The King James Code

To avoid the use of the sacred, personal name of God, the King James translators developed a code that is still used in most versions today, even the modern ones. The code is as follows:

1) Elohim is rendered as God (Genesis 1:1).

2) Yah'weh is rendered as LORD - all in capital letters (Genesis 4:1).

3) Sovereign is rendered as Lord - a capital L followed by lower case letters (Genesis 18:27).

4) Sovereign Yah'weh is rendered as Lord GOD (Genesis 15:2).

5) Yah'weh Elohim is rendered as LORD God (Genesis 2:4).

So, every time the personal name of God - Yahweh - appears, it is rendered as LORD unless it appears in conjunction with Sovereign, in which case it is rendered GOD. But either way, its presence is always indicated by all capital letters.

Reference sources:

The Blue Letter Bible Online

 http://www.blueletterbible.org/

The Scriptures online provided by EliYah.com

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