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