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Publisher's Synopsis
The King James Version of the Bible has stood the test of time.Now it's catching up with the times. The Barbour Simplified KJV Bible builds off the familiarity and trustworthiness of the King James Bible while removing the difficulties of antiquated language and punctuation. Keeping all the original translation work of the 1611 Bible, this version carefully updates old styles that may interfere with your understanding today: outdated verb styles are refreshed—for example, art becomes are; gavest becomes gaveold forms of address—like thee, thou, and ye—are updatedconfusing older terms—such as wroth or divers—are modernizedpronouns for God—He, His, Him, You, Yours, Me, My—are capitalized for clarityquotation marks are included with spoken languagelong sentences are shortened with modern punctuationparagraphs are added throughout The Barbour Simplified KJV Bible maintains the feel of the original King James while noticeably increasing its readability, bringing the trustworthy old translation into the 21st century. And now it's available in a heavier-paper deluxe edition!
