The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-08


Version IS In violation OF the laws OF Hebrew
grammar. The most MISUNDERSTANDING
error il the disregard OF the senses, par'icu'
lsrly in The poeiicsl and propheiicai books
az the Old Testament, 10 the serious detri-
ment and often TO the total observation OF
tho seuse. In Psalms ill.,: 4, David does
MOI cry. II cried aud che heard and verse
s. sthe Lord sustained as though be were
relating what had already taken place; bni.
II will cry,' she will hear the Lord VIII
sustain 1t Is the language OF confident ex'
.Psslms xix. 8, not THERE'S no speech
nor language ,chere their voice Is not heard,
AZ though the Psalmist were speaking OF
the universally OF Gods seif-revelation IN
nature. The insertion OF the italic word
,ohere' entirely deranges the relation OF
the clauses. and introduces totally different
Thought from that which David intended.
He means that all nature has voice,
though II Is not addressed to mans outward
ear. There is no speech nor language;
their voice Is not heard Psalms xiii:
40. NOT at shall be accounted unto the LORD
for generation but 1T shall be related
OF the Lord unto The next generation
Numbers xiii. %, not Surely there Is no
enchsntment against Jacob, neither is there
spy diyination against Israel: according
TO The time Il shall be said oil ia
cob and OF Israel, What hath God
wrought The meaning Is not that
GODS divine power will effectually guard
Israel against all hostile arts OF enchant-
ment: but Israel has no need to resort to
deceptive and unauthorized modes OF learn.
ing the divine Will, for this will Is dis
closed 10 them as their needs may require.
sThere il no encbantment In Jacob, nor d.
yination in Israel; at the time 1T should De
told TO Jacob and Israel what God hath
wrought The italic words, in trance,
Numbers XIV: 4, obscure the statement
of the oyerpowerug physical effect pro-
duced upon Balaam by the splendor OF the
divine revelations"
A chapter on "True conservatism In re-
spect to changes in the English and the
Greek text" is written by Timothy Dwight,
ID. d.. and some examples are given OF
changes made TO bring out the thought con-
tai led in the original Greek more forcibly.
He says:
"In Matthew VII. II, instead OF Forgive
US our debts, as zoe forgive our doctors, the
reading should be, as zoe also haze forgiven
our debtors, the thought being that the pc.
titioner should not ask forgiveness for him.
self until he has already forgiven others.
Matthew X. /: 20, ,ohen they perSecute you in
this city, flee We into another, should read
flee ne into tie neat, thus conveying not
merely the idea Of going TO some other
place, but to the next town, and so on I'M
til they had proclaimed the gospel every
where. Mark H.: 81, What thing is this ?
whqt ne,o doctrine is this ? for Nth author
itv commanded he euen the unciean spirits,
de-, should read, What is this? new
teachingi soith authority he comDadndeh
even the uncledn spirits, de-, thus ex-
pressing the establishment OF the behoIders
at the miracle, which they had seen, In the
far more striking and natural way. Mark
tx. %, 20, where the father, asking for the
healing OF his son, says, If thou canSt do
anything, haze compassion on as, ana help
us, the Authorized Verson makes Jesus re-
pIy. If thou cdnSt believe. all things are
poss;ble 10 him that betieUeth. But the APP
proved text reads, Tthoa conSt! AL things
are possible TO him that beiieueth. The force
of this form, which expresses surprise that
the question OF ability should arise, when to
the believer everything is possible, cannot
fail to be felt in comparison with that given
IN the old version.
In Luke XIV. IL aud %, the naturalness
and emphasis Of the words are conspicuous
IN the additions OF the modern text; where
the prodigal, in contrasting his condition
" th that OF his fathers servants, says, and
perish here Nth hunger Authorized YER
sion, IperiSh), and the father calls to his at
tendants 10 bring forth quickly the best
robe (Authorized Version, bring forth.
Luke xiii. 10, where the authorized Yer
sion makes PLATE, after saying that he dis
covers no fault in Jesus, adds, No, nor yet
Herod, for sent you to him (tbe last clause
being mere parenthetical statement, not in
the line OF the main thought, the change
for the better, given by the new text, will
be appreciated as il should be, No, nor yet
Her0d, for he sent him back TO asa proof
that he also found nothing to condemn.
"In John X: and IA. the slight altera-
tons are Improvements When he hath put
forth all his Olon; and, knOtc my sheep
and my sheep knO,o me, for L EnO,o my
sheen and am kno,pn Of mine, in which lat
ter verse the paralelism with what follows
is more clearly brought out, Eren as The
Father knOweth me and kno,o the Father.
In Acts xviii. 8, 1t is more in accordance
with the thought OF the passage to read,
Paul ,o0s engrOSSed or aohOtty occupied 10Th
the ,oord, than, as in the Authorized Yer
sion, he ,oaS pressed in the spirit. Again,
in Acts xiii 0, does not the verse gain a
new force il the scribes on the Pharisees'
side are represented as saying, We find no
eri in this man and aohat II q spirit hath
spoken TO him, or an angel! instead OF,
as in the Authorized Version, But
if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to
him, let us not fight against God. In First
Corinthians, VII: 20, the eXbortation Is
more completely connected with the subject
under discussion, and therefore is more i'm
pressive, il the words OF the Authorized
Version, and in your spirit ichich are Gods,
are omitted. The Apostle has been speak
ing exclusively OF the body, and the best
text makes him limit bis exbOrtation to bis
converts accordingly, and call upon them to
glorify God in their bodies"
The Rev. DIR. Howard Crosby writes OF
archaisms or obsolete words or phrases used
In the Authorized Version and points out
many examples:
"sThe fats shall ovei flow with wine and
oil, Joel H.. 24,) for 'vats.' Lest he hale
thee to the judge duke xiii: So for
. baul,' and 'hOiSed up the mainsail 10 the
wind (Acts xvii: 40,) for 'hoisted.' He
overlaid their Chapters with gold EXODUS
xxxvi. 49, for capitals 'And sat down
astonied,' ezra ix.: 81 for 'astonished.'
{ Or ever the earth was,' proverbs viii:
3D. for sere.' So we find beprdy (betray),
magnifcoi (magnifcent), and deiicdtes (deli-
cacies). Many Of these archaisms in SPELL
ing have been omitted in more modern edi-
lions OF our version, as ieeSe for lose,'
sith for SINCE ctOke for cloak The old
plural shosen,' however, still remains, in
Daniel ill.,. 81, for hcse.'
."And they shall pass through it hardly
beStead' Isaiah vii 21) for served BE-