1611Present ReadingCorrected
1 this thingthis thing also1638
2shalt have remainedye shall have remained1762
3 Achzib, nor Helbath, nor Aphikof Achzib, nor Helbath, nor Aphik1762
4 requite goodrequite me good1629
5 this book of the Covenantthe book of the Covenant1629
6 chief rulerschief ruler1629
7 And Parbarat Parbar1638
8 For this causeAnd for this cause1638
9 For the king had appointedfor so the king had appointed1629
10 Seek goodseek God1617
11 the cormorantBut the cormorant1629
12 returnedturned1769
13 a fiery furnacea burning fiery furnace1638
14 the crownedThy crowned1629
15 thy right doeththy right hand doeth1613
16 the wayes sidethe way side1743
17 which was a Jewwhich was a Jewess1629
18 the citythe city of the Damascenes1629
19 now and everboth now and ever1638
20 which was of our fatherswhich was our fathers1616

Gentle reader, in the preceding chart you have seen 5% of all the textual changes made in the King James Bible in 375 years. Only one (#10) has serious doctrinal implications. Here, the 1611 reading of Psalm 69:32 has "seek good" where the correct reading should be "seek God". But the spelling similarity of the words "good" and "God" reveal the problem to be merely that of a weary type setter's having misread the proof. This error was so obvious that it was caught and corrected in 1617, only six years after the first printing and well before the first so-called 1629 revision. Dr. David Reagan reports (p. 11) that his examination of Scrivener's entire appendix resulted in this as being the only doctrinal variation.

Both the character and the frequency of the changes disclose them to be but printing oversights. Yet scholars, even fundamental conservatives, refer to the thousands of modifications made to the 1611 over the years as if they were on a par with the changes in recent versions. They are not. Again, the overwhelming majority is either type style or spelling changes. The few that remain are clearly corrections of printing errors made due to the tedious nature involved in the early printing

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