Look What They Did to These Verses!

There is a continual pattern of diminishment of God and the Son of God in the modern Bibles compared to the King James.

Although individually, these may appear to be very small and possibly insignificant differences, the total effect can be seen as working against God’s character, His reputation, and His divinity. This is not only true in the Old Testament against the God of Israel but also against Jesus and His divinity and His Messiahship.

Below is a small sampling of some of the more familiar verses that demonstrate this tendency.


Verse: John 9:35

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NIV 2011

Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

Do you believe in the Son of Man?

Do you believe in the Son of Man?

Do you believe in the Son of Man?

Do you believe in the Son of Man?

This is a direct take-down of the divine nature of Jesus.


Verse: Daniel 3:25

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NIV 2011

the fourth is like the Son of God.

the fourth looks like a son of the gods.

a son of the gods.

the fourth looks like a god

fourth looks like a son of the gods

Jesus is "the Son of God," not "a son of the gods". King Nebuchadnezzar knew this Being in the furnace was different from his run-of-the-mill deity. See proof in verse 29.


Verse: Proverbs 11:30

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NIV 2011

he that winneth souls is wise

but violence takes lives

whoever captures souls is wise.

a wise person wins friends.

the one who is wise saves lives.

This wonderful scripture that has encouraged soul winners for centuries is thoroughly scrambled by these “translations.”


Verse: Jeremiah 17:9

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NIV 2011

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:

The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable

the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick;

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things and desperately wicked.

The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.

The shift from wicked to sick replaces the need for repentance with the need for medicine. Many sins are now called illnesses. Sinful behavior is now mental illness.


Verse: John 3:16

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NIV 2011

gave his only begotten Son,

He gave His One and Only Son,

he gave his only Son,

gave his one and only Son,

gave his one and only Son,

“One and only…” contradicts the fact that we are all “sons of God” in a sense. “Begotten” specifies how Jesus was a special, unique Son of God.


Verse: John 11:47

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HCSB

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NIV 2011

for this man doeth many miracles.

This man does many signs

For this man performs many signs

This man certainly performs many miraculous signs

here is this man performing many signs

“Miracles” is obvious to the reader, but “signs” simply leaves the reader wondering what the “sign” means.


Verse: Philippians 2:6

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NIV 2011

thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage.

did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped

did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.

did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

Jesus was already God. He didn’t see it as a problem. The other versions can’t seem to figure this out. So, all they do is express their confusion.


Verse: Philippians 2:7

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NIV 2011

But made himself of no reputation,

Instead He emptied Himself

but emptied himself,

he gave up his divine privileges

he made himself nothing

Jesus simply gave up His reputation as God and humbly accepted the role of sacrifice for sin. He didn’t become “nothing” or “empty.” He was still God.


Verse: Micah 5:2

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NIV 2011

from of old, from everlasting.

origin is from antiquity,
from eternity

from of old,
from ancient days.

whose origins are in the distant past,

from of old,
from ancient times.

This is another example of reducing the divinity of God by casting doubt on His eternal existence.


Some claim that the King James is confusing to read. That may be true with someone who has not been trained to understand the classic English. Once they have learned to read the King James they will get a very accurate understanding of the concepts. However, no amount of teaching can penetrate the obfuscation and inconsistences found in some of the modern Bibles.

There is so much wrong with the history and content of the modern Bibles, that David W. Daniels has spent over 15 years researching them. The result is more than 15 books detailing what is missing, what is changed, and the discovery of a fake history.


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