Book of mormon king james translation errors in the kings

Jan 29, 2014 the isaiah texts in the book of mormon originate from the brass plates, which date to at least 600 bc. Beginning in 1979, the church published the king james version of the bible with hundreds of footnotes and a seventeenpage appendix from the joseph smith translation. He deduces this from the fact that when quoting, echoing, or alluding to the passages, oliver josephs amanuensis for the dictation of the book of mormon consistently misspells certain words from the text that he wouldnt have misspelled if he was. The young man, however, had very little formal education and was incapable of writing a book on his own, let alone translating an ancient book written from an unknown language, known in the book of mormon as reformed egyptian. No, the book of mormon does not contain unique errors from the king james version bible. Marks scroll of isaiah, the book of mormon portions of isaiah, the king james version, and joseph smiths inspired translation. The name of our savior, yahushua, appears over 1,200 times in scripture in both texts. Book of mormon rulers and kings verified from archeology.

Large portions of the book of mormon are very similar to the king james version of the bible, which of course was about the only english bible available to joseph smith in the 1820s. When the church was organized in 1830, the king james version kjv, also known. This article explains that joseph claimed to be restoring the true, original meaning of the bible, and looks at examples of josephs changes to the gospel of john proving this claim to have been false. Generally, we find that when the king james version commits a translation error, the book of mormon usually follows. The author, a member of the rlds church, concluded that the differences were too slight and of not sufficient frequency and regularity to form an interpretive.

The book of mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature moroni 8. Although few in number, the king james version does contain a number of undeniable incorrect translations. So if the alleged dates for the bom are accurate how did the plagiarisms occur. What are 1769 king james versionedition errors doing in the book. The book of mormon and the king james bible red door church. Sometimes the quotation is explicit, as in the second book of nephi, which contains 18 quoted chapters of the book of isaiah other significant connections between the two books include book of mormon words and phrases that only appear in. Many adherents to the theory of an inerrant translation of scripture, namely those referred to as kjvonlyists, are thoroughly convinced that yahuwah has preserved his sacred written word in the english language through the translation of the king james version, which is also called the authorized version. All the ways the king james version really messed up gods word. Why is the book of mormon written in king james english. The prophet isaiah wrote in parallelistic structure. King james english in the book of mormon mormon handbook. In english, the king james version is used as the official bible of the church. Yet because the book of mormon was originally written in king james language, we are confronted with the fact that the kjv, regardless of what bible translation. The dependence of the book of mormon on the king james version, however, goes deeper than a mere affectation of style.

Oct 08, 2009 the holy bible king james version the book of mormon. Smith copied vast quantities of the bible into the book of mormon, and the bible that he used was the king james version. Aug 17, 2011 the joseph smith translation is josephs supposedly inspired revision of the king james bible. The book of mormon incorporates text which seems to be taken from the king james version, including passages which are now considered to be mistranslations. King james bible italics, the translation of the book. There were two at westminster, two at oxford university, and two at cambridge university. The name of our eloah, yahuwah, appears almost 7,000 times in the ibriy text. The king james bible is a great english translation, but is it the best. The book of mormon and the king james bible wikipedia. Hymns joseph smith translation maps of the bible and the church history photographs of the bible and the church history table of contents with links to books and chapters. Another testament of jesus christ doctrine and covenants a compilation of revelations and writings given since the restoration of the church. You will be hardpressed to find anything all believers believe. Many of the minor variants were eliminated by the printer for the 1830. Why is some of the book of mormon identical to the bible.

This addendum hopes to present information which will enable the. The church uses many translations of the bible in various languages. Disproves mormonism using the bible, mormon scripture, statistical analysis and common sense. The king james version kjv, also known as the king james bible kjb, sometimes as the english version of 1611, or simply the authorized version av, is an english translation of the christian bible for the church of england, commissioned in 1604 and completed as well as published in 1611 under the sponsorship of james i and vi. Kjv errors in the book of mormon book of mormon research. Ces letter no translation errors i dont think you can say that the book of mormon contains unique errors from the king james version bible.

