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Revelation, a Detailed Comparison Between Wycliffe’s Translation, and King James Translation This comparison will focus on the most important book of the Bible for those living in the time of the end. Wycliffe was one of, if not the first to translate it into the English language, completing it in 1380, and it is of great importance as being perhaps the oldest extant English copy of this book.

The King James

version used is an exact reprint of the original 1611 edition. The scanned in chapter one page of each of these versions can be seen here:

As can be seen, the spellings and even shape of the letters used today are quite different, and they have been modernized for this comparison. Since this book

is so important, it seemed that there might be merit in doing a word-for-word comparison between these two versions. That was done, and the differences noted. The actual number of differences are small, and while the major points are the same, there are several places that give cause to pause and consider the meaning. It is hoped that this will prove of some benefit to those who are deeply interested in what God’s Word has to say regarding the events that will take place leading up to the end of this world’s history. May God’s Word always be read under the leading of the Holy Spirit, and may God’s true children live their lives according the absolute truths it contains. Red marks words that have been added in the King James, and orange marks words that have been deleted from the Wycliffe.

Where different words are

used for obviously the same meaning, such as “senior” in the Wycliffe translation becoming “Elder” in the King James, i usually only marked the change in the first instance. Please remember that the King James used here is an exact reprint of the original 1611 edition, so will not exactly match the KJV Bible readily available today. Revelation chapter 1

1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:9 1 :10 1 :12 1 :13 1 :18 1 :19

Wycliffe congregations Lord over

King James churches Prince of God and his Father shall wail because of him I John, who also am your the Lords day

a sonday I turned back with a linen garment down to the ground I am alive

down to the foot, I am he that liveth,

shall be fulfilled hereafter,

Revelation chapter 2 2:6

hast, because thou

hast, that thou

2 :13 2 :14 2 :19 2 :20 2 :22

And in my days Antipas was a faithful witness of mine, taught in balak to put occasion of sin love

even in those days, wherein Antipas was my faithful Martyr, taught Balak to cast a stumbling block charity

deeds which called herself

works which calleth herself

deceive fornication

seduce adultery

Revelation chapter 3 3:1 3:4 3:9 3 :14 3 :16 3 :21

seven Spirits few names even all to know creatures

creation

thou art between both in my seat,

thou art lukewarm in my throne,

Revelation chapter 4 4:1 4:4 4 :11

be fulfilled hereafter. seniors sitting for thy will’s sake

Elders sitting for thy pleasure

Revelation chapter 5 5:9 5 :11 5 :14

thousand thousands fell upon their faces

Revelation chapter 6

hast redeemed us to God, ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, fell down

6:8

green horse with

6 :10 6 :13 6 :14 6 :17

death,

pale horse that

cometh

of

vermin How long tarriest thou Lord

with death, and with the beasts How long, O Lord her untimely figs

heaven vanished away

heaven departed

be able to endure it?

be able to stand?

Revelation chapter 7 7:2

7:3 7 :10 7 :14

from the region of the sun

from the East

to whom power was given

to

till I have sealed Health to our God

given till we have sealed Salvation to our God

Lord, thou (knowest).

wottest

made their garments large

whom

is

was

Sir, thou knowest. have

washed

their

robes

Revelation chapter 8 8:4 8:6 8 :11 8 :12 8 :13

came of the prayers to blow.

came with the prayers to sound. many men died

and the day was smitten that the third part of it should not shine

the day shone not for a third part of it other voices

Revelation chapter 9 9:4

it was said unto them

it was commanded them

9:5

it was commanded

seal of God it was given

9:9 9 :11 9 :13 9 :16 9 :17

habbergion Apollyon, that is to say, a destroyer. four corners

breastplates Apollyon.

number of horsemen of war were twenty times x M fiery habbergions of a Jacinth color

army of the horsemen were hundred thousand thousand breastplates of fire and of Jacinth

four horns two

Revelation chapter 10 10:4 10:6 10:7 10:1 1

mark those be no longer time be fulfilled as preached by among many

he

Seal up those be time no longer be finished as he hath declared to before many

to many kings

Revelation chapter 11 11:1 11:2 11:8

11:9 11:3 11:1 7 11:1 8

And then

And there

it was said unto me quyre which is within the temple cast out, bodies shall lie in the streets

the Angel stood, saying Court which is without the Temple leave out, dead bodies shall lie in the street also dead bodies

slain names of men omnipotent

Almighty

thou shouldest judge them

they should be judged

Revelation chapter 12 12:4 12:6

M and xxvi days.

