What Bible Translation Does The KJV Use? Why KJV So Different Then The Ethiopian Bible, Septuagint?
King James Version (KJV): The KJV uses the Textus Receptus for the New Testament, a Greek manuscript tradition from the Byzantine family, and the Masoretic Text for the Old Testament. It also includes the Septuagint and Latin Vulgate as sources for the Apocrypha. The KJV was published in 1611 and is based on earlier English translations like the Bishops’ Bible, aiming for formal equivalence and …