Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-03-03
DR, wEBsTER's
CORRECTED BIBLE.


Az various opinions have been entertained.
even by our learned men, respecting the pro-
priety Of amending the language of the conn
mon version OF the Scriptures; and ss common
English readers may not know the reasons
which call for some alterations, il may be use
ful to state few Of the facts which justify sii
attempt 70 correct and purify the language Of
this version.
/. In che common version, some express.
sions which were considered TO be good Eng
lish when the translation was mode, are now
universally considered ungrammatical. Thus
ohich for soho, referring TO persons, is never
admitted into modern writhgs=--ai persons
agree that whfeh should never be used to reps
resent person, sour father sobifh art in
heaven" Is. not now good English, whieh
should be scho.
The word his applied to things is not grpm-
maticali "The ffuit-tree yielding seed after his
kind" Is not good English,
The word shall Is used where tciH ought to
be used, In multitude Of passages, probably
in more than Thousand.
Should is sometimes used for tpouid but
most improperly, according to established
usage. s
IN Aitngered, is not good Eng isb.
Q. Many words, in the common version.
have, In modern use. entirely lost the signiicn-
ton which they have in this version; and SONS
Of them certainly, if not all, are uninieigbc
To the common English reader. 1t is doubtful
whether the word leasing, FPS. d; 81 is gem
orally understood. The word carriage, rs
used in the Bible is not understood. The ex-
preston fanced city, may mislead young per-
sons; and chapter is word now disused The
word conversations now signifies mutual dis
course; in the Bible, il never has that signif-
cation. The word prevent now signifies 20
atop OF hinder from taking place; in the Bible
II has very different meaning, and il is doubts
fu whether in the sirfeen passages in which il
occurs, il IL Ineligible to one reader in huns
dred
There are some words which are ineligible
to most readers, but which are used in different
senses; and the proper Specification in the BIZ
BILE may be easily mistaken. Thus the COM
mon meaning Of discover, as now used, is, TO
lind or come To the knowledge Of what was b.
/ fore unknown. But in most Of the passages
in which il is used in the Bible, this IS not tho
signihcation--the sense is to uncover or reveal.
The word bid may not be wholly unintelli-
gible, as used in the Scriptures; yet it is 80
I generally used for command that young per-
sons may mistake It's meaning, when it is used
for iarife.
The word trade, as used in the Bible, does
not express the true idea Of the original.
Meat is so generally used for flesh, in modern
times, that IL may he misunderstood; for in thu
i Scripture il signifies food in general DR..
Campbell makes similar remark.
i va, srisi, and yet are obsolete, so Ia deal, rs
used in the Bible.
Surety, in the common version, is used in
ssense obsolete.
CxrniDg is now used in a sense different
from that in the Bible, in which it signifes
skiitfti, in good sense.
The phrase God speed Is neither grammar
nor sense.
These examples may suffice.
3. There are some errors in the present
. version which require correction; they are 81
obvious that no man of learning pretends to
deny the fact. SEE Gen. 2: Is; Dicuf. 1: e;
Matt. %: "a; Cor. 4: 4; Acts 10: 4. BY
rendering the Hebrew Cush by Efhiopia. the
transators have placed Ethiopia in Asia, in
several passages, when in fact there was rs,
country so called in Asia, and il is very certain
that the writers of the Scriptures had no
knowledge Of any such word. The elements
Of the word are not found in the Hebrew ar
other language of Asia. The translators made
Scriptures. instead of the Hebrew.
These and many other errors and faults 10
the common version, DR.. Webster has correct
ed; aud it is believed, very much TO the satis-
faction of those who have examined his edition
!. Of the Bible.
1t may be remarked that in several Of tho
3 passages above referred to, the transators er-
I red by deviating from the older versions, made
: in the reign of Elizabeth, which were correct.
They altered what was correct and made il in
correct. This is the fact in Gen. 2: Is AMI
in Matt. 23: 81.
II may be further remarked that the Ameri-
can Bible Society are sending Bibles sbroai
: which differ in the translation OF certain passr-
ges. The French copy which they have pub
S lished is correct in several passages, in which
S our common version is incorrect. Some oi thu
e versions above cited furnish examples.
+ In these brief remarks, no particular notice
o will be taken Of many words and phrases in thu
y common version which dccency forbds to bs
uttered in company; the inference of which
L disturbs family devoton; the insertion Of which
# in any other book would preclude it from fami.
lies and libraries; and the use Of which in III,
v Bible is inconsistent with the refinement and
!, decorum Of the present age.