12:1

health

stars of heaven, a thousand, two hundred, and threescore days. salvation

0 12:1 4 12:1 5 12:1 6 12:1 7

he is cast dragon.

the accuser of our brethren is cast serpent.

as it had been a river river

as a flood

and went and made war

and went to make war

flood

Revelation chapter 13 13:2 13:3 13:8

13:1 1 13:1 2 13:1 3 13:1 4 13:1 5

cat of the mountain wondered at worshipped

leopard wondered after shall worship

beginning as did the dragon.

foundation as a dragon.

And he did all that the first beast could do in his presence, he did

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, he doeth

deceived

on the earth deceiveth

signs give a spirit

miracles give life

Revelation chapter 14 14:5 14:6

14:7 14:8 14:1 0

14:1

spot I saw an angel

fault I saw another Angel

that sit and dwell give honor

that dwell give glory of the wrath without mixture

cup of his wrath

cup of his indignation

shall be punished

shall be tormented

before the holy evermore

in the presence of the holy for ever and ever

1 14:1 2 14:1 5 14:1 8 14:1 9

print of his name.

mark of his name. Commandments of God

come to reap, for the corn

come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the vine

cut down vineyard

the

grapes

of

the

fully gathered the vine cast it

cast them

Revelation chapter 15 1 5:1 1 5:4 1 5:5 1 5:6 1 5:7

fulfilled wrath

the

filled up wrath fear thee

the

for all gentiles open

for all nations opened

bright linen

white linen

evermore.

ever and ever.

Revelation chapter 16 16:1 16:3

16:5

16:8 16:9 16:1 0 16:1 5

your vials of wrath shed out

the vials of the wrath of God poured out

living thing And i heard an angel say, Lord which art, and wast, thou art righteous and holy, because thou hast given such judgment, with heat of fire. men raged in great heat, kingdom waxed dark,

living soul And I heard the Angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus:

be found naked, and men see his filthiness.

walk naked, and they see his shame.

men were scorched with great heat, kingdom was full of darkness,

16:1 7 16:1 8 16:1 9 16:2 1

voice out of the Temple And there followed

And there were

three parties,

three parts,

And there fell a great hail as it had been talents, out of heaven upon men,

And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent,

for it was great and the plague of

for

it sore.

exceeding great.

the

plague

thereof

was

Revelation chapter 17 17:1 17:2 17:3

earth are drunk which had ten horns

17:5 17:6

mother of whoredom saw the wife

Come hither earth have been made drunk having seven heads, and ten horns. Mother of Harlots saw the woman

17:7 17:8

with great marvel. I will show thou seest,

with great admiration. I will tell thou sawest,

names are not

names were not

is not. they are also seven

is not, and yet is. And there are seven

is one of the seven, and shall go into destruction. thou seest,

a short space. is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. thou sawest,

17:1 0 17:1 1 17:1 2

kingdom as yet: 17:1 4 17:1 5 17:1 7

kings at one hour that are on his side,

that are with him,

folk,

multitudes,

to do with one consent, for to give her

to agree, and give their

Revelation chapter 18 18:3 18:5 18:6 18:7

18:8 18:9 18:1 0 18:1 1 18:1 2 18:1 4 18:1 5

her merchants

the Merchants of the earth

pleasures. wickedness. double to her in the same cup which she filled unto you. wantonly, so much pour ye in for her of punishment and sorrow,

delicacies. iniquities. in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double. deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her:

being a queen come at one day, lived wantonly punishment,

come in one day, lived deliciously torment,

for at one hour mourn in themselves,

for in one hour mourn over her, silk,

apples

marble, fruits

and had in price waxed rich

and goodly, were made rich by her,

afar off from her 18:1 7 18:1 9 18:2 0 18:2 1

punishment of her, for at

her torment, For in

which work in the sea, her ware, for at one hour

and as many as trade by sea, her costliness, for in one hour

god hath given your judgment on her. be cast,

God hath avenged you on her.

at all. at all

18:2 2 sound of a mill 18:2 3

be thrown down,

sound of a millstone at all And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee: at all

enchantments

sorceries

Revelation chapter 19 19:1 19:3 19:5 19:6

And after that

And after these things

our lord god, evermore. lord god

the Lord our God: ever & ever. as it were

much people, even 19:8

great multitude, and

with pure and goodly raynes. For the raynes

19:9

Write, the Lamb’s supper.

