In case you thought the NKJV was just the KJV with updated language, you were wrong. Note- this list is not exhaustive. Just a brief overview, updated every now and then with more verses.
KJV > NKJV corruption
Genesis 1:1 KJV > Genesis 1:1 NKJV
(heaven > heavens)
Genesis 1:2 KJV > Genesis 1:2 NKJV
(moved upon > was hovering over)
Genesis 1:28 KJV > Genesis 1:28 NKJV
(replenish the earth > fill the earth)
Genesis 2:7 KJV > Genesis 2:7 NKJV
(man became a living soul > man became a living being)
Genesis 2:13 KJV > Genesis 2:13 NKJV
(the whole land of Ethiopia > the whole land of Cush)
Genesis 2:18 KJV > Genesis 2:18 NKJV
(I will make him a help meet for him > I will make him a helper comparable to him
Genesis 3:4 KJV > Genesis 3:4 NKJV
(in the day ye eat > in the day you eat)
Loss of clarity… “ye” = both Adam and Eve
Genesis 3:5 KJV > Genesis 3:5 NKJV
(as gods > like God)
Genesis 5:2 KJV > Genesis 5:2 NKJV
(and called their name Adam > and called them Mankind)
Genesis 10:11 KJV > Genesis 10:11 NKJV
(Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh > From that land he [Nimrod] went to Assyria and built Nineveh)
Genesis 21:33 KJV > Genesis 21:33 NKJV
(Abraham planted a grove > Abraham planted a tamarisk tree)
Genesis 20:16 KJV > Genesis 20:16 NKJV
(behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, > indeed this vindicates you)
Genesis 22:8 KJV > Genesis 22:8 NKJV
(God will provide himself a lamb > God will provide for Himself the lamb)
Genesis 22:17 KJV > Genesis 22:17 NKJV
(thy seed* shall possess the gate of his* enemies > your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.)
*Prophecy of Jesus Christ. See Galatians 3:16
Genesis 24:47 KJV > Genesis 24:47 NKJV
(earring upon her face, > nose ring on her nose)
Genesis 35:4 KJV > Genesis 35:4 NKJV
(the oak > the terebinth tree)
Genesis 36:24 KJV > Genesis 36:24 NKJV
(found the mules > found the water)
Genesis 49:6 KJV > Genesis 49:6 NKJV
(their secret … they digged down a wall. > their council … they hamstrung an ox.)
Exodus 6:3 KJV > Exodus 6:3 NKJV
(JEHOVAH > LORD)
Exodus 15:2 KJV > Exodus 15:2 NKJV
(I will prepare him an habitation; > I will praise Him;)
Exodus 22:28 KJV > Exodus 22:28 NKJV
(Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. > You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.)
Leviticus 18:4 KJV > Leviticus 18:4 NKJV
(Ye shall do my judgments > You shall observe My judgments)
Numbers 11:25 KJV > Numbers 11:25 NKJV
(they prophesied, and did not cease. > they prophesied, although they never did so again.)
Deuteronomy 16:21 KJV > Deuteronomy 16:21 NKJV
(a grove of any trees > any tree, as a wooden image,)
Deuteronomy 23:17 KJV > Deuteronomy 23:17 NKJV
(There shall be no whore … nor a sodomite > There shall be no ritual harlot … or a perverted one)
Judges 15:19 KJV > Judges 15:19 NKJV
(God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, > God split the hollow place that is in Lehi,)
1 Samuel 20:30 KJV > 1 Samuel 20:30 NKJV
(to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion > to your own shame and to the shame)
2 Samuel 5:21 KJV > 2 Samuel 5:21 NKJV
(burned them > carried them away)
2 Samuel 14:14 KJV > 2 Samuel 14:14 NKJV
(neither doth God respect any person > Yet God does not take away a life)
2 Kings 23:29 KJV > 2 Kings 23:29 NKJV
(went up against > went to the aid)
Psalm 4:4 KJV > Psalm 4:4 NKJV
(Stand in awe > Be angry)
Psalm 83:18 KJV > Psalm 83:18 NKJV
(JEHOVAH > the LORD)
Psalm 119:160 KJV > Psalm 119:160 NKJV
(Thy word is true from the beginning > The entirety of Your word is truth)
Proverbs 18:1 KJV > Proverbs 18:1 NKJV
(seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom > rages against all wise judgment.)
