KJV Translators Speak Out On Methodology Of Bible Translation

[illinoisguy]

Probably the best way to cure the Ruckmanite KJV-Only delusion is to have AV1611 advocates read the original introduction to the AV1611, written by the AV1611 translators. This writer has done that:

What the Translators of the KJV Thought about Bible Translation - Proclaim & Defend

There is a lot of debate about translations these days. In particular, what translation should be used and how translation work should be done. There are many who hold exclusively to the use of the King James version. One of the things I find ironic is that often the views of the translators of the

proclaimanddefend.org

"There are many who hold exclusively to the use of the King James version. One of the things I find ironic is that often the views of the translators of the King James version are very different from the views of the people who strongly advocate for their translation. . . .

"To be dogmatic about individual words and phrases in the KJV is ironic, since the translators themselves openly acknowledge that there were areas where they weren’t sure. . . . With that in mind, the translators sought to be humble in their translation by including marginal notes if they just weren’t sure one way or the other. . . .

[Paraphrase of 1611 KJV translators' remarks on alternative readings] "Some people don’t think we should put in marginal notes where we are uncertain about what the translation should be, because that might shake the faith of some. We disagree. . . . Augustine said that having many translations is helpful for learning what Scriptures mean. In the same way, we think having marginal notes is good and even necessary. . . ."

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[Ransom]

One of the grand contradictions of KJV-onlyism is that the translators were in spired by God to give exactly the translation he intended, neither more nor less.

But when they wrote a lengthy preface to the Bible to explain what they were doing, that's mere human opinion having no relevance to what they actually did.

Corollary: They were the finest biblical scholars of the day, except when they told how translation worked, then they were morons.