Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-27
OLYMPIA. Wi-iii%trON 'gs::2.
The New Bible.
4 Co nprehensve View of SEINE OI th'
More impor;an; Chang.


More impor;an; Chang.
No volume has taken Il deeper /
loll upon the hearts OF cni!-h;thrd
ma CIVILIZED people than the Holy
Bible. l. is regarded with a!mo-t
ilo!atrous affection by mauy wA"j
haze been taught to regard Ii as
literally the word Of God. Such
people will doubtless receive the
new version with some reluclapce,
and find it exceedingly difficult TO
rec )ncile tue changes made with the /
18Th and 18th verses Of the ~
Cha'pter of Revelations, which pro-
nounce curse upon anybody who
shall add to OF take from the Book
of life; but when they reflect that
the Council of Nice did precisely
what the present Revising Commit
tee has done, and extended their
authority SO far as to exclude whole
books which up to the time bad been
considered authentic, they will be
disposed to look with more favor
upon the volume now submitted.
II finite wisdom conld be sanctioned
in selecting and arranging the chap
tiers which should be considered
Holy Writ, then certainly the same
Judgment is capable of correctingthe
errors in translation which crept
into the st. James version.
The names of members of the Com
mittee on Revision have already been
given in these columns. TWAS COM
posed of leading scholars in England
and America. They have been en-
gagged in the work over eleven years
and the result, if not perfect, is GER
tainly as near perfection as it is pos
sible for man to make it.
In February, 1870, a resolution was
unanimously adopted by both Houses
of Convocation at Canterbury to APP
point joint committee to report
upon the desirability of the revision
of the authorized version of the Old
and New Testaments, whether by
marginal notes or otherwise, in all
those passages where plain, clear
errors, whether in the Hebrew or
Greek text, originally adopted by
translators or in translation made
from the same, shall, on due inves-
tigation, be found to exist. On May
It'll the committee reported that n
revision OF the authorized version
was very desirable. and that one
should be conducted so as to include
the marginal rendering and such
amendation as it might be found
necessary to insert in the original
text. The report further says: No
new translation of the Bible is con-
templa!ed or any alteration of the
language, except where, in the judg-
ment of the most competent schol-
ars, such change is nece ssary; that
if such necessary changes are made
the existing style shall be closely
followed; that the Convention should
nominate body of it's own mem bers
to undertake the work of revision
who shall be at liberty to invite cor
respondence with any persons EN-
inent for scholarship, irrespective o.
nationality or religion"
The S. F. Chronicle, in present.
ing the following comparison of texts
says: No brief summary of a few
salient alterations could give one any
idea of the spirit or extent Of thu
changes from the old version. Only
a comparison of texts and of a goot
many texts from all parts OF thu
Bible, and especially from the Cos
pels, was of any value in determin
ing how seriously the hand of litera
translation had changed the tex
which has been sanctioned by tn,
Christian world for centuries. Furn
ished with copious selection of sucl
texts one who was familiar with the
Bible could gain in few moments ;
clear conception of the effect of the
revision. That journal, therefore
deemed it of sufficient importance te
have an an exhaustive quotation o.
the changes telegraphed. These
are annexed. and show in many in
stances, the startling changes which
modern culture aid the spirit of the
age have produced in the interpreta'
ton of the Bible. The edition oil
our San Francisco contemporary
containing this review had an unpar-
alleled circulation, which indicates
the deep interest felt in the forth.
coming volume.
Old Testament.
GENESIS.
OH Version. Ne,c Version.
Genesis iy.1 If thou Genesis w.: If thou
thou doest well shalt thou dOst wed shalt thon not
not he accepted! And if have the cxcellency (or
thou doest not well. sin the birthrisht prcrosa
liarh a, tho door. aud tiyplS And If tlpu al y