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I have found a great find. Here are recordings of the King James Version of the Bible, Old and New Testament. It's a huge find.

You can download a whole book as a zip file!

The books are read by ALEXANDER SCOURBY. He has an excellent voice and the recordings are very well done and produced.

Here is Alexander Scourby (Left) with Ernest Borgnine.

A little about Alexander Scourby:

" Alexander Scourby (/ˈskɔːrbi/; November 13, 1913 – February 22, 1985) was an American film, television, and voice actor and narrator known for his deep and resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent. He is best known for his film role as the ruthless mob boss Mike Lagana in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953), and is also particularly well-remembered in the English-speaking world for his landmark recordings of the entire King James Version audio Bible, which have been released in numerous editions. He later recorded the entire Revised Standard Version of the Bible.[2] Scourby was an accomplished narrator, including for 18 episodes of National Geographic Specials from 1966 to 1985 (almost twice as many as any of its other narrators).[3] Scourby recorded 422 audiobooks for the blind, which he considered his most important work." -- (bhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Scourby )

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So far I have only listened to Genesis because I wanted to listen to something while I was laying in bed going to sleep. It was a great experience for me.

Here is the link to the KJV Audio Downloads: -- https://earnestlycontendingforthefaith.com/ListenToTheKingJamesBible.html#COMPLETE_BOOKS_IN_ZIP_FORMAT

As always there is no guarantee that these are completely accurate and have not been deliberately modified. The good news is that the King James Bible is public domain and has been extensively reproduce, documented and broken down into very easy to verify chapters and sections.

These recordings are broken down by books and chapters.

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OgFOMK ArTS 11mo ago

It looks like I double parked the same image link above.

Here are Alexander Scourby (Left) & Ernest Borgnine in Man on a String (1960)

Marakesh 𓅦 11mo ago

I love the King Jimmy (KJV) as I grew up on it. I believe that familiarity with it gave me an advantage when it came to reading and watching Shakespeare when I got to jr. high and high school. I've even listened extensively in the past to this recording of the Bible by Alexander Scourby, and it is excellent.

This year I'm listening to the Bible in the New Living Translation (NLT) and find the contemporary English of it refreshing. While I appreciate having memorized many passages according to the KJV, I do prefer that people read a Bible version that they can understand. I don't think language should be a barrier to understanding God's Word, and for some, the "THEEs and THOUs" of the 17th-century English of "the Authorized Version" can be off-putting. God and His Word is for today, and today we speak modern English. You don't still talk like the Pilgrims do (unless, perhaps, you are Amish or Mennonite, and I'm not certain they do, or if that's just a stereotype).

Someone said "The best version of the Bible is the one that you will read." The best version is actually the original language versions, but I find some truth in this saying, since most people don't read Greek and Hebrew. And, if you're not big on reading, listen to the Bible. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

https://fountain.fm/episode/rAdIHvQGMt5exOyfW4rT

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OgFOMK ArTS 11mo ago

I like the open source nature of the KJV. With a concordance you can see the literal connections of Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.

With regards to language. Modern humans are about 30,000 years old. Written word is relatively new.

Any translation of the Bible that has documented links to older texts is good. Whether you agree with the syntax is not important. Especially if you are basing the reasoning on "modern language". Our modern languages have been obfuscated with slang and inverted meaning.

I've studied, Sanskrit, Pali and ancient languages for many years. I'm no scholar but I get intuitive meaning from the lay of concepts and the grammar as well.

On the other side of this coin is the very real concern of modern publishers who are captured by occult and dark occult groups who control New Age, Religious and secular publishing houses. This is a very real thing.

Ultimately if you are getting on your knees several times a day praying to God without artifacts, beads, alters, statues, icons and pagan practices, you will be in communion with the Lord. With Bible study you need to have clear documentation and reference to the ideas presented. Any translations need this and the original Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin and other languages need to be accessed and nearby.

It sounds like you have a good base and you've found other pathways to support your foundation. Be diligent and cautious of Satan. He is the ultimate, clever, deceiver and he would love more than anything else to have word of God diluted into a novel literature.

Marakesh 𓅦 11mo ago

The open source nature of the KJV is one thing I forgot to mention but intended to; thanks for reminding me. Aside from it's beautiful prose, the KJV owes it's popularity in large part to the laws, originally by King James putting his name on it and making it "the Authorized Version" to be read in the churches. This is true as well as in modern times, ironically, since the KJV is one of the few versions you can freely quote from and use as it in the public domain. Copyright laws actually keep people from being able to extensively cite or use newer translations in books or apps, etc., which leads people to go back to using the KJV.

Borja Vilallonga 11mo ago

Did you try ESV Bible? I like it quite a lot, although nothing beats KJV or the Geneva Bible

Marakesh 𓅦 11mo ago

I do like the ESV, although lately my preferred version has been the Christian Standard Bible (CSB), formerly known as the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB).

Borja Vilallonga 11mo ago

Also makes sense!

nbyte 11mo ago

Are there any later translations available on audio that you are aware of?

Borja Vilallonga 11mo ago

Nope, sorry

Marakesh 𓅦 11mo ago

As I mentioned, I'm currently listening to the New Living Translation version. The original post by nostr:nprofile1qqszv8t246xav960spr4c32agmut8szdjwywsrrluxd3z89e0smr55gprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5q9z8wue69uhk76ncxf5k7cendsehzvnxdp5n2drewf5x7mnedphx76mtd4kxuem3wd5ryctdw9cxz6rsvyekkmnjw9hkxmf4wfskgtn0de5k7m30qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcvs0w8g mentions that Alexander Scourby also recorded a reading of the Revised Standard Version. I listened to the English Standard Version of the Bible last year. Christian actor Max McLean did a recording of the New International Version (NIV), which I've also listened to, and it is good. Just about all of the newer Bible translations also have audio formats because they are under copyright and it gives the publishers something else they can sell.

nbyte 11mo ago

Thanks. I have not tried to find audio books in a long time, and there is a lot more available than I thought.

The Bird 11mo ago

KJV preference myself.

Marakesh 𓅦 11mo ago

Hey, we're all just pilgrims here, right? 😄

The Bird 11mo ago

I had same experience with reading it. It helped my reading, reading comprehension and I still find comfort in reading it vs others because of the nostalgia and age of the language

Marakesh 𓅦 11mo ago

The "age of the language" is interesting and quaint. What bothers me though, would be people not reading the Bible because of archaic language that they don't relate to well. The Bible was written in the everyday speech of the people. So in my opinion, it probably makes the most sense to engage the scripture in your own everyday language. When the KJV was translated in 1611 that was then the everyday English of the people. Today it's not. Today, the KJV is the 17th-Century English Version, you could call it. The KJV itself was a modernization on the earlier English versions of the Bible that were around at the time, such as the Geneva Bible and The Bishop's bible, etc.

There are also other reasons to prefer newer translations over the KJV, such as their being based on earlier manuscripts, but one also has to be careful that their modern version hasn't imbibed "modern" values that are contrary to the original intent of the scripture.

The Bird 11mo ago

Agreed. I just enjoy it. The language has a feel to it that resonates with me being an old book written in an old language interpreted from older writing from an old land and old people. Has different feel to it that way to me. Not sure if that makes sense or not.

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