D., Author of 'Crowned with Glory: The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version').Ĭasiodoro de Reina (1520-1594), a former Roman Catholic monk, published his translation of the Bible in 1569. (The following information comes from the excellent review 'The Spanish Fountain: A History and Review of the Reina-Valera Version,' by Thomas Holland, Th. Here is a simple history of good and bad editions of the Reina-Valera Spanish Bible. Therefore this much I can tell you: All editions of the Reina-Valera are not alike! Some are very close to the KJV, while others are near-duplicates of the perverted Alexandrian bibles. But I do know a good Greek text from a bad one. Are all Reina-Valeras equal, or are some better than others?Īnswer: I am not a Spanish scholar, so I cannot judge the translation of that language per se. You said that the Reina-Valera is the closest Spanish Bible to the KJV. Omissions and Contradictions in Bible versions: please, click HEREĬlick HERE to read more about KJV vs. Thus, the KJV is public domain, so are all versions of theīible published in our site, and every Bible should be: Freely ye have received, freely give.(Mat.

Without any concern to pay or request permission. Such factors are that the above versions areīased on the TR codices, and are copyright free - that means, you can copy and distribute them Reina Valera, in Spanish, and Louis Second, in French, etc.

There are, however, other factors which affected our decision to use only the King James Version of the Bible,Īnd other similar versions in other languages, i.e., Joao Ferreira de Almeida, in Portuguese, Namely the NIV, the New Jerusalem Bible, ESV, the Standard Bible, etc.Ĭertainly the main reason is that the KJV of the Bible has been tried and proven in our own lives. Many have asked us why we include in our site only the King James version of the Bible and do not include other versions,

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