Whether good or bad, and regardless which is better, here's more proof that the old KJV and NKJ aren't the same translation of different eras. In fact, they don't even translate the same Old Testament.
The NewK's footnote "h" in Pro.18:8, misleads the reader to think the old KJV's reading isn't actually even from a Bible, but from a "Jewish tradition".
Here is what is actually going on: The old KJV's Hebrew Old Testament is the Masoretic Text. Its name means, "the Handed Down Text". The "Jewish tradition" mentioned in the footnote of the NewK isn't what we're used to calling a "Jewish tradition". I.e.it isn't a ceremonious man-made law, used to disregard God's commandments. Any action repeated every generation is a tradition — even if it is recorded in the Bible, and instituted by God Himself! God started the tradition of having Jews record and copy the Old Testament, as we call it.
And interestingly enough, the _king_ of Israel is the primary person commanded to do so.
"And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of _his_ _kingdom_, that he shall write him a _copy_ of this law in a book out of that /which/ /is/ before the priests the Levites:" — Deuteronomy 17:18 _King_ James Version.
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