The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-09-07

There is an apparent mistake in King
James at Cor. iv: 4, which DR.. Roberts
thinks might perhaps have been classed
amongst the archaisms, but which would
not readily be detected as other than a
palpable blunder. 1t is where the trans
lation stands in the Authorized Bible,
For l know nothing by myself; yet am
[ not hereby justified; but he that judgeth
me is the Lord" The Committee here
correctly render, For 1 know nothing
against myself" etc. Eadie aptly cites
parallel instance from contemporary
writer, where Cranmer is represented as
saying to Henry VIII, az am exceeding
ly sorry that such faults can be proved
by the Queen" meaning "against the
Queen. The idea of the Apostle seems
to be that although he did not feel that
he had in any thing wronged the Corinth-
ians, he Notwithstanding did not rest his
defence On that circumstance, but referred
the arbitramen' of his righteous cause to
an all-seeing God.
2 Cor. ii: IA, is now made to conform
to Col. ii: Is, by the rendering, "But
thanks be unto God, which always leadetA
as an triumph in Christ" The allusion
is to the procession of the Roman victor
up the via sacra with his spoils and cap
tives. The paradox, as Bishop Lightfoot
remarks, CT the vanquished one exulting
over his own conquest is very striking.
Gal. v: II, is amended so as to read,
shat ye may not do the things that ye
a0oAId, instead of $50 that we cannot do
the things that we would" The extent
to which the particle of design (Aina) had
come to be used to denote mere conse-
quence is moot point, but the finest
scholars take the strictest view on this
subject
The translation of the revisers at Eph.
iv: 20, is felicitous attempt to get
nearer to the true sense of the Greek
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of
your mouth but that which is good for
eaifyimg as the need may be, that it may
give grace to them that hear" The
English words here are good and their
meaning is sufficiently plain, though their
collocation may involve little idiomatic
awkwardness. The generic or character
istic relative (hostis) is almost regularly
mistranslated in the older version. A
curious instance of this inaccuracy may
be found at Phil. iv: 2, 8, where the Au-
thorized rendering leaves the impression
that the women" referred to are other
than "Euodias" and "Syntyche," where
as they are the same. The English now
stands, "help those a0omaen for they la
bored with me in the gospel" etc.
At Col. ii: s, the obsolete verb "spoil'
is used instead of the phrase make spoil
as in the Revision. This, however, can
not be set down as an error.
The rendering at Thess. IL l, should
be, and now is, Now we beseech you
brethren IN regard of the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ"
l Tim vi: 5, should be made to read
"Supposing that godliness is gain, )" or as
the Committee have it, ga a0ay of gain. "
" Greeted them from affair."" is happy
change at Heb. xi 13. The image, as
Chrysostom pointed out, is that of mari
ners Mailing the first approach of land.
The difficult expression at l Peter iii
81, is strictly and wisely rendered, "the
interrogation of good conscience toward
God The margin reads, Enquiry" and
appeal"
In Revelation, the word coon should
be always creatures" or living ones,
not beasts"