Proverbs 19:18 KJV > Proverbs 19:18 NKJV
(let not thy soul spare for his crying > do not set your heart on his destruction)
Proverbs 22:12 KJV > Proverbs 22:12 NKJV
(transgressor > faithless)
Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV > Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV
(he hath set the world in their heart > He has put eternity in their hearts)
Isaiah 7:14 KJV > Isaiah 7:14 NKJV
(a virgin > the virgin)
Isaiah 12:2 KJV > Isaiah 12:2 NKJV
(the LORD JEHOVAH > YAH, the LORD)
Isaiah 26:4 KJV > Isaiah 26:4 NKJV
(the LORD JEHOVAH > YAH, the LORD)
Hosea 11:12 KJV > Hosea 11:12 NKJV
(ruleth with God > walks with God)
Matthew 1:23 KJV > Matthew 1:23 NKJV
(a virgin > the virgin)
Matthew 2:12 KJV > Matthew 2:12 NKJV
(warned of God in a dream > divinely warned in a dream)
Matthew 7:14 KJV > Matthew 7:14 NKJV
(narrow > difficult)
Matthew 12:40 KJV > Matthew 12:40 NKJV
(whale > fish)
Matthew 23:10 KJV > Matthew 23:10 NKJV
(masters, Master > teachers, Teacher)
Luke 11:4 KJV > Luke 11:4 NKJV
(deliver us from evil > deliver us from the evil one)
John 1:3 KJV > John 1:3 NKJV
(by > through)
John 3:20 KJV > John 3:20 NKJV
(reproved > exposed)
John 4:24 KJV > John 4:24 NKJV
(God is a Spirit > God is Spirit) (in spirit and in truth > in spirit and truth)
John 4:32,4 KJV > John 4:32,4 NKJV
(meat > food)
John 8:35 KJV > John 8:35 NKJV
(the Son abideth ever > a son abides forever)
John 14:16 KJV > John 14:16 NKJV
(Comforter > Helper)
Acts 3:26 KJV > Acts 3:26 NKJV
(Son > Servant)
Acts 17:11 KJV > Acts 17:11 NKJV
(noble > fair-minded) (readiness of mind > readiness)
Acts 17:22 KJV > Acts 17:22 NKJV
(superstitious > religious)
Romans 8:24 KJV > Romans 8:24 NKJV
(are saved > were saved)
1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV > 1 Corinthians 1:18 NKJV
(are saved > are being saved)
1 Corinthians 15:2 KJV > 1 Corinthians 15:2 NKJV
(keep in memory > hold fast that word)
2 Corinthians 2:15 KJV > 2 Corinthians 2:15 NKJV
(are saved > are being saved)
2 Corinthians 4:14 KJV > 2 Corinthians 4:14 NKJV
(raise up us also by Jesus > also raise us up with Jesus)
Ephesians 2:5 KJV > Ephesians 2:5 NKJV
(are saved > have been saved)
Ephesians 3:9 KJV > Ephesians 3:9 NKJV
(by > through)
Colossians 1:16 KJV > Colossians 1:16 NKJV
(by > through)
2 Thessalonians 2:7 KJV > 2 Thessalonians 2:7 NKJV
(he > He)
2 Thessalonians 2:8 KJV > 2 Thessalonians 2:8 NKJV
(that Wicked > the lawless one)
1 Timothy 6:10 KJV > 1 Timothy 6:10 NKJV
(all evil > all kinds of evil)
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV > 2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV
(Study > Be diligent)
Titus 2:4 KJV > Titus 2:4 NKJV
(teach > admonish) (to be sober > removed)
James 5:16 KJV > James 5:16 NKJV
(faults > trespasses)
1 John 3:16 KJV > 1 John 3:16 NKJV
(the love of God > love)
Revelation 3:10 KJV > Revelation 3:10 NKJV
(the word of my patience > My command to persevere)
Revelation 4:1 KJV > Revelation 4:1 NKJV
(a door was opened > a door standing open)
Revelation 13:16 KJV > Revelation 13:16 NKJV
(in their right hand… foreheads > on their right hand… foreheads)
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