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HOW DOES THE
SWORD BIBLE DIFFER FROM OTHER BIBLES?
• Handcrafted
• Genuine Cover
• Easy Reading Version Available
• Gold Gilded Edge
• Red Letter Spoken Word Highlights
• Special Margin Study Guide
• Ribbon Page Marker
• Available with Thumb Index Tabs |
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SWORD
BIBLE FEATURES:
 Two
Different Versions
The Sword Bible is available in two
different versions. The
KJERV (King James Easy Reading Version) and
the
KJV (King James Version). Both bibles offer
a number of unique features not found in similar
s. Read below for a detailed descriptions
of the features that make the Sword Bible a
truly unparalleled publication
Special
Margin Study Guide.
All of our large Bibles have a unique easy to
use margin study guide with over 90 topics from
which to choose. This margin study guide allows
the reader to go from cover-to-cover using the
pure word of God as their study. There are many
other study helps too numerous to list. To name
just a few are: a topical concordance, maps,
earthquake charts, flood information, the
chronology of the bible (by Dr. Floyd Jones),
Bible and Science (by Dr. Henry Morris), guide
to the laws of the Bible, Jewish calendar, a
survey of Daniel's 70 weeks, land and people of
the Bible, the time of the patriarchs, judges
and kings, and on and on.
Red
Letter Old and New Testament
A
feature that is unique to our Bibles is a
Red Letter Old Testament as well as a
Red Letter New Testament. In the Old
Testament the red lettering is the direct words
of God. In the New Testament the red lettering
is the words of Christ.
Large
Print
Our Easy Reading Bible has
significantly larger text than the similar sized
bibles.
The
Received Text
Another primary difference between the KJV Easy
Reading and other versions on the market is it
follows the Received Text. The Received Text is
what the church fathers have used for nearly 400
years. The Easy Reading follows the King James
text almost word for word merely updating
language. Among the many reasons for this is it
allows one who has learned English as a second
language to have an understanding of the
scriptures without thee's and thous'. Please
note this has all been done without changing one
word of doctrine or touching deity.
Difficult Term Definitions
Underlined words are defined at the end
of the verse in a different typeface. When an
underlined word occurs more than once per
column, it is defined generally in the first and
last occurrence in the text column. The
explanatory words are not necessarily to be
understood as alternate translations, nor as
corrective translations. These words, however,
will often open up the meaning of a word or
verse that often has been otherwise not
understood or misunderstood.
Superscript P's
Many wanted the reliability of the King James
Bible but were unfamiliar or uncomfortable with
many of the old English forms and words. The
King James Easy-Reading Bible changes all second
person singular pronouns to their modern
equivalents: thee (you), thy (your), thine
(yours), and thyself (yourself). To distinguish
the plural pronouns from the singular ones, the
King James Easy-Reading Bible places a
superscript p (meaning plural) after each plural
second person pronoun. Accordingly, the old
English forms yield to the modern equivalents:
ye (you p ), you (you p ), your (your p ), yours
(yours ), and yourselves (yourselves ). Whenever
these forms reflect the name of deity, they
begin with a capital letter.
Reading Grade Level
The KJVER version is the easiest reading Bible
at the 4th Grade level.
This below
chart is a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Indicator
test performed on the top seven Bible versions
plus the Easy Reading King James. Looking at the
results, the KJVER is at the 4th grade level.
Combined with the underlined and defined end of
verse meanings, this makes it by far the easiest
to read most desirable Bible, following the
Received Text for people of all ages. The KJVER
uses one and two syllable words while new
versions have to use multi-syllable words and
phrases. Due to the derivative copyright law,
this means there can never be another English
Bible easier to read than this.
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THE NKJV (NEW KING JAMES VERSION)
The NKJV was originally
advertised as the fifth revision of the Authorized Version. The
publishers claim that the purpose of publishing the NKJV was to
preserve the authority and accuracy of the original King James
Bible while making it understandable to 20th Century readers by
updating the grammar, punctuation, archaic words, etc.
The finished work was said to be "beautifully clear" and "highly
readable." The publishers spent millions to convince the public
that the NKJV is the Bible of the present and the future. Let's
take a closer look and see if the claim to preserve the
authority and accuracy of the original King James Bible is true.
