When the hebrew bible was first written down in the hebrew language, they wrote only with consonants, not vowels. Finally, the king james bible is found to be correct in its vocalization of the divine name as jehovah, while it properly omits the modern fictitious pronunciation yahweh. In short, do they really know the king james version. Jehovah s witnesses regard the nwt as the best, if not the only, reliable bible translation.
They put the name jehovah in the ot over 6000 times where lord appeared, where the tetra was. New king james bible with the divine name encouragement. The recovery version 1999, 2003, 2016 renders the tetragrammaton as jehovah throughout the old testament 6,841 times. It is a real king james bible in the sense that we leave all the text as it is in the authorized king james bible other than the divine name. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. The previous report by thomas ross is republished by permission of the author. Note what the publishers have to say about the divine name king james bible. Until the release of the new world translation, jehovah s witnesses in englishspeaking countries primarily used the king james version. Jehovahs name restored in the new king james version. Does the new king james bible use the name jehovah. What they ignore is that these teaching were all arrived at using the king james bible long before the society considered a ne. To commemorate the 400year anniversary of the original king james version a brand new version called the divine name king james bible has just been released. Jehovah is a pronunciation of the hebrew consonants of yhwh the sacred name of the god of israel revealed in the hebrew bible and the vowels of adonai hebrew for my lord. The king james version how it became popular many celebrations were held in england this year to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the king james version of the bible, otherwise known as the authorized version.
According to the publishers, one of the main reasons for producing a new translation was that most bible versions in common use, including the authorized version king james, employed archaic language. The only possible argument that can be offered in favor of this approach is that it calls attention to the fact that the personal name for god is being used. All kjv books old testament only new testament only apocrypha only. Restores the almighty gods divine name, jehovah, to 6973 places and, jah, in 50 places, to the unrevised text of the authorized king james version of the bible. And abraham called the name of that place jehovah jireh. The new king james bible was first published in 1979. The dnkjb divine name king james bible does not follow this common practice.
The american king james version 1999 by michael engelbrite renders jehovah in all the places where it appears in the original king james version. The divine name restored in the new king james bible. With all of that said, it is not crucial to the christian faith for the proper pronunciation of yhwh to be known. Since the name of god was never included in the new king james version at psalm 83. I am extremely pleased that the divine name king james bible saw fit to return jehovah s name. The new world translation of the holy scriptures the. Have jehovahs witnesses changed the bible to fit their. So, if the letter j did not exist and the jewish masoretic priests change the letter a to the letter e couple that with the latin translation iesus and then the greek translation iesous of the wrong name we get a name that is not the holy name of the living god from the name, jehovah or his beloved sons name yahushua. However, the brand new dnkjb divine name king james bible has restored the name jehovah. Some revisions have been made since that initial edition, but the nwt essentially remains as it was originally published. So the dnkjb is claimed to be exactly the same as the authorized king. In the kjv it is found 7 times in old testament books. Leviticus 1 american standard version asv 1 and jehovah called unto moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, 2 speak unto the children of israel, and say unto them, when any man of you offereth an oblation unto jehovah, ye shall offer your oblation of.
Is there a new kings james version that has restored gods. Gods people should do the same, and call, not on yahweh, but on the triune jehovah. Finally, in 1961, the entire set of wbts translations was published as the new world translation of the holy scriptures nwt. Even when translating quotes from the hebrew scriptures where the tetragram appears, many translators replace the name of god by lord. New king james bible with the divine name about jehovah s witnesses online community since 2006, jwtalk has proved to be a wellmoderated online community for real jehovah s witnesses on the web. That is why most modern portuguese bibles do not use the name jehovah in the socalled new testament. The word jehovah is included seven times in the king james bible. Personally, i am in favor of the most literal translation of the holy bible in its entirety regardless of who translates it.
The term jehovah, appearing in the american standard version 1901, takes the place of lord all caps in the king james translation, as well as in most modern versions. Finally, the king james version has the divine name, jehovah restored after four centuries, im the proud owner of my fabulous copy and i love it. The king james version speaks congregationofyahweh. Jehovah s name rightly belongs in the bible because he is its author. It is a deadly version because its editors have succeeded in deceiving the body of christ on two main points. They transliterated jhvh as jehovah only in these places, for these good reasons. Dec 15, 2015 jehovahs name restored in the new king james version. Thankfully jehovah s name has been restored by bibles such as the american standard version, the jew a world a translation, and the divine name king james bible. Cleveland daily banner wright way a new king james bible. New world translation of the holy scriptures wikipedia. No, for we continue to use many translations of the bible in our witnessing work. Four examples of where the new world translation gets it wrong. How many times is jehovah mentioned in the king james.
And i appeared unto abraham, unto isaac, and unto jacob, by the name of god almighty. This is the last in a threepart series on jehovah s witnesses. The divine name king james version, however, restores the name jehovah in nearly 7,000 places where yhwh or jhvh latin originally was. Why do some bible translations not use the name jehovah. It derives from four hebrew consonants, called the. I doubt, somehow, that this new divine name king james bible will change the entrenched views of those who either refuse to recognize that jehovah is the supreme sovereign of the universe, or who seem not to understand that jehovah is the commonly accepted form of gods personal name in. The american king james version 1999 by michael engelbrite renders jehovah in all the places where it appears in the authorized king james version. Why is the name jehovah not found in the king james version of the bible or in most modern translations. How many times is the word jehovah used in the king james bible. Divine name king james bible by jack davidson, paperback. But recently, i ran across this new divine name king james version on the web. Jehovah s name can be found in some older versions of the bible at psalm 83. How many times is the word jehovah used in the king.
Is the king james version of the bible the most accurate translation. The king james versionhow it became popular watchtower. It wasnt until later that century that the letter j was fully introduced to english, and the king james version was revised, choosing to changed the i to a j. The king james translators understood, as our modernist translators do not, that there was significance in these specific seven places, where the personal name of god was referred to. The hebrew name jehovah is generally translated in the authorized version and the revised version has not departed from this rule by the word lord printed in small capitals, to distinguish it from the rendering of the hebrew adonai and the greek kurios, which are also rendered. The origin of the name jehovah southside church of.
And put the name sam shamoun in the box which says this gift is designated for. Do they know what illuminating document is probably missing from their own copies. A few translations use either yahweh or jehovah in the old and new testaments, but are not generally considered sacred name bibles. Divine name king james bible paperback june 19, 2015.
To know the king james version or, for that matter, any bible translation, we need to know why the bible was written. But theres something else about it that makes me uncomfortable. Jehovah appears in the books of genesis, judges and psalms once, while it appears twice each in isaiah and exodus. Contains the divine name concordance which lists 7023 occurrences of gods divine name. Why has gods name been removed from the new king james.
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