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Depends on the translation you're reading. The original texts are in Hebrew and Greek so everything we read is a translation. You probably read the English KJV
by en-us 7y ago
Depends on the translation you're reading. The original texts are in Hebrew and Greek so everything we read is a translation. You probably read the English KJV version, which was translated in 1611 and is thus the English of that time.
More modern translations such as NIV or ESV will read more like modern everyday speech.
- pgcj_poster 7y agoActually, the language in the KJV was already out of date at the time in was written. The lofty archaisms were intentional.