If the book of mormon is the most correct book of any on earth, why would it contain translational errors that exist in the king james bible. The king james bible and the joseph smith translation. After all, the texts the kjv drew from previous translations and manuscripts had errors themselves. He and several of his close associates testified that the translation was accomplished by the gift and power of god hc 1. The book of mormon and the king james version secular web. What are 1769 king james version edition errors doing in the book of mormon.

As we outlined in the section on the book of mormon s reliance on the king james bible, any reference to new testament material in the book of mormon is anachronistic. Again, this can sometimes be blamed on an imperfect understanding of hebrew, but is also possibly due to the fact that the authorised version was basically translated by committee, with the various members having different strengths and weaknesses in the original languages. Textual criticism of the book of mormon book of mormon central. Thus the book of mormon couldnt be based on plates buried in 421 a. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the book of mormon. Errors which are unique to the 1769 edition that joseph smith owned. The book of mormon incorporates text which seems to be taken from the king james version, including passages which are now considered to be mistranslations in the king james version. The book of mormon derives its names from a book that has semitic sources, i. The joseph smith translation of the bible is a direct fulfillment of that prophecy. In the first place, much of the king james version of the bible has been reproduced verbatim in the book of mormon estimated to be from 17,000 to 27,000 words tanner, 1972, p. The book of mormon contains passages from the king james bible summary. The book of mormon even contains king james bible translation errors. Rather than working together all at one location, these men were divided into six separate groups, which worked at three separate locations.

Surely i was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me niv. In other words, there should be no errors in the book of mormon as the words appeared via revelation from god, and as such should not include any language that. The use of pronouns in the book of mormon is closer to the language of the king james translators than to the language of the king james translation. As we outlined in the section on the book of mormon s reliance on the king james bible, any reference to new testament material in the book of mormon is anachronistic there is simply no way that the book of mormon people could have had access to the new testament writings, and certainly not the king james translation that would not be completed until the year 16. James king bible book of mormon doctrine and covenants the pearl of great price other resources. The author labored to give his words and phrases the quaint, oldfashioned sound and structure of our king james s translation of the scriptures. Other translations have also made doctrinal errors in their choices of phras. Kjv translation errors our understanding of the hebrew language today is much more advanced than it was in the 1600s when king james authorized an english translation of the bible. It is erroneously translated as lord all uppercase, god all uppercase, and jehovah. Latterday saints relied on it in their meetings, and the book of mormon.

Book of mormontranslation errors from the kjv fair fairmormon. The king james bible and the book of mormon religious. James king bible, book of mormon, doctrine and covenants, the pearl of great price, hymns, joseph smith translation, maps, and photographs kindle edition by smith, joseph, church, lds. Two chapters of the prophet malachi are quoted by jesus in iii nephi 24 and following. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. Apr 20, 2003 the most damaging argument against asserting that the words in the book of mormon and especially the doctrine and covenants are the actual words of god, speaking in the english of 1611, is that the king james english of those scriptures is full of grammatical errors. Additionally, the language of the king james bible didnt exist in 421 a. Deuteroisaiah verses in the book of mormon in the book of mormon, there are many chapters of isaiah directly incorporated from the king james version kjv of the bible, complete with translation errors that were obviously not possible to have been recorded on the gold plates since the kjv was not available until thousands of years later.

Abrahams connection to mormons and the priesthood mormon voice. We dont need the book of mormon we have the new testament being infinitely superior in every way. Textual criticism of the book of mormon book of mormon. What are the examples of translation errors in the king james.

