If the bible is the word of god, then why is there?......?

So it is clear. They will have the plagues that are written in the book. I do not know whether they have got plagues up to now or not. Prophet Mohamed and Muslims also belong to this category of changing the word of God

1) Then why are there many different translations of the bible?

A translation is NOT an edit.

2) The passages from revelation states that no "ONE" should remove or change any words in the bible.

No, it doesn't. Read that again. Change is not mentioned. Notice it specifies "prophecy" and "this book". Even so, translation is not adding or subtracting from the words of prophecy - it is translating those words into words of the equivalent meaning. No word added. No word removed.

Simply understanding what is actually written - forget interpretation, just the bare meaning of the English words - will answer your question for you.

Jim, http://www.christianwebprogramming.com/br/

Languages change but meanings do not. God is protecting the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls proved that through all the copying, the meanings have remained...

(Revelation 22:18-19) “I am bearing witness to everyone that hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone makes an addition to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this scroll; 19 and if anyone takes anything away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God will take his portion away from the trees of life and out of the holy city, things which are written about in this scroll.

the early copyists knew this and were very careful...what people claim as rewrites being inaccurate is more about them putting their own interpretations on the same set of words...

Example...when Jesus said he was SENT by his Father...then he was SENT. Jesus cannot BE his own father...No son can.

Yet the RCC states that Jesus IS god and that Mary is the MOTHER of God...The Bible says nothing of the sort.

The Bible has not been edited several times, it has been copied and altered so copyright can be registered for money, by the publishers, and in some cases to support a more liberal religious group. Case in point, NKJV, NIV, Good News, Moffat and so on.

You will infringe copyright if you reproduce any part of them without permission and acknowledgement .

The Authorised KJV Bible has always been free to quote from and reproduce, leaving it open to copying and "peddling God's word for money"

The reason the King James Bible is the superior English Bible in the world today… formal equivalence.

The translators were determined not to tell you God's intent, but just convey to you His words!

The Authorised King James Bible gives you God's words, so you have an absolute upon which to judge everything else, and is is the only Bible I use and will EVER use.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with changing the Bible from one language to another, or changing a word to a more modern word, as long as the meaning and context is not changed.

This was the case in the different changes for many years, up to and including the KJV. After that, there have been many changes that directly change the meaning of the Bible...whole verses left out, and words changed to say something completely different.

The Bible is God's Word, and that is why God said four times in His Word, don't add to it, and don't take away from it.

The reason people make these changes is because they do not really believe it is the word of God, or they do not believe that God has preserved His Word as He promised, so they have to "correct" it, Or they don't like what it says so they change it to read more like they want.

This is why I stick with the KJV. It is the last version in a long line of Bibles that did not change the words to say anything different. King James did not have any part in the translating of it, and the experts that He hired to do the job, had no motive to make changes. They simply translated it into modern English.

The original languages it was written in were much richer than language is today. Many times there are several words which mean similar things. So the translators use the words they think the best.

The most literal translation is the New American Standard, but it can sound harsh to our ears. Otherwise there is the Amplified Bible, which uses several words, trying to import the original richness by using many words instead of one.

The best way to get the most out of it is to compare translations. BTW - translating words are not taking away or adding to!!!

We need new translations as language changes ... becomes more and more watered down. Shakespeare is rather slow reading to us today, but it was written in the common language of the everyday man, which is why the nobles of the time did not like it, but to us today .... !

I don't think that it has been edited. The KJV added words here and there for 'clarity of understanding' but made it clear that they were added. The NIV had removed these added words to make it nearer the original and get accused of removing words of scripture (which they have not done). There is much misunderstanding as to why versions vary so much but all changes have been made in good faith by people of faith who trust God to guide them. The newer versions are simply written in more modern English (and probably non-English versions have had similar changes).

We must remember that the original was not in English anyway so every version that we have is a translation. Language changes and people like to read scripture in the language that they use in their daily lives. Having more than one version is always a good idea in bible study so that, when in doubt, you can compare with another and your understanding will be greater.

As someone who knows two languages, I can tell you with certainty that it is extremely difficult to change one language to another. Translation, though, is absolutely necessary. The best thing to do if you want clear Bible truth is to compare several translations, compare the different words used to describe the same thing, then form an overall picture of the original thought.

You could learn Hebrew and Greek, too, but that would be slow.

The Bible was first written in Hebrew for the Old Testament and in Greek for the New. In the 11th century the Old and New Testaments were translated to Latin, known as the Vulgate, In the 17th this version was translated into English by order of King James (1st king of UK) and since into every language under the sun!

because it is not the word of god. it is speculated that moses hallucinated god coming to him and giving him the ten commandments through psylocibonic mushrooms, and i don't doubt that the idea of a supernatural being and creator transpired from similar events. also, the bible was written to keep people in check. when you think that committing sins will doom you to an afterlife of fire and pain, you will probably act better. the bible has been changed to deal with modern problems and to keep modern people in check.... just as long as they are willing to believe that there is some guy in the sky watching over them, judging them, and sealing their fate for when they die.