THE KJV ONLY MOVEMENT - A translation is only an attempt to take what is said in one language and communicate it in another - the modern translations are superb in taking the meaning of the original languages and communicating it in a way that we can understand in English. By comparing and contrasting several different translations, it is often easier to get a good grasp on what the verse is saying than by only using one translation. Our loyalty should not be to any one English translation, but to the inspired, inerrant Word of God that is communicated by the Holy Spirit through the translations - Many people take a strong stance in favor of the King James Version. Others are equally convinced that the newer translations are an improvement over the KJV in their textual basis and translation methodology. The KJV Only movement claims its loyalty to be to the Textus Receptus, a Greek New Testament manuscript compilation completed in the 1500s. To varying degrees, KJV Only advocates argue that God guided Erasmus (the compiler of the Textus Receptus) to come up with a Greek text that is perfectly identical to what was originally written by the biblical authors. However, KJV Only advocates are not loyal to the Textus Receptus, but rather only to the KJV itself. The New Testament of the New King James Version is based on the Textus Receptus, just as the KJV is. Yet, KJV Only advocates label the NKJV just as heretical as they do the NIV, NAS, etc.

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The KJV Only Movement

What is the KJV Only movement?

Is the King James Version the only Bible we should use?

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A translation is only an attempt to take what is said in one language and communicate it in another - the modern translations are superb in taking the meaning of the original languages and communicating it in a way that we can understand in English. By comparing and contrasting several different translations, it is often easier to get a good grasp on what the verse is saying than by only using one translation. Our loyalty should not be to any one English translation, but to the inspired, inerrant Word of God that is communicated by the Holy Spirit through the translations

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Many people have strong and serious objections to the translation methods and textual basis for the new translations and therefore take a strong stance in favor of the King James Version.

Others are equally convinced that the newer translations are an improvement over the KJV in their textual basis and translation methodology.

GotQuestions.org does not want to limit its ministry to those of the "KJV Only" persuasion.

Nor do we want to limit ourselves to those who prefer the NIV, NAS, NKJV, etc.

Note - the purpose of this article is not to argue against the use of the King James Version.

Rather, the focus of this article is to contend with the idea that the King James Version is the only Bible English speakers should use.

The KJV Only movement claims its loyalty to be to the Textus Receptus, a Greek New Testament manuscript compilation completed in the 1500s.

To varying degrees, KJV Only advocates argue that God guided Erasmus (the compiler of the Textus Receptus) to come up with a Greek text that is perfectly identical to what was originally written by the biblical authors.

However, upon further examination, it can be seen that KJV Only advocates are not loyal to the Textus Receptus, but rather only to the KJV itself.

The New Testament of the New King James Version is based on the Textus Receptus, just as the KJV is.

Yet, KJV Only advocates label the NKJV just as heretical as they do the NIV, NAS, etc.

Beyond the NKJV, other attempts (such as the KJ21 and MEV) have been made to make minimal updates to the KJV, only "modernizing" the archaic language, while using the exact same Greek and Hebrew manuscripts.

These attempts are rejected nearly as strongly as the NKJV and the other newer Bible translations.

This proves that KJV Only advocates are loyal to the King James Version itself, not to the Textus Receptus.

KJV Only advocates have no desire or plan to update the KJV in any way.

The KJV certainly contains English that is outdated, archaic, and sometimes confusing to modern English speakers and readers.

It would be fairly simple to publish an updated KJV with the archaic words and phrases updated into modern 21st century English.

However, any attempt to edit the KJV in any way results in accusations from KJV Only advocates of heresy and perversion of the Word of God.

When the Bible is translated for the first time into a new language today, it is translated into the language that culture speaks and writes today, not the way they spoke and wrote 400 years ago.

The same should be true in English.

The Bible was written in the common, ordinary language of the people at that time.

Bible translations today should be the same. That is why Bible translations must be updated and revised as languages develop and change.

The KJV Only movement is very English-focused in its thinking.

Why should people who read English be forced to read the Bible in outdated/archaic English, while people of all other languages can read the Bible in modern/current forms of their languages?

Our loyalties are to the original manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

Only the original languages are the Word of God as He inspired it.

A translation is only an attempt to take what is said in one language and communicate it in another.

The modern translations are superb in taking the meaning of the original languages and communicating it in a way that we can understand in English.

However, none of the modern translations are perfect. Every one contains verses that are at least somewhat mistranslated.

By comparing and contrasting several different translations, it is often easier to get a good grasp on what the verse is saying than by only using one translation.

Our loyalty should not be to any one English translation, but to the inspired, inerrant Word of God that is communicated by the Holy Spirit through the translations (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

Got Questions Ministries seeks to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by providing biblical, applicable, and timely answers to spiritually related questions through an internet presence."
GotQuestions.org is a ministry of dedicated and trained servants who have a desire to assist others in their understanding of God, Scripture, salvation, and other spiritual topics. We are Christian, Protestant, evangelical, theologically conservative, and non-denominational. We view ourselves as a para-church ministry, coming alongside the church to help people find answers to their spiritually related questions.
We will do our best to prayerfully and thoroughly research your question and answer it in a biblically based manner. It is not our purpose to make you agree with us, but rather to point you to what the Bible says concerning your question. You can be assured that your question will be answered by a trained and dedicated Christian who loves the Lord and desires to assist you in your walk with Him. Our writing staff includes pastors, youth pastors, missionaries, biblical counselors, Bible/Christian college students, seminary students, and lay students of God’s Word.

