Is the New King James Version
Easier to Read?
Some people are mistaken and believe the NKJV is easier to read than the KJV. Check out these words.
Bible Reference |
Difficult Word NKJV |
Easy Word KJV |
Deuteronomy 28:50 |
elderly |
old |
Joshua 22:24 |
descendants |
children |
Judges 19:29 |
limb |
bones |
1 Samuel 13:21 |
pim |
file |
1 Kings 10:28 |
Keva |
linen yarn |
Nehemiah 3:7 |
residence |
throne |
Psalm 43:1 |
Vindicate |
Judge |
Psalm 139:23 |
anxieties |
thoughts |
Isaiah 2:16 |
sloops |
pictures |
Isaiah 28:1 |
verdant |
fat |
Lamentations 5:3 |
waif |
fatherless |
Ezekiel 31:4 |
rivulets |
little rivers |
Amos 5:21 |
savor |
smell |
Obadiah 1:12 |
captivity |
stranger |
Luke 16:23 |
Hades |
hell |
John 6:7 |
denarii |
pennyworth |
John 18:28 |
Praetorium |
judgment hall |
Acts 17:5 |
were not persuaded |
believed not |
Acts 17:22 |
Areopagus |
Mars' hill |
Acts 27:17 |
Syrtis Sands |
quicksands |
2 Corinthians 5:2 |
habitation |
house |
Galatians 5:4 |
estranged |
no effect |
Hebrews 7:8 |
mortal men |
men that die |
Jude 22 |
distinction |
difference |
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
John 17:17
James Utter
2021
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