To this end, all available helps have been used. The work is not a revision of the Bible in common use. Poetical parts are distinguished from the rest by a metrical arrangement to which those are accustomed who use Paragraph Bibles. However, this has been abandoned in the Prophets where the poetical form is often complicated. Ordinary spelling of proper names has been adhered to, subject to numerous and necessary corrections.
Italics indicate emphasis.
In the first edition of the New Testament, the translator used the Textus Receptus . But the Textus Receptus was itself often changed in the text of the work. He decided to adopt its reading, not attempt to make a text of his own. Since the first edition, various new helps became available. However, there has been little change in the actual translating.