Differences between catholic bible and king James version?

Answer 1

The text of the King James Version of The Bible and the LDS King James Version of the Bible is exactly the same. The difference is in the footnotes, the LDS version has it's own footnotes and chapter summaries that are not found in King James Bibles published by other organizations. The LDS King James Bible also comes with an extensive Index, Bible Dictionary, Maps, and Photos that are not found in any other Bible. Please note this is only applicable to English LDS KJV Bibles published after 1985. Prior to that, the Index, Dictionary, Footnotes, Maps, and Photos were not included.

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Answer 2

None at all. It's the same thing. Generally speaking British people referred to the 1611 Bible (with slight spelling etc revisions, largely done in the 1700s) as The Authorized Version. As the Authorized Version has become less well known and all the great confusion of a huge number of other versions has come in (since approx. 1950) the American title of King James Bible or King James Version has come in. The Bible translation was organized by James VI (of Scotland) and I (of England). There are other revisions (for instance The New King James Version, the Modern King James Bible, Kings James II, KJ21 Bible) which are modern revisions and none of these are really of the same quality as the 1611 version.

Answer 3

There is only really one major difference, possibly two, which then have very many applications, far too many to mention here.

Firstly, the New King James (NKJV) purports to be simply a King James (KJV) with updated or modernized language that is more readable. In this aim it is correct and this is one simple major difference.

Secondly, it claims to be following the same 'editorial' policy of the KJV. This claim is totally incorrect as the NKJV follows a different 'textual family' or type of biblical text. This results in a great many textual variations from the KJV which follows the 'majority text' or 'textus receptus' also called the 'received text.' This text follows by far and away the concensus of manuscripts, particularly in relation to the New Testament. The NKJV follows a more 'modern' type of text which places emphasis on a certain type of text as having priority over the majority.

This is a complicated and difficult issue to explain without reference to the Greek. However, many people who understand the issues have concerns about the NKJV and many other 'modern' translations which follow this 'modern' trend and ignore the majority witness. What inevitably results is a watering down of God's truth as the KJV represents a textual stream which has not only stood the test of time but has many checks and balances including the test of truth, the most important test of all.

Answer 4

The Catholic Bible includes the Apocyra, which are Jewish religious books. These Jewish books are not recogonized as being authentic by most Jews, so they are left out of Jewish Holy books and Protestant (King James) Bibles.