EASY TO UNDERSTAND LIVING BIBLE?

Here are several examples where the Living Bible and the NEB are easier than the KJV

Acts 17:18  ... He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods:  KJV

Acts 17:18 A propagandist for foreign deities (LB)


Acts 18:28  For he mightily convinced the Jews, ... KJV

Acts 18:28 Indefatigable in confuting (LB)


Acts 20:19  ... by the lying in wait of the Jews: KJV

Acts 20:19 Machinations of the Jews (LB)


Acts 25:9  But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, ... KJV

Acts 25:9 Anxious to ingratiate himself (LB)


1 Tim 1:9 ... for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, KJV

1 Tim 1:9 Patricides & Matricides (LB)


1 Tim 6:4  He is proud, knowing nothing, KJV

I Tim 6:4 I call him a pompous ignoramus (LB)


James 3:8  ... it is an unruly evil, ... KJV

James 3:8 It is an intractable evil (LB)


Jude 1:23  ... hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. KJV

Jude 1:23 Clothing that is contaminated with sensuality (LB)


Rev 18:16  ... decked with gold, KJV

Rev 18:16 Bedizened with gold (LB)


Here are some other words found in the NEB, making it easier for us to understand:

Extirpate (destroy);
exasperate (grieved);
repudiate (reject);
imperial (mighty);
calumny (speak evil falsely);
massacre (slay);
reprimand (rebuke);
astrologers (wise men);
infamous (evil).