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S. Michael Houdmann
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New King James Version - HistoryCommissioned in 1975 by Thomas Nelson Publishers, 130 respected Bible scholars, church leaders, and lay Christians worked for seven years to create a completely new,...
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Jack Gutknecht
The NKJV was commissioned in 1975 (BTW, the year I graduated from seminary) by Thomas Nelson Publishers. One-hundred-and-thirty respected Bible scholars, church leaders, and lay Christians worked for seven years to update the vocabulary and grammar of the King James Version while preserving the classic style of the 1611 version. The task of updating the English of the KJV involved many changes in word order, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling. One of the most significant features of the NKJV was its removal of the second-person pronouns "thou", "thee", "ye," "thy," and "thine." Verb forms were also modernized in the NKJV (for example, "speaks" rather than "speaketh").
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