The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-03
.TERpAY was clear. mild.
Philadelphia BulleiionJ
The Revised IranNlnff ion of The Bihle

being conducted by the appoir ed commit
tees in this country and in England. The
work upon the New Testament is now com.
pleted. and those who have not followed
the matter closely may be interested TO
learn something more OF the details OF the
changes that will be made in both OF the
divisions OF the Bible. Only a few OF the
most prominent can be given within the
limits Of newspaper article. One Of the
changes made was in the matter OF the head
ings Of The chapters and the pages. in the
paragraphs, italics, and the punctuation.
Another improvement included tie removal
OF obsolete words. Thus vats Is substi-
tuted for fats; haul for hate; capitals for
Ch0DiterS ; astonishCd for 0StOnied betray
for 6eWray; magnificent for Dlqgnfcat;
delicacies for deiicQteS; cloak for cLOlce ;
since for Sih; lose for ieeSe; hose for
hOSen market-men for chdpmen; umpire
for ddgSmdn s)cke's for OucheS; drum
ming for t0Leriag ploughing for caring ;
hamsring for hOugh punder for rdUm
and coat of mail for hdber1On. These are
but few Of many such words that VIII be
removed, and the advantages Of the change
in making the meaning clear Is obvious.
The obsolete phrases that require change
also are not few in number. In the present
version, for example, the daughter OF He
rodias asks: "Give me by and by in
charger the head OF John the Baptist;
meaning, OF course, "Giye me forthwith
the head Of John the Baptist in a DISH"
Most pei sons know what is meant, but the
meaning should be clear to the very igno-
rant also.
st. Paul is made to say, in the Authorized
Version: " Alexander the Coppersmlth dd
me much evil The Lord reward him ac-
cording to his works" This somewhat un-
christian sentiment should be made TO read,
"The Lord will reward him according 10
his works" The version in use makes
Moses slay the Egyptian who was shifting
Hebrew, where their voice is not heard |:
which should be made TO speak OF - ma
ton scattered and peeled" "whose land
. the rivers have spoiled 4" whereas he did
say the "nation tail and shaven," " whose
lind the rivers divide" Some OF the
mistakes Of translation are almost COM
ical Where the same prophet is re.
5 ported as speaking of q" all that make slucies
: and ponds for fish" he really said call that
work for hIre are sad at heart" Joseph's
" coat Of many cOors" was merely a long
e tunic with sleeves :" The word "mules in
the thirty.siXth chapter of Genesis, twenty
fourth verse, should be rendered "warm
springs" f." certsinly very odd misinterpre-
tatjon Of meaning. In the thirteenth chap
.yiches; the "dragons" are iackals
the "satyrs" are goats, and the "wild
beasts Of the islands" are wolves. The
: DsheadbandS and tablets and earrings OF th(
third cbapter of Isaiah are saShe> and per-
lfume.boXes and amulcts. In the third chap
Is fer OF Ezekiel "piliOWS to all armholes
d sbould be "cuShiOns for the knuckleS,
y, ,gThick clay" in Hubbakuk should be
pledges, or goods in pawn: "the groves
so often referred to in the Old Testamen'
'e were not groves, but pillars; "tllgons o.
IS wine" in the third chapter OF Hosea ough
to be "c9kes OF Pressed grapes anc
ID " galleries" in the seventh chapter OF Can
ticles should be "curls" or locks OF halr.
r.. Mistakes in the construction OF sentence
~ are many and grievOuS. Thus, David i
IL made 10 say "There is no speech nor Ian
lie guage whereas the Egyptians slew th'
u man" Isaiah rather be rendered: "Ther'
is no speech nor language; Their voice L
: not heard" In Ezekiel "yc my flock ar'
men, should be ave men are my flock ,
In Job it is said of the hippopotamus: " II
that made him can make his sword approach
unto him." The real meaning being "hi
Maker gives him his sword" that is,
III tusk. Mulutudes Of persons have won
at dered why the Good Samaritan was s.
mean as to give only two pence 10 the inn
Us keeper and why the householder agTeet
with the laborers for only penny day
The coin that was used was the Greek de
narius, worth about seventeen cents. II
translate it into an English penny certainl
was injudicious. ST. Paul did not 81
$50 | tight as not beating the air." bu
~ "So box ms not beating the AFR" st. LUX
IN is made to say Of Jesus on the cross: " An
when Jesus had cried with loud voice h
said, Father" DC. What he wrote was
And Jesus, calling with loud voice, SAID
Father" &c. In the fifth chapter OF Act
.'wbom We slew and hanged on tree,
should be "whom We hanged on Il tree an
slew" The heading OF the second chaptt
rs OF Daniel has the line, Nebuchadnezza
he forgetting his dream.' The theory that h
did forget il Is not warranted by corret
translation OF the text. Besides these an
similar examples of error, the text OF tn
- Authorized Version make mistakes in geo:
raDhv, in proper names, III Hebrew gran
mar. and in Greek grammar, in insertin
italics improperly, in dividing the chapter
and i'm many other matters.
These things have long been known
III scholars. Our excuse for quoting so man
examples here is that they are not know
, to the mass of the people; and it seems
be important that these should have give
10 lIlclll SUluc lilutCdtlOH vi wv bNNNSohI
a revised translation so that the prelude
against change may more easily be owe
come. Much service in this directio
. would be done by wide circul
ton of little book upon the subject
sred by the Sunday-School Union-a boo
u" from which we have taken these illustr
SITS tions. The Authorized Version IL not
all all sacred. 1t is itself revision OF 9TH
ON translations, and the time seems 10 ha'
come when superior modern scholarsnl
with the vast information which it has hl
o' placed at It's command by the discover
. and investigations OF the past two hundrt
re- years, should effect another revision. Wh
or we want 10 know, after oil, Is what the
IAN cred writers really said-not what Hi
,,a James's translators guessed they said.
bt. manifest error in the Authorized version
in- entitled to no more respect than an error
any other book, and if intensely conserV
nd tive people will once fairly get that IDEA IN
their beads they may be willing to welcon
l. the coming revision.
Governors Bishop and Blackburn pard