of
God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 21:8
Changed “I am Christ” to “I am He, the
One”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Luke 22:64
Removed “they struck him on the face”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 23:38
Removed “letters of Greek, Latin,
Hebrew”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 23:42
Removed “Lord”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Luke 24:6
Removed “He is not here, but is risen”
|
X
|
X
|
|||
Luke 24:49
Removed
“of Jerusalem”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 1:14
Removed “begotten”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 1:18
Removed “begotten”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
VERSE
|
NASV
|
NIV
|
NKJV
|
NRSV
|
RSV
|
John 1:27
Removed “is preferred before me”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
||
John 3:13
Removed “which is in heaven”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 3:15
Removed “should not perish”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 3:16
Removed “ begotten”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 3:18
Removed “begotten”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 4:24
Changed “God is a Spirit” to “God is
Spirit”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
John 4:42
Removed “the Christ”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 5:3
Removed “waiting
for the moving of the….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 5:16
Removed “and sought to slay him”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 5:29
Changed “damnation” to “condemn” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
John 6:47
Removed “on Me”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 6:69
Changed “Christ, the son of the living
God” to “Holy One of God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 8:9
Removed “being convicted by their own
conscience”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 8:47
Changed “heareth God’s words” to “hears
what God says”
|
X
|
||||
John 8:59
Removed “going
through the midst of….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 9:4
Changed “I must” to “we must”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 9:35
Changed “Son of God” to “Son of man”
“Messiah” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 11:41
Removed “from the place where the dead
was laid”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 14:2
Changed “mansions” to “rooms” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
VERSE
|
NASV
|
NIV
|
NKJV
|
NRSV
|
RSV
|
John 14:16
Changed “Comforter” to “Helper” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
John 16:16
Removed “because I go to the Father”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
John 17:12
Removed “in the world”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 1:3
Changed “infallible” to “convincing”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 2:30
Removed “he would raise up Christ”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 2:31
Removed “hell”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 2:38
Changed “remission” to “forgiveness”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 4:27
Changed “hold child” to “holy servant”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 4:30
Changed “holy child” to “holy servant”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 7:30
Removed “of the Lord”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 7:37
Removed “Him shall ye hear”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 9:5
Removed “it is hard for thee for kick….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 10:6
Removed “he shall tell thee what thou….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 15:11
Removed “Christ”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 15:18
Changed “beginning of the world” to
“eternity” “ages” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 16:31
Removed “Christ”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 17:16
Changed “stirred” to “provoked”
“distressed” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 17:22
Changed “Mars Hill” to “Areopagus”
Changed “superstitious” to “religious”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 17:26
Removed “blood”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 17:29
Changed “Godhead” to “Divine Nature” etc
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
VERSE
|
NASV
|
NIV
|
NKJV
|
NRSV
|
RSV
|
Acts 19:35
Removed “worshipper”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 20:21
Removed “Christ”
|
X
|
X
|
|||
Acts 20:24
Removed “none of these things move me….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 20:25
Removed “of God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 23:9
Removed “let us not fight against God”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 24:14
Changed “heresy” to “sect”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Acts 24:15
Removed “of the dead”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
Acts 28:16
Removed “the centurion delivered the….”
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
Wow! Now are there a bunch of verses that
translators have problems with or not? And remember, this is just from the four
gospels and the book of Acts – we haven’t even looked at the rest of the New
Testament nor the Old Testament!
If you get the chance, take
some time and read though your Bible and see what the impact is to each of
these areas - by changing meanings and dropping words, you will see why some in
Christian circles will not even get involved with the concept of correcting
even well documented problems with the known Bible texts. They claim that the ability to rob the weaker
in the faith, of the basis for their faith, is just too risky.
And maybe, they have a point. But, my inquisitive mind would like to have the best translation available – if only I can trust my Bible translator did their word selections with my salvation and knowing God in mind ...
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