Check these out.
Also seems to me the ease of reading is on the side of the KJV or Authorized Version.
|
BIBLE VERSE |
NIV |
KJB or AV |
|
Ezra 9:5 |
abasement |
heaviness |
|
2 Chr 15:14 |
acclamation |
voice |
|
Ezek 40:13 |
alcove |
little chamber |
|
2 Chr 13:22 |
annotations |
story |
|
Num 31:50 |
armless |
chains |
|
Rev 4:3 |
carnelian |
sardine |
|
I Ki 7:6 |
colonnade |
porch |
|
I Pet 4:4 |
dissipation |
riot |
|
Ex 28:20 |
filigree settings |
enclosings |
|
Is 59:13 |
fomenting |
speaking |
|
Jer 46:20 |
gadfly |
destruction |
|
Gen 41:3 |
gaunt |
leanfleshed |
|
Ezek 39:19 |
glutted |
full |
|
Ezra 6:11 |
impaled |
hanged |
|
Jer 48:30 |
insolence |
wrath |
|
Gen 12:9 |
Negev |
south |
|
Gen 6:4 |
Nephilim |
giants |
|
Ps 49:16 |
overawed |
afraid |
|
Is 16:6 |
overweening |
very |
|
Est 1:6 |
porphyry |
red |
Now maybe it's because I'm not "scholarly" but I really do understand the KJB better than I do the NIV. I'll admit that I'd have to look up most of those words changed from the KJB.