blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
I don't usually think much about differences between Bible versions, but the recent threads about Bible versions got me thinking about them. I'm sure you've all seen lists comparing the KJV with modern versions, showing text in the KJV that's left out of modern versions. Here's some examples I borrowed from a site called The English Standard Version Exposed:
Two question:
1. It seems all the lists I've seen show text in the KJV that's omitted in the modern versions. Have you ever seen a list of verses in the modern versions that are omitted from the KJV?
2. I assume that there are so many omissions because the text is not in the Greek text that was used for the translation. Why are there so many omissions?
Matthew 17:21
KJB: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
ESV: Omitted
Matthew 18:11
KJB: For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
ESV: Omitted
Mark 9:44, 46
KJB:{ 44} Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. {46} Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
ESV: Omitted
Mark 11:26
KJB: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
ESV: Omitted
Mark 15:28
KJB: And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
ESV: Omitted
Luke 17:36
KJB: Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
ESV: Omitted
Luke 23:17
KJB: (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
ESV: Omitted
John 5:4
KJB: For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
ESV: Omitted
Acts 8:37
KJB: And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
ESV: Omitted
Acts 24:7
KJB: But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
ESV: Omitted
Romans 16:24
KJB: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
ESV: Omitted
KJB: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
ESV: Omitted
Matthew 18:11
KJB: For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
ESV: Omitted
Mark 9:44, 46
KJB:{ 44} Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. {46} Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
ESV: Omitted
Mark 11:26
KJB: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
ESV: Omitted
Mark 15:28
KJB: And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
ESV: Omitted
Luke 17:36
KJB: Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
ESV: Omitted
Luke 23:17
KJB: (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
ESV: Omitted
John 5:4
KJB: For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
ESV: Omitted
Acts 8:37
KJB: And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
ESV: Omitted
Acts 24:7
KJB: But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
ESV: Omitted
Romans 16:24
KJB: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
ESV: Omitted
Two question:
1. It seems all the lists I've seen show text in the KJV that's omitted in the modern versions. Have you ever seen a list of verses in the modern versions that are omitted from the KJV?
2. I assume that there are so many omissions because the text is not in the Greek text that was used for the translation. Why are there so many omissions?