This note about Amos 7:1-6 is mainly about the text, and yet it also involves what has been termed the King James Only Controversy. I have recently been reading through the KJV (the King James Version of the Bible) and regularly note issues that cause unnecessary confusion. I haven’t met any Americans who regularly speak the Ol’ King’s English (this is subjective, for I don’t frequent Medieval Times or the Renaissance Fair either), but I DO regularly see debates online as to why the KJV is the ONLY God-inspired, Spirit-preserved, and now Church-authorized translation to be used. Reading through Amos 7 this morning I found an instance in the KJV that is unnecessarily difficult that I'd like to address here:
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