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UNICORNS AND DRAGONS IN THE BIBLE - Unicorns and dragons are not the only fantastic creatures mentioned in the Bible. Divine beings like sea monsters, giants and supernatural heroes also have a place in Scripture. You may have thought these creatures only had a place in mythology and fairytales but they are right there in the Bible. Most scholars agree that the unicorns and dragons in question weren’t real unicorns but another more familiar animal. Some of these creatures are symbolic and poetic in nature, but others have actually walked the earth at some point or are based on creatures that did at one point. Every major ancient culture has legends and myths about giant reptiles. Many wonder how this can be when dinosaur fossils were not discovered until thousands of years after the myths of giant reptiles began. The Bible mentions two creatures that bare the resemblance to the dinosaurs. These were the leviathan and behemoth in Job chapters 40-41. Creation scientists believe that all dragon myths came from real contact between human beings and dinosaurs.

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Unicorns and Dragons

Are Unicorns and Dragons in the Bible?

Both fantastic creatures are mentioned in many passages in Scripture

By Lesli White

It might strike you as odd but the Old Testament contains passages that mention both unicorns and dragons.

We know that unicorns and dragons are fictitious – none of these are alive today and no scientist has ever found a fossil of one.

Yet, some of the most unique verses in the Old Testament refer to unicorns, while the Old and New Testament both mention dragons.

Unicorns are mentioned in the King James Version of the Bible nine times, in five different books by at least five different authors including Balaam, Moses, David, Isaiah and even God Himself in the book of Job.

The verses that mention unicorns include:

Numbers 23:22 (KJV): “God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.”

Numbers 24:8 (KJV): “God brought Him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn; he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.”

Job 39:9 (KJV): “Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by the crib?”

Job 39:10 (KJV): “Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?”

Psalms 29:6 (KJV): “He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.”

Psalms 92:10 (KJV): “But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.”

Deuteronomy 33:17 (KJV): “His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Psalms 22:21 (KJV): “Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.”

Isaiah 34:7 (KJV): “And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.”

It’s important to note that unicorns are not mentioned in any of the modern Bible translations. They are only mentioned in the King James version.

The modern translations say “wild ox.” Some translations say “buffalo.”

So why does the Bible mention unicorns you might wonder?

Many Christian apologists are adamant that the King James Version of the Bible is the most accurate of all the English translations.

Atheists have used this as an argument for why the Bible is simply a book of myths and fairy tales.

What’s important to remember is that the definition of the word “unicorn” has evolved over time.

In the very first edition of the dictionary that Webster came out with (1828 Noah Webster’s Dictionary), the definition of the unicorn was, “an animal with one horn; the Monoceros. This name is often applied to the rhinoceros.”

The 200-year-old definition makes no mention of a horse with one-horn.

The scientific name of the Asian one-horned Rhinoceros is Rhinoceros unicornis.

There is also an extinct species of giant one-horned rhinoceros called Elasmotherium sibiricum. Scientists refer to this creature as “The Giant Unicorn.”

Some creation scientists believe it may be the unicorn that is mentioned in the Bible. It is likely that unicorn simply meant one-horned animal.

The Bible mentions dragons over 30 times in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.

One example in the Old Testament, King James version is in Psalm 148:7: "Praise the LORD from the earth, you dragons, and all deeps.”

Another Psalm that mentions dragons is Psalm 91:13 which says, “You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet.”

Jeremiah 51:34 says, “he has swallowed me up like a dragon…” which brings to mind the way many carnivorous reptiles eat their prey whole.

The prophet Jeremiah predicted that Israel would be carried away into captivity and Jerusalem would be broken and inhabited by dragons (Jeremiah 9:11).

Interestingly enough, there was a peculiar name given to a well in Nehemiah 2:13 in the King James Version called the “dragon well.”

Revelation chapters 12, 13, 16 and 20 also mentions dragons directly.

Revelation 20:2 says, “He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.”

What’s important to note here is that the Bible isn’t teaching that dragons existed. The Bible is simply comparing Satan to a fire-breathing monster.

Another interesting point is that every major ancient culture has legends and myths about giant reptiles.

Many wonder how this can be when dinosaur fossils were not discovered until thousands of years after the myths of giant reptiles began.

The Bible mentions two creatures that bare the resemblance to the dinosaurs.

These two creatures were the leviathan and behemoth, mentioned in Job chapters 40-41.

Creation scientists believe that all dragon myths came from real contact between human beings and dinosaurs.

Unicorns and dragons are not the only fantastic creatures mentioned in the Bible.

Divine beings like sea monsters, giants and supernatural heroes also have a place in Scripture.

You may have thought these creatures only had a place in mythology and fairytales but they are right there in the Bible.

Most scholars agree that the unicorns and dragons in question weren’t real unicorns but another more familiar animal.

Some of these creatures are symbolic and poetic in nature, but others have actually walked the earth at some point or are based on creatures that did at one point.

All you have to do is crack open the King James Version of the Bible to find them.

Lesli White is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications and a concentration in print and online journalism. In college, she took a number of religious studies courses and harnessed her talent for storytelling. White has a rich faith background. Her father, a Lutheran pastor and life coach was a big influence in her faith life, helping her to see the value of sharing the message of Christ with others. She has served in the church from an early age. Some of these roles include assisting ministry, mutual ministry, worship and music ministry and church council.  

https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/christianity/are-unicorns-and-dragons-in-the-bible.aspx