Matthew 20:20:
KJV - "Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's
children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain
thing of him."
NKJV - "Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her
sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him."
Worshipping and kneeling are two very different words.
Worshipping is directed toward God and is an attitude of the
heart. Kneeling is a physical act and attitude of the body, and
can be directed toward anyone. Worshipping and kneeling clearly
are not synonyms.
I Thess. 5:22
KJV - "Abstain from all appearance of evil"
NKJV - "Abstain from every form of evil"
The NKJV is weaker on separation here, because the word
"appearance" includes things that look wrong as well as are
wrong - whereas the word "form" tends to mean only those things
that are wrong.
II Tim. 2:15
KJV - "Study to show thyself approved unto God"
NKJV - "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God."
Since when has "study" and "diligent" meant the same thing? Try
telling college students to go home and be diligent. Again,
study and diligent are not synonyms.
II Cor. 2:17
KJV - "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word
of God"
NKJV - "For we are not, as so many, peddling the Word of God"
Corrupt means to make impure; peddle means to sell. I'm sorry,
English hasn't changed that much! They are right about one thing
though, they are not peddling the word of God!
James 5:16
KJV - "Confess your faults one to another"
NKJV - "Confess your trespasses to one another"
This comes close to the Roman Catholic reading "Confess your
sins." All Christians have faults, these are not necessarily
sins or trespasses.
Philippians 2:6
KJV - "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God."
NKJV - "Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality
with God something to be grasped."
The reversal of words here is significant.
I Tim. 6:5
KJV - "supposing that gain is godliness"
NKJV - "who suppose that godliness is a means of gain"
Both of the two above examples are clear reversals of meaning.
Hebrews 10:14
KJV - "For by one offering he hath perfected forever
them that are sanctified."
NKJV - "For by one offering He has perfected forever those who
are being sanctified."
" Are sanctified" - it is done - completed.
" Being sanctified" is in the process of becoming ….it is not
yet completed! Clearly, two different meanings.
Jude 24
KJV - "Now unto him that is able to keep you from
falling"
NKJV - "Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling"
Again, stumbling and falling are not synonyms. To say he has
fallen down or he has fallen away is completely different than
saying he stumbled. As a Christian, I have and will stumble in
my walk with God but, I have not fallen from God. In the
spiritual sense, as what is clearly being taught here, it is two
very different teachings.
I Thess. 5:23
KJV - "be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ"
NKJV - "be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ."
The prepositions "unto" and "at" indicate different time
sequences.
I Cor. 16:2
KJV - "Upon the first day of the week let every one of
you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him,"
NKJV - "On the first day of the week let each one of you lay
something aside, storing up as he may prosper,"
This clearly demotes and
downgrades God as being the one who blesses as well as
storehouse tithing.
If the NKJV is simply an
updated KJV then an honest comparison of the two ought to give
rise to no changed meanings, no reversed meanings, and no
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What's
Missing?
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WORD |
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MISSING |
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"heaven" |
50 times |
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"hell" |
princes22
times |
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"blood" |
23 times |
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"repent" |
44 times |
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"new
testament" |
(all 6
times) |
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"damnation" |
11 times |
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"
JEHOVAH" |
omitted
entirely |
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"devils" |
omitted
entirely |
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"Lord" |
66 times |
The NKJV ignored the
KJV Greek Textus Receptus over 1200 times.
Why does the NKJV use harder words than the KJV? The
derivative copyright law insists that: "To be
copyrightable, a derivative work must be different
enough from the original to be regarded as a 'new work'
or must contain a substantial amount of new material.
Making minor changes or additions of little substance to
a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new
version for copyright purposes." Therefore all new Bible
versions must change those simple Anglo-Saxon words to
complex Latinized words. Consequently the KJV reads at
the 5th grade level and the NKJV reads at the 6th grade
level.
Just a couple examples of the many word changes that are
suppose to make it more clear and easier to understand:
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PASSAGE |
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HARD
WORD NKJV |
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EASY WORD KJV |
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Amos 5:21 |
Savor |
Smell |
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Daniel 3 |
Satrap |
princes |
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