Why does the church still use the king james version. The king james bible and the book of mormon religious studies. The king james version of the bible and the book of mormon. I dont think you can say that the book of mormon contains unique errors from the king james version bible. Yet, the book of mormon is guilty of violating these very criteria. What are the errors in the king james version bible. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Members of the church are encouraged to study it and follow its teachings. Joseph smiths inspired revisions to the king james. The original 1830 edition, book of mormon had s of errors. Poetic parallelism of the isaiah scroll and the book of. An acceptance of minor translation errors in quoted scripture is also. Some of these bear repetition, though they are well known to students of mormonism.

The books of the king james version include the 39 books of. The book of mormon uses the king james bible as a base text for bible. Critics of the book of mormon claim that major portions of it are copied, without attribution, from the bible. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. Why do the book of mormon selections from isaiah sometimes. We find, therefore, that the king james version left an indelible mark on the book of mormon. The book of mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the king james bible kjv. They present this as evidence that joseph smith wrote the book of mormon by plagiarizing the authorized king james version of the bible. Our king james translation of isaiah is incomplete. In the time difference between these various texts many scribal errors occurred. King james went through great efforts to guard the 1611 translation from errors. The original 1830 edition, book of mormon had s of.

Where there was reason to deviate from the king james version, it was done. Book of mormon translation by joseph smith the encyclopedia. Does god make gross grammatical errors in his chosen language. What are 1769 kjv edition errors doing in book of mormon. Finally, it may be that the use of king james language for passages shared by the bible and the book of mormon allows the book of mormon to highlight those areas in which the book of mormon s original texts were genuinely different from the textual tradition. Mormon missionaries continue to claim that the science of archeology substantiates the book of mormon, but whether we consider the alleged cities, persons, animals. Kjv does not take the word for rock and accidentally translate.

As a matter of fact, there are 348 instances in which different words from the king. But there are a number of king james version bible errors and mistranslations that completely altered the meaning of the original text. The king james bible and the doctrine and covenants. Below is a partial listing of king james version kjv bible translation errors. Joseph smiths inspired revisions to the king james bible. For none can have power to bring it to light save it be given him of god. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place. The king james bible and the book of mormon lds discussions. Latterday saints use the king james bible along with other scripture to learn the. Deuteroisaiah in the book of mormon lds discussions. Consequently, his prose displays a fundamental lack of understanding of the syntax and grammar of the tongue.

Jun 05, 2016 the book of mormon prophets, beginning with lehi tribe of joseph who came from jerusalem to the americas, also held this same priesthood. Feb 27, 2010 points out the contradictions between the bible and book of mormon as well as errors in translation in the king james version kjv of the bible that were copied into the book of mormon. Critics believe joseph smith came up with all the names in the book of mormon, noting that joseph owned a king james bible with a table listing all the names used in the bible. Although the book of mormon generally agrees with the king james version kjv of the bible both in its acceptable scriptural idiom of translation and in its direct quotations from isaiah, joseph smiths translation of the isaiah texts in the book of mormon sometimes differs. Bible verses related to mormons from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order galatians 1. In the king james version of the bible, for example, only a few individuals other than christ are prophesied of by name. The almostunquestioned dominance of the king james bible at the time of joseph smith created certain expectations regarding sacred language that would have made it difficult for contemporaries to accept either the book of mormon or the revelations that came to joseph smith if they had not been in a language that largely echoed that which was familiar from the king james. In the new testament, jesus, of course, had it and then. If the book of mormon is an accurate translation, some claim that it shouldnt contain these translational errors.

The verses in question are given first and then what is the correct or better translation. Book of mormontranslation errors from the kjv fair. Sometimes the quotation is explicit, as in the second book of nephi, which contains 18 quoted chapters of the book of isaiah. However, when confronted with the presence of 1769 kjv errors and 17th century italics in the book of mormon, many of the same apologists will revert to the loose translation by claiming that maybe joseph smith indeed used a 1769 kjv bible to borrow verses over into the book of mormon. Translation errors in the king james bible appearing in the book of mormon. Book of mormon lakes, seas verified from archeology. As weve covered in the king james bible and the book. Many of the names in the book of mormon are just plucked directly from the bible, e. The book of mormon has occasionally been analyzed in a nonreligious context for its literary merits. It seems reasonable to assume that since smith was a prophet of god and was translating the book of mormon under divine inspiration, he would have known about the errors found in the king james version and would have corrected them when passages from the king james version appeared in the book of mormon. Book chapters listed vertically to facilitate navigation. Complicating things is that the kjv is falling out of favor even with conservatives. Joseph smiths other writings, such as his history and diary, reflect the modern english era of his day. A disproportionate number of these variants are due to the omission or replacement of words italicized in the kjv.

