Does the Masoretic Text Underlying the KJV omit Joshua 21:36-37?

“And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.” (Joshua 21:36-37, KJV) These words appearing in the KJV do not appear in the text of most standard Hebrew Bibles today. These words are often missing and the … Read more

The Language of the KJV

The KJV is not written in modern colloquialism. However, it is wrong to dismiss the peculiar language of the KJV as mere outdated language. Much of the KJV’s peculiar style is due to the KJV’s faithful translation of the underlying Hebrew and Greek texts. In the national bestseller, God’s Secretaries, Adam Nicolson observes, “These scholars … Read more