Publisher's Synopsis
Foreword by the Editor of the King James Version - Contemporary 2020 Edition to the Reader: The purpose of the King James Version - Contemporary 2019 Edition (KJVC) is to win Men, Women, Boys, and Girls to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. So why edit the KJVC? For the same reason, the King James Version (KJV) was written: to be in the modern language of the land. (That is why in this First Edition, the 1611 KJV Translators to the Reader is being provided.) So, there are no stumbling blocks for souls in reading the Holy Bible. There have been times were this Editor had to explain what a word meant to a reader of the KJV (e.g. wot meaning know or froward meaning contrary). Most colons were replaced with a period to make the sentences shorter as is currently the accepted grammar. Also, the current language has shorter paragraphs. Keeping the KJV paragraph markers (¶). this Editor used shorter paragraphs based on public domain works. Capitalizations of words occur when appropriate. (The 1611 KJV had punctuation marks in the middle of a sentence on occasion. To keep some of the poetic licence of the 1611 KJV, they were kept.) Only those words that are no longer a part of the modern dictionary, at the time of Queen Elizabeth the Second's Diamond Jubilee, 2012, were replaced. All words that are not in the dictionary or not now commonly used in speech, where changed to a modern close equivalent (e.g. thou changed to you or thither changed to there). If there was a word that did not have a close equivalent, then this Editor kept the word but bracketed ({}) the meaning of the word next to it (e.g. meteyard {yardstick}). Several times this Editor used the brackets to emphasize the plural or singular of the word be (e.g. 2 Tim. 3:15. If we be {are} ignorant, they will instruct us...) to stay with its current use. Prior to the KJVC, publishers had gotten rid of obsolete letters used in the 1611 KJV (e.g. ƒ with s) or using letters differently than today spelling (e.g. i for j). Sometimes this Editor was surprised to find certain words in the dictionary that I thought would not be there. So, I kept them. You, the Reader, will have to look them up. There were numerous side bar notes in the 1611 version. This Editor thought of inserting them in this version. The reason for this was an objection that was raised in using Ethiopia instead of Cush in Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 13 in the current KJV. However, the side bar note in the 1611 version does have "Heb. Cush" next to the verse. But I decided not to do so for clarity sake, since most side bar notes were synonyms, scripture references, etc. The result of this endeavour can be demonstrated with the verse from John 12:48.1611 KJV shows, "He that reiecteth me, and receiueth not my words, hath one that iudgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall iudge him in the last day."The current KJV shows, "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day."The KJVC shows, "He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." The Trinity does exist and are coequal: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.As I John 5:7 states, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three agree are one." With John 1:1 stating, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And John 1:14 stating in part, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us..." In addition, in John 14:9 the Lord Jesus states in part, "...he that has seen me, has seen the father..."For your salvation's sake, you do have to believe that the Lord Jesus is God.