Bible NKJV - New King James Ve

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About this app

The New King James Version (NKJV) is an English translation of the Bible first published in 1982 by Thomas Nelson.The New Testament was published in 1979, the Psalms in 1980, and the full Bible in 1982. It took seven years to complete. The anglicized edition was originally known as the Revised Authorized Version, but the NKJV title is now used universally.


This NKJV app contains many downloadable bibles with features like highlight, search, bookmark, note and reading plans for your daily bible study.


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According to the preface of the NKJV, the NKJV uses the 1967/1977 Stuttgart edition of the Biblia Hebraica for the Old Testament, with frequent comparisons made to the Ben Hayyim edition of the Mikraot Gedolot published by Bomberg in 1524–25, which was used for the King James Version. Both the Old Testament text of the NKJV and that of the KJV come from the ben Chayyim text. However, the 1967/1977 Stuttgart edition of the Biblia Hebraica used by the NKJV uses an earlier manuscript (the Leningrad Manuscript B19a) than that of the KJV.

The New King James Version also uses the Textus Receptus ("Received Text") for the New Testament, just as the original King James Version had used. As explained in the preface, notes in the center column acknowledge variations from Novum Testamentum Graece (designated NU after Nestle-Aland and United Bible Societies) and the Majority Text (designated M).

Ratings and reviews

This Bible application has a good user interface, aesthetics, features, etc. It isn't saving my created Topics on my cellphone. It does save them on the tablet. Developers please consider auto alphabetical ordering of the 'Categories/Titles' when adding new categories under the Topic tab. An email to the contact was undeliverable. Also, the option to underline verses would be appreciated. Thanks for the highlighting options already available. *Has not been updated in almost 2 years.

I'm literally only giving a 4 because every time I look up a verse I have a pop up asking for feedback/review. Kinda hard to get through Bible study, much less church services without continuing to decline or actually doing a review so you can get to your verses!! Ridiculous!! Otherwise, love the multiple highlight options (helps decipher bible study verses between church service verses), the ease to operate and quickness of access.

Love the design and flow of the app and the offline capability. Now the bad - not even half of the cross references work when I click on them. Obnoxious ads that plays sounds as I'm trying to highlight during a Bible study or church is completely inappropriate. Needs the ability to sync between devices. Used primarily on a Note 9, but also occasionally on a Tab S2.

What's new

- Audio for KJV
- more cross reference
- Backup and restore
- improved search and app performance
- better looks