Personal Size Giant Print Reference Bible (KJV, Black Bonded Leather)

One of our best-selling Bibles offers compact styling with easy-to-read type and helpful references. Available in a wide variety of colors, the Personal Size Giant Print Reference Edition is popular with those who want to reduce eyestrain when reading.

In addition, the KJV is based on the "Textus Receptus" (TR). And again, I consider this Greek text to be more reliable than the "Critical Text" (CT) that most modern versions utilize. Although, I actually prefer the "Majority Text" (MT) to the TR, but these two texts are very close, much closer to each other than either is to the CT.

But it must be noted that the KJV is not the only version that follows a formal equivalence principle and is based on the TR. There are several other such versions, such as the New King James Version, Modern King James Version, and the Literal Translation of the Bible, while my own Analytical-Literal Translation is based on the MT.

Moreover, each of these other versions utilize modern-day English and thus are relatively easy to read while the KJV's use of the Elizabethan English can make it very difficult to understand.

Now I know there are many "KJV-onlyists" who consider the KJV to the only true Bible, while all other Bible versions are called "perversions." And their diatribes even attack versions like the ones I list above. But I have taken the time to investigate their arguments and have found them to be faulty.

I present my counter-arguments to the KJV-onlyists' arguments in much detail in the section on "KJV-onlyism" in my book Differences Between Bible Versions, so I won't try to get into that discussion here. I'll simply encourage the reader to consider both sides of this argument before making a decision on it.

All that said, if you can understand the KJV then by all means utilize. But if you find the KJV difficult to read, then before condescending to read a less reliable dynamic equivalence version, or worse, giving up on reading the Bible altogether, I would suggest checking out one of the versions I mention above.

My Bible version book will provide aid in understanding the issues I address above and in choosing a Bible version. Along with looking at the versions mentioned above, my book also reviews over 25 other versions of the Bible.


God's Living Word.....   July 25, 2001
 15 out of 29 found this review helpful

please read this book.... KJV Bible saves souls and grants immeasurable wisdom to readers through intervention of the Holy Spirit. It changes lives and is infallible in it's entirety. Many peoples condemn the Bible and Jesus Christ, but they can't understand the Sovereignty of God. Amen


king james bible   March 15, 2001
 13 out of 24 found this review helpful

because its the closest thing to the original manuscripts.


Personal size giant print reference bible.   March 12, 2006
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

This book is well made, good paper, gilt edged w/ribbon marker. good soft leather binding. good contrast ratio for easy reading and large print. My Aunt( for whom I bought it) who has very limited vision cannot read a regular book. She LOVES this bible. She can see the words and read it clearly.


Color Matters   November 1, 2003
 8 out of 13 found this review helpful

I could have purchased this item from a dozen different sellers. I was told AFTER the wrong color arrived, that the selection was at random and there was no way to select the color I wanted.