On Problems with the KJV English by Alan D. Eastman adeastm@ppco.com Many of the difficulties come from changes in the meaning of words (e.g., "let" in Jacobean times meant "hinder," not "allow" as it does not.) A good Bible dictionary will help here. However, many of the difficulties are grammatical. Some of the difficulties also come from the use in the scriptures of the now-unfamiliar second-person singular mode ("thee," "thou," etc.) Here's a quick summary of how that works, based on a Priesthood lesson I once gave on the language of prayer, as well as the alternate conjunction (i.e., endings in -eth) for many verbs. Funny verbs - In Jacobean English, many verbs which now end in -s were ended in -eth or -est; for example, "speaks" was "speaketh," and "goes" was "goest." The '-est' ending was used for second person singular (i.e., thou goest), while the '-eth' ending was used for third person singular (i.e., he goeth.) Note that the 'e' can be dropped in some words: 'has' becomes 'hast' or 'hath,' depending on the usage. The plurals are largely unchanged from modern English. Thee, thou, thy, and thine - These pronouns are used in the second person singular, a construction which is now almost obsolete in English, but still very much alive in, for example, the Romance languages. "Thou" is used as the subject of a sentence or clause: "Thou art Christ, the son of the living God." Thee is an object: "...flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee..." Thy and thine are possessives; 'thy' is used before words starting with a consonant sound, while 'thine' is used with words which start with a vowel sound. If this sounds a little strange, the articles 'a' and 'an' in English operate exactly the same way. So 'hallowed be thy name' but 'thine eye single to the glory of God.' Ye and you - This one is simple - 'ye' is a subject ('search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life...'), and you is the object ('verily, verily, I say unto you...')