Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 18/11/2005 17:14, Read, James C wrote:

> > The King James Version was my first Bible, and the Bible that is imprinted  
> > on my mind.  It's full of archaic English and terms difficult to  understand.  
> > Does that make it "bad English"?
> >    
>
> In a word, Yes!
>  

I admire you for daring to say that! It may have been good English in 
its time, although I understand that it was already archaic even when 
new, but by the standards of modern English it is not good English.

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