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23157232 No.23157232 [Reply] [Original]

Do people still read the King James Bible, or is everyone just LARPing?

>> No.23157236

>>23157232
It turns out there are people who are more cultured than you are and they can perfectly read it.

>> No.23157246

>>23157232
Meh, honestly, it's pretty overrated. I prefer Dune. Much better fiction book.

>> No.23157248

>>23157236
I can read it too, but it takes me a few hours to translate it into modern English. Why use the translation that is hardest to understand when there are more modern translations available?

>> No.23157267

>>23157232
People read it unironically, especially in the US where it is the go to translation for fundamentalists. I am so familiar with the language in it through people quoting it and preacing that it's not weird at all.

>> No.23157273

>>23157232
niggas be using bigass words fr fr

>> No.23157277

>>23157248
lol

>> No.23157280

>>23157246
this made my day, take my upvote

>> No.23157326

>>23157232
Yes, I do. If you need some assistance, try using a site like Bible Gateway--where you can have two translations side-by-side for comparison.

>> No.23157532

>>23157248

Uhmm... KJV is modern english...

>> No.23157547

It's very beautiful language, so I can't blame people for preferring it. The old legend that Shakespeare helped work on it sometimes feels like it has the ring of truth.

>> No.23157558

>>23157232
Prefer the Douay-Rheims Bible

>> No.23157559

>>23157232
I think people tend to read RSV (or a variant) or the New KJV. KJV is typically used in liturgy since it sounds fancy.

>> No.23157682

Are there really people who stumble over kjv

>> No.23157700

>>23157547
>legend

>> No.23157707

>>23157700
>one word low-IQ snide greentext

>> No.23157714

>>23157232
I'm ESL and have ni problems with KJV. You're honestly just retarded and need to read more before posting absolute cringe. A thread died for this.

>> No.23157717

>>23157714
Yeah, we can tell you're ESL.

>> No.23157727

>reading angloid Max Lawton tier mormon bible
Lel

>> No.23157741

>>23157248
Protestants consider that translation to be divinely inspired.

>> No.23157934

RSVCE is the best bible. KJV has the best prose but the Protestants changed too much of the canon and content. DR is just a Catholic simulcrum of the KJV. NIV and NAB are boring bland trash that strip the bible of any wonder.

RSVCE is the best.

>> No.23157951

>>23157934
Why would you ever want to read a worse version of the KJV that has more translation errors and pointless bastardizations of grammar and syntax put there in the name of "clarity"?

>> No.23157956

>>23157951
If you are reading it for authenticity then the errors are all necessary. If you are reading it for prose then obviously that is different.

>> No.23157962

>>23157956
This is going to blow your tiny little mind, the weird syntax is a direct translation of biblical hebrew. Put on your rabbi voice and start reading passages.

>> No.23158018

>>23157326
BibleHub is another good resource

>> No.23158119

>>23157232
Christianity is nothing but a larp in current year.
When was the last time you heard of a Christian turning the other cheek, loving his enemy or even giving to the poor?

>> No.23158127

>>23157700
Shakespeare was hardly a model Christian. Although the idea of him corrupting the bible is appealing enough.

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>>23158127

>> No.23158212

lol TV took down Christianity


hahahhahahahhaha

>> No.23158216

>>23158140
So pray for me, faggot.
We know how you like going down on your knees.

>> No.23158397

>>23157232
Nigger

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23158420

>>23158216
>t.

>> No.23158446

>>23158119
Donald Trump does all of those things.

>> No.23158585

>>23158119
>I can't stop being a degenerate sinner so nobody else can either!
repent and go to mass. unironically

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23158609

Best bible coming through

>> No.23158906

I would never read a Bible that is translated from the masoretic texts. Protestants are jews.

>> No.23158918

It's the Orange Catholic Bible for me.

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>> No.23158995

>>23157232
What other version would I read?

>> No.23159017

>>23157232
They're just larping. Just watch for the first time their larp guild does something they don't approve of, they'll immediately switch to another larp guild

>> No.23159540

King James Version is unironically the best translation of The Bible

>> No.23159699

>>23157232

I have an ebook version from the Gutenberg website and was reading it a couple months ago. Still stuck on Genesis. The Jewish people killing Gazan/Palestinian civilians have made me not want to read the Old Testament portion although I should.