and you can always get the esword.
www.e-sword.net

but if you must have it in txt format:
http://www.translatum.gr/bible/download.htm

4.5 mb text file. crazy.

or in pdf format:
www.davince.com/download/kjvbible.pdf

only 2.5 mb. interesting...

anyhow, it's just a google away.
first link available gave what I needed.
so next time, try a google search before posting. it's faster.

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A n00b is an annoying person who enjoys being destructive.
A newbie is a person who is new to something, and possibly enjoys being creative.

Also, many people make the mistake of assuming that "blind" means totally and completely stone-blind. In fact, most people who are considered "legally blind" have some amount of vision and can see at least shapes, light, etc. I read a really good essay on it once. I can't remember the title or the author offhand, but she is legally blind and had a lot of good stuff to say about it.

[addendum: this is also why it's very important for web developers to learn how to structure their page in such a way that blind people can hear it right. Moving <div> tags around in your html won't make a difference visually, but it can really make things difficult for a blind person]

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it's pronounced "tonics"

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A n00b is an annoying person who enjoys being destructive.
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Originally posted by Goop2:
Some people say that KJV is the only true translation, but thats only because it was the first.

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The KJV wasn't the first, nor was it even the second. The KJV didn't come along until around 200 years after Wycliffe made his first English translations. Erasmus didn't even start his Greek-text compilation (the primary source for the KJV translators) until around 100 years after Wycliffe.

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Originally posted by Goop2:
Truth is, its the most inaccurate version.

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If you double-check your sources, I think you'll find that you're wrong on this point too. Even though the KJV is inaccurate in several ways, it is by no means the least accurate, nor is it even close by any metric I'm aware of. It is a good balance between conveying the original meaning ("thought for thought" translation) and also translating the original words ("word for word" translation). Different English translations today vary in their purpose (NASB for instance trying to be very word-for-word, or NIV trying to be more thought-for-thought). Some versions (such as The Message) don't even purport to even try and be "translations" because they don't even use the original Greek/Hebrew for the source, but rather rely chiefly on other translations, and then they paraphrase it (hence why The Message isn't called a "translation" but rather a "paraphrase").

So even though accurate is a word that can mean many things, while I don't hold the KJV to be the only re-inspired English translation and I don't usually use it in my personal study, it is academically still a very good translation, and is often regarded to be one of the better ones for translating the poetry of scripture and keeping a sense of meter and cadence in language.

One of the CCN members created a really excellent site summarizing the "KJV-only" debate, maybe someone can resurrect that link, as it could give you a lot of good information on the subject.

Edit: Found, the website was made by BrianT. Here's the link.

--clint

[This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited March 13, 2007).]

I don't want to shock any one but on the other hand you have the right to know and God wants the truth of course. Every word is important.

May God bless your study.

In Christ,
Jari.

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Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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[This message has been edited by jari (edited March 13, 2007).]

I really didn't want to start a huge off-topic discussion about KJV-onlyism in this thread, but perhaps that's inevitable now. If people want to keep discussing the idea of King-James-Only, then please start a new thread.

Jari, I honestly wasn't trying to slam the KJV -- I was trying to defend it, though without going too overboard in either direction.

--clint

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1Jo 2:9-10 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

[VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3)

Happy Easter

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Originally posted by dna:
Some of the links are dead however, thank you for the reference.

Happy Easter

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http://www.ccel.org/
They have it in HTML, txt and PDF (account needed for PDF donload).

If you are just looking for am electronic version than http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp

Yes, Happy Resurrection day/First Fruits