18 For I testify unto every man
that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, If any
man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the
plagues that are written in this
book:
19 And if any man shall take
away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall
take away his part out of the
book of life, and out of the holy
city, and from
the things which
are written in this book.
I would like to think these worldly publishing companies are just ignorant to the
seriousness of what they are doing. However in some cases I’m sure that these
deceptive maneuvers are being done with fore thought. In other words they are
aware of the warning labels but choose to ignore them. They have hardened their
hearts against the standard text of the Holy Bible.
Let me give you an example of what I’m talking about. It was approximately six
months ago I purchased a King James Bible from a popular on line book store. It
was a straight text (advertised as the standard text) meaning it had no notes, no
references, no helps, and no maps. It was just what I wanted. Just give me the
Bible and if I need help with a difficult passage I’ll ask the Holy Spirit for
guidance and I’ll check other scriptures for references.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against some of the commentaries and other Bible
study tools. In fact I consider some of them a necessity, for example a good
dictionary. It’s just that commentaries, dictionaries, concordances and the like are
the words of men and not the words of God. They are not infallible. Therefore I
do not believe they should be mixed together under the same cover and be called
the word of God. In actuality it is the word of God plus the words of a man or a
group of men. In my opinion the Holy Bible should be the word of God only from
cover to cover. That is why I prefer a straight text.
At any rate I had bought the Bible I thought I wanted. It had been published by
Cambridge. They have always been the giant in the industry. In fact they are the
oldest Printer and Publisher in the world. They are suppose to be the gold
standard for dependability according to many King James Bible believers. This
Bible had a nice black French Morocco leather cover with golden coloured gilt
edges. It was very nice on the outside but when I started checking out the inside I
was shocked. This particular edition of the Cambridge Bible that calls itself a
King James Bible is not genuine. IT’S A COUNTERFEIT! It’s not the Bible of
my forefathers!
Here are some of the changes I located: Asswaged has been changed to assuaged.
Basons has been changed to basins. Chesnut has been changed to chestnut. Cloke
has been changed to cloak. Enquire has been changed to inquire. Further has
been changed to farther. Jubile has been changed to jubilee. Intreat has been
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