KJV changelog

KJV fork changelog

Every grammatical and translational change the modernised KJV makes to the 1769 text, with the reason for it, who approved it and when. The original is never edited: these are rules applied as you read, and the reader's Original view shows the text as printed. Spelling-only changes are on the rules page.

2 changes in force.

Grammatical (2)

Verb and pronoun forms brought into today's English: the words are the translators', the inflections ours.

  1. Grammatical

    hathhas

    Oct 19, 2026

    The third-person -th ending of have; has is today's form. The meaning is unchanged.

    Approved by QA reviewer on Oct 19, 2026 · about 2,302 places in the KJV (estimated from a sample) · Rule #17

    • …Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hathhas befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

      1 Sam 20:26

    • For he looked for a city which hathhas foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

      Heb 11:10

    • And Samuel said, As thy sword hathhas made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.…

      1 Sam 15:33
  2. Grammatical

    spakespoke

    Oct 19, 2026

    Spake is the older past tense of speak; spoke is today's. The meaning is unchanged.

    Approved by QA reviewer on Oct 19, 2026 · about 595 places in the KJV (estimated from a sample) · Rule #16

    • And this spakespoke he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied…

      John 11:51

    • And the Lord spakespoke unto Moses, saying,

      Num 27:6

    • And Balaam said unto Balak, SpakeSpoke I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

      Num 24:12