, 1881-08-14


IN their Judgment, The majority hold that
the revisers have done well i'll taking as the
basis of their translation better Greek text,
and are disposed to doubt whether they might
not have been even somewhat bolder in their
<leviations from the received text. There is,
indeed, an opposed yiew,-that the textus re-
ceptus ought to have been adhered to, so
that 10 corrections should be made except in
the English version; and the desirability of
having one uniform Greek text for all the
Protestant world is urged, even though that
textshould not be the best But this notion,
which would have perpetuated false read
Ings that have been long admitted and
obelized, finds little favor. As to the details
Of the new translation there is, Of course, an
infnit diversity of view. Some think that
1ende1ings have been changed which were
substantially right III the old version; others,
that passages which needed improvement
have been left untouched. For instance, one
OF our most illustrious public lncn main
tafns that if anything ought to have been
mended, it was surely the translation Of
1}suctikos 1nthTopos by 'natural man. in
i: Corr ii. Il. AWarmcontroyersy rages over,
the question Of "cyil," " or ''the Evil One. III
the Lords Prayer C., whether tou ,o,.cr0u
is to be taken as neuter or as masculine.
Agreement on such matters was not to be
looked for; and no one will deny that the re-
visers have, as might be expected from the
great advances which Greek scholarship has
made since King James days, presented a
far more exact expression in English Of the
meaning Of the Greek original than the
Authorized Version contains; Probably
no translation Of any Greek or Latin
attention has been paid to every shade Of
sense and turn OF phrase. There Is really
nolhing III Inns new version when can pc
ca!4ed an error. even 1hose WHO u1sapploveo1
lne DECISIONS at WHEN ule al..hsaators @ ;t itatt
that there Is always much to DC saln toI their
view, and that 1t would be Impossible to I'M
ag1ne any work doilc Win ,n!} il9Tf sGlupuaons M %
care or a more compete@nt en- skill N .ne tss usaSes
o. 9iGnisac t1 @ ree ,+ lhs 3 ufstiol tn, lagl 1 rs
accuracy aug 700 lille oi ae Gnega 10 i; ue Pav
ouceo on ofa1naIs feadeIs, MEetneI ~ tneil
aA.ftS u c4nsT, e'G!s ~ si,.eie niet ~ ,n1, tar
IaeS nave ny put ~ ne j. pu'; un1a .,, .uer
Enensn, anu, soI speh,k,. Mhi!a,eM nMay
some Or tne strehgth anu otoao sl'npnc'1S u
ane 1;,,9 o!lHlnal. o.a. w. .o,..;,,,a,,+a
I'LL ts ,n ~ ou1 s1,aes,i ~ tn; i,as rnce;xe1
NIL wLc!1 ane ESteat pugiS ine h.e,, etr.eis
the translation: Enough, rs % mas peen ; alreaay
us AlEd; sll1l Ile selleia! leeiais ult na,ult -;
pe n1lstaken' Il Is !selis nut piig.cloe!s i. y
alspieaSuIe ool - otsSoiV ;I;or ,,d +ba a.
LUNA! pllases MiSn III ai,""a,i "a ~ La~c
sociatlons OF GlluQoI ~. naI a"ret The
ueeli So ~ ~ -. io .,',;n,' tea aor rod
coece ~ ue ~ ~ thn, .,arc ~ ,i,,aa.s
sloHn ~ ;,tiIsct;n,s ID. ~ ti,a vn;ca
1eau WIN pa,ssae t,,at so,"t, nr,ctico @ vii
has oeen pToken SO sou 1tai ann1;ans gLg p that vii
" neeaeu 70 EIt new i'1s,e' ',t,a ,,.hn ,' 7,na
EnE e4nal p!easu.e. ..s;o,, eop ~, rea,i,n" n
l1!eo Tue neM seasat at1; ose,,-';a;n - f,at
Aloao at family MGlsap r''ini ~, and
tney are constantly pes p;ii1eu - .nrass;n,, ~ i
stnmpn1s over sn,i e't.,n - fhs,, - to 1naEs aUv
Nhlcn 90 nnr seem 10 ~, eaem ,,;n11 w am;i
perceptlbie dl1ierence III lne mean he.d hso a im1
many 1hulslaaal pa>sasfs ,+i,, ma,u nrig;, favo
4lcaleu Wnele NV!us ~ Ta..4,;a Ha.1 ,.ard. ~
tx 1eeu substitutes ~ !ns 1it i,.:u enrt ~ |
me Authorizeu velslon, snans a. :. Sv svaii os M
Aatness ana ,r9 Tonl!aonp.asc; ssc;,, ~ e,nrt is
modernism Inc new version, tn ,,i nmG, ,roro 20
accused ot DeinE less p.c1uie1luT al'o ioe or.
proSaic tnah Lne earISI ohe. +4ara aIti + /
Iehie!y sensllss u t4'ese ~ nnoaeionai ~ ar.
cannot oe denleo tnae Ae ,:ors;o, oio'Ta %aI the
cnals1ns OF King James sGls,yn ~ ~. laT T;hia
9neet o. ennane1ng Inc ar, uaEs soci,,;nns: ot I
Lucy removed u IRON nGaeim +;ar t,t i he,
tney made people 1eei lug Geeeel el.a. nac,,1-
longs 10 remote lii1e. u!el1 'e1a ~ +",,n-
la11ty caused me memory u oo ino4e 'e1"
E9ns OF them. 4 x,,o,, c,ool-
Ihe revisers have been 1oo n!lcn 1rGeH 3r;es
ttA0faTE ann 1nD little EntT!iS!3 N4i404S. AAN5