19:1 0 19:1 1 19:1 4

the

and one of thy brethren, and of them that

marriage

of

the

Lamb.

warriors

armies with

white

raynes: smite the heathen.

and

pure

clothed in fine linen, white and clean. smite the nations: a name written,

and of small

both small

soldiers.

army. that had received

Revelation chapter 20 20:2 20:3 20:4

supper

called faithful

clothed 19:1 5 19:1 6 19:1 8 19:1 9 19:2 0

Lord God in fine linen, clean and white:

took people

laid hold nations and which had not

20:5 20:6 20:8 20:9 20:1 0 20:1 1 20:1 2 20:1 3

had taken his mark fulfilled. such all people plain

had received his mark finished.

tents prophet were

camp prophet are,

evermore. their place was no more found.

ever and ever. there was found no place for them. judged out

in her,

in it:

his deeds.

their works.

nations breadth

Revelation chapter 21 21:1 21:3 21:4

vanished from the throne, for the old things are gone.

21:6 21:1 2

well of the water

21:1 7

the measure that the angel had was after the measure that man useth. shining glass.

21:2 1 21:2 2 21:2 3 21:2 4 21:2 5 21:2 6 21:2 7

And there was therein. to lighten it.

no

temple

passed out of heaven, for the former things are passed away. fountain of the water written thereon, the children of Israel. according to the measure of a man, that is, of the Angel. transparent glass. And I saw no Temple therein: to shine in it:

people

nations

glory unto it. gates of it are not shut by day.

glory and honor into it. gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,

enter into it none unclean thing:

they only which

Revelation chapter 22 22:1 22:2

pure wood of life:

clear tree of life,

22:6

heal the people with all. of saints and prophets

for the healing of the nations. of the holy Prophets

22:8 22:9

be fulfilled. I am John, which saw and the fellow servant of thy

be done. And I John saw

22:1 1

But worship God. He that doeth evil, let him do evil still:

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:

more righteous:

righteous still:

more holy. I come shortly,

holy still. I come quickly,

that their power may be in the tree congregations.

that they may have right to the tree

generation of David,

offspring of David,

bright morning star. shall diminish of the words

bright and morning star. shall take away from the words

saith: be it, I come

saith, Surely, I come

22:1 2 22:1 4 22:1 6

22:1 9 22:2 0

Churches.

Here is a subjective list of things that seem to me to be quite different: 1:10 Many people use “Lord’s day” to try and make a case for Sunday worship. In the Wycliffe translation it is “a sondaye”. Usually Wycliffe translates “sun” as “sunne”, so this is quite interesting.

Whatever, there is still no command to

worship on Sunday, and not even clear wording that John believed Sunday was a special day. 6:8 “vermin”, not “beasts” implies pestilence carried about by rats etc. 7:2 “region of the sun”, not the “East”.

7:3 “I”, not “we”. 7:14 “have made their garments large”, not “washed robes”. 9:16 200,000 horsemen, not 200,000,000. 11:2 “court which is within”, not “without”. This is the exact opposite. Much has been written on the court “without”, but is it really the court “within”? 12:6 1026, not 1260. 13:12 “And he did all that the first beast could do in his presence”, not “And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him”. This seems to be a big difference, but i can’t exactly understand it. 14:11 “print”, not “mark”. This is stronger wording lending support to the view that the mark of the beast will be a literal mark, or print, in the forehead or hand. 14:19 “Cut down the grapes of the vineyard”, not “gathered the grapes of the vine”. This too seems to be a big difference, but i can’t understand it fully. 15:4 “gentiles”, not “nations”. 17:3 Added “having seven heads”. 17:10 “they are also”, not “there are”. This is a big difference, as it shows the 7 heads in verse 9 are one and the same as the kings referred to in verse 10. With the KJV translation, it looks like the 7 kings are different from the 7 heads. 17:12 “as yet” added.

Do the kings actually receive a kingdom or not?

Wycliffe is not clear, but the KJV is sure they do. Also, “at” is not in the KJV, so many studies have been written showing that one hour equals 15 days in prophetic time etc. etc. But if “at” is in fact correct, it just means that they receive power at the same time with the beast. 17:17 “her kingdom”, not “their kingdom”.

“Her” could refer to the woman

riding the beast, while “their” would refer to the kings’ kingdoms. 18:14 “had in price”, not “goodly”. 22:11 “more righteous”, not “righteous still”. I pray that this comparison has been of benefit, as there are always gems of truth awaiting the careful miner of God’s Word. Any questions or comments are welcomed. Please send to me, Daniel Winters, at: earlysda atmark hotmail . com