Yet because the book of mormon was originally written in king james language, we are confronted with the fact that the kjv, regardless of what bible translation one reads, influences every member of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints by virtue of its cadence, language, and terminology appearing in the original english book of mormon. It is also true that the king james version contains some textual errors. It is very likely that the king james bible may have been used as a model for the translation of the book of mormon, but the authorship of the book is attributed to the man mormon, who is reported to have compiled the book around 400 a. Somehow the divine process guiding josephs translation of the book of mormon didnt prevent him from making identical translation errors. The king james version was completed in 1611 ad and the book of. For example, mormon apologists will embrace the tight translation of the book of mormon translation when discussing how joseph used his rock in a hat. For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new york state where. Book of mormonplagiarism accusationsking james bible.

Walter martins religious infonet kingdom of the cults. And, apologists sometimes claim that what the ces letter calls translation errors doesnt necessarily agree with what biblical scholars would call an error anyway. Using the original and printers manuscripts of the book of mormon, latterday saint scholar royal skousen has definitively shown that none of the king james language contained in the book of mormon could have been copied directly from the bible. Critics wonder why many of the quotes from isaiah in the book of mormon are identical to the king james version. Chapters from isaiah quoted in the book of mormon use the king james bible as a base text yet frequently vary from it in minor ways, particularly in the earliest text of the book of mormon. This addendum hopes to present information which will enable the reader to understand what the gnostic doctrine teaches and which mistranslations in the kjv. The 1611 king james version of the bible is actually a composite of several earlier translations, not. This article looks briefly at 7 issues surrounding the translation of the kjv. In several cases, the book of mormon follows king james version translation errors. It is erroneously rendered as joshua, jehoshua, and jesus. The best confirmation that the book of mormon used the kjv bible is the existence of poor kjv translations copied into the book of mormon text.

A question of book of mormon scholarship is whether the several chapters or passages of isaiah cited or paraphrased in the book derive from an ancient text or whether they have been copied with some revision from the king james version. The naming of this version is another interesting story that i will not go into here. Added to the evidence of various revisions, the book of mormon also contains plagiarisms from the king james bible, anachronisms, false prophecies, and errors of fact that cannot be dismissed. Does the book of mormon preserve king james version translation errors. The book of mormon represents a stage of the english language when the distinction between thee, thou, ye, and you was falling apart, and all were collapsing into you. Aug 27, 2008 if one compares the wording the book of mormon isaiah with that of the king james version one finds that they are nearly identicalnearly, but not completely.

The king james version contains certain translation and textual errors which will facilitate a global transition from the true gospel of jesus christ to the false gospel of the antichrist. That errors of grammar and faults in dictation do exist in the book of mormon and more especially and abundantly in the first edition must be conceded. This opens up a wide range of problems including the broken, bad english spelling and grammar which we call reformed hillbilly of the original 1830 ad edition of the book of mormon, the hundreds of additions, deletions including entire chapters of the book of mormon in editions after 1830 as compared to the present edition. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible. Another major problem for the book of mormon is archeology, a major embarrassment for the mormon church. There is simply no way that the book of mormon people could have had access to the new testament writings, and certainly not the king james translation that would not be completed until the year 1611. King james english in the book of mormon an oddity in the book of mormon, published in 1830, is that it uses antiquated english resembling the style of the king james version kjv bible. May 27, 2011 by its own terms, the book of mormon is a translation of an ancient book.