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Risen Word Bible
The King James Version in today’s English
What it is
The Risen Word Bible is the King James Version (the Oxford text of 1769) with its grammar and outdated words brought into present-day English. It is not a new translation: it keeps the KJV’s wording, word order and rhythm wherever they are still clear, and its New Testament follows the same Greek text as the KJV (the Textus Receptus).
What changed
Old forms became today’s English — thee and thou became you, saith became says, unto became to.
Words that now mean something else were replaced. Some had come to mean the opposite:
Be careful for nothingBe anxious for nothing Philippians 4:6I … was let hithertoI … was hindered hitherto Romans 1:13Suffer the little childrenAllow the little children Mark 10:14shall not prevent them which are asleepshall not precede those who are asleep 1 Thessalonians 4:15the quick and the deadthe living and the dead 2 Timothy 4:1very naughty figsvery bad figs Jeremiah 24:2
Hell carries its original names — Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Tartarus — as the Hebrew and Greek have them.
Small updates for clarity, such as modern spelling (shew → show) and capitals.
Kept as in the KJV: its word-for-word character, familiar phrases such as the Lord of hosts, and the words of faith (grace, righteousness, sanctify). Every change is recorded with its reason.
Reading it
- Tap any verse to see it beside the 1769 KJV, with the changed words marked.
- Lord and God in small capitals stand for God’s name in the Hebrew (YHWH).
- Psalm titles are part of the text, shown in grey italics above the first verse.
Sources
The 1769 King James Version, with Strong’s numbers for the Hebrew and Greek. Where a word needed changing, the choice was checked against public-domain versions.
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The Risen Word Bible is dedicated to the public domain (CC0 1.0). You may copy, print, quote, translate and share it freely, without asking and without credit.
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