Debate: Is the King James Readable?
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Mark Ward debates Dan Haifley on the topic of KJV readabilitiy. - YouTube
A Newly Digitized Bible Provides Insights Into KJV Translation Process
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“A one-of-a-kind Bible used by the King James translators offers a rare glimpse of their textual decisions.” - Text & Canon
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Can Matthew Henry Help You Understand KJV English? Yes and No.
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“I recently read a promoter of exclusive use of the King James Version who argued that if anyone has trouble understanding KJV English, they can just go to Matthew Henry’s commentary for all the explanations they need. I was skeptical. I still am.” - Mark Ward
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What Is a Helpmeet?
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“We lose quite a bit of meaning if we reduce the idea of a spouse to ‘my little helper’ as ‘helpmeet’ seems to imply. It might be better, if we use the word ‘help,’ to capitalize it and at least add a comma: ‘I will make him an Help, meet for him’ ” - P&D
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Is the KJV the Most Concordant English Bible Translation?
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On the degree to which KJV uses “the same English word each time [a] Greek or Hebrew word is used.” - Mark Ward
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Authorized: An Interview with Mark Ward
This year, Mark Ward published his book Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2018). In this book, he makes the argument that Christians deserve a Bible translation in their own common, everyday language - they deserve a vernacular translation:
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The finest copy of a genuine 1611 KJV Bible anywhere in the world auctioned off last week
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Ryrie’s “Wycliffe Bible sold for $1.4 million, which was way over the anticipated price. The KJV sold way under its expectations—only $320,000. The Greek New Testament manuscripts were auctioned for $140,000 to $250,000.” - DB Wallace
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