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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