2012
Learning the Way of God More Perfectly
King James Bible 1611 Then and Today


King James Bible "Changes"
Within King James Bibles
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel:
for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
So it came to pass in the day of battle,
that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people
that were with Saul and Jonathan: I Sam 13:19-22

The following is a list of changes found in some of the ‘newer printed' King James Bibles. This is not a complete list, but it shows a few of the subtle changes being made. You will be surprised on how many King James Bibles have the changes. The famine (Amos 8:11-13) gets closer and closer, doesn't it?

Capitol "S" left off of the word Spirit affecting the deity of Christ
Genesis 1:2; 41:38; Judges 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6,19; 15:14; I Samuel 10:6,10; 11:6; 16:13,14; 19:20,23; II Samuel 23:2; I Kings 18:12; 22:24; II Kings 2:16; II Chronicles 15:1; 18:23; 20:14; 24:20; Job 33:4; Isaiah 40:13; 48:16; 59:19; 61:1; 63:10,11,14; Ezekiel 11:5,24; Matthew 4:1

The word houghed is changed to hocked in II Samuel 8:4, and I Chronicles 18:4.
There is a difference between hocked, which is 'tied up', and houghed, which is 'to cut the hampstring'. Also a change of the word hough to hock in Joshua 11:6,9.

Dropping of the letter "k" in Publick Matthew 1:19 in Publickly.
Also in Acts18:28 & 20:20 in musick; I Samuel 18:6; Luke 15:25 and in bishoprick Acts 1:20.

Saviour to Savior in Luke 2:11 and other verses.
(7 letter to 6 letter)  Seven letters means completion, and six letters means the number of man. Saviour in your old dictionary means the Lord Jesus Christ, and savior can be anyone who has saved someone.

Throughly to thoroughly in II Timothy 3:17 and other verses.
Throughly means to go inside as well as the outside - thoroughly means outside only.

Joshua 19:2  - or to and
Jeremiah 34:16  - ye to he
Nahum 3:16 - flieth to fleeth
Matthew 26:39 - further to farther
2 Chronicles 33:19; Isaiah 6:7 - sin to sins
Mark 12:1; Isaiah 63:2 - winefat to winevat
Numbers 20:14 - travail to travel
Dueteronomy 17:20- his to this

I Corinthians 10:11; Phil 3:17; I Thessalonians 1:7
II Thessalonians 3:9; I Peter 5:3; II Peter 2:6
ensample to example

I John 2:11- darkness to blindness
Galatians 3:5 - ministereth to you the Spirit  to ministereth to you in the Spirit


There are many "King James Bibles" that have over 800 changes
of English spelled words to CONTEMPORARY American spellings.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east,
they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD,
and shall not find it.
Amos 8:11,12

Sources for reference:

Oxford University Press Bible
Cambridge University Press Bible
Thompson Chain Reference Bible prior to 5th edition
Old Scofield Reference Bible
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible