The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-07

follow that English Christians care more for
pleasing and sonorous language. that may stand
for nothing but the blunder Of q copyist. than
about hearing the very word Of Christ and His
apostles.
Although. however. Mr.. Moons structures.
when we consider the solemn character Of the
interest Mt stake In version Of the Scriptures.
are so trivial that earnest Christians would per-
haps be justified In doeming them profane. some
ofthem orc we'll worth notice from n merely lite
rary point Of vDw. The English Of the rcviscrs
Is unuucstiunaby open to sonio criticism as.
indeed. whose is not? Thus in Matt xiv. 20.
We read In the new translation" and Peter
went down from the boat. and walked uponthe
waters 10 come to Jesus" Clearly. as Mr.. Moon
says. Peter walked upon the waters TO 90 to
Jesus and II is strange that the authorized YER
sion. which had the correct verb should have
been here altered. Equally well grounded 10 the
objection raised to the frequent use Of except
for unless" In tho new version. 1t IL certain
that In our modern use. at all events. except"
is exploved exclusively with reference to per-
sons and things. while unless" has TO
do with actions; or to use grammatical
terms. except" applies to substantives. mud
unless" to verbs. There are In the
revised version more than forty In
stances In which except" Is incorrectly
used for unless Most Of these are undoubt-
eddy survivals OF the authorized version. which
the revisers allowed to stand. because the mis-
use OF language did not render the sentence
unintelligible. But 1t is. no doubt. hard to un-
derstand why in one passage they should be ut
the pains to correct the mistake and In another
actually go out OF their way to commit it them
selves. In l. Cor xiv 9. in the authorized YER
sion. we read: Except ye utter by the tongue
words easy to be understood how shall 1t DO
known what is spokenp' This the revisers
changed TO Unless ye utter" &c. But In the
very next chapter . passage beginning Unless
ys have believed In vain" is altered 80 as to
run In the new translation. Except ye believe
In VAIN The same iRcomprehonslble incon-
sistency is found in verses 8 and OF the chap
ter xiv. already quoted from. There. instead
OF unless he interpret" the revisers have
written except he interpret" yet in the very
next verse they have correctly substituted
unless speak" for except shall speak"
In their preface the revisers asserted that
they had been " particularly careful ss to the
pronouns." and u reader would bs justified in
inferring that their care extended to the pro-
nominal adjectives. Mr.. Moon. however finds
it easy to show that they are frequently guilty
OF blundcrs in the uso OF such words as either"
ind both" For example. In John XIX. 1s. we
read: They cruciHed him. and with
him two others. on either side one and
Jesus In the midst" Undoubtedly we
ought to read on each side one" be-
cause either" means one OF two. and
! only one or the other not both. AS either"
means one Of two. 40 also does Its negative
neither" yet Mr.. Moon calls our attention to
the fact that the revisers in Rom. viii. SO. 80.
make 1t apply to ten. 1t Is equally certain that
the word both" cannot correctly be applied to
more than two yet in foot note to ]. Cor. l.. 80
! the revisers make ii apply 10 three. thus, Both
righteousness and sanctihcation and redemp-
| tion." and in Acts l.. 49, they make it apply to
eleven. Mr. Moon goes on to mention among
| some curious failures Of the revisers to correct
| tho authorized version where the latter was
! obviously defective, the passage Matt. x. A.:
| And Judas Iscariot ,cho also BETRAYED him."
| 1t is true as Mr.. Noon insists that any person
! who did not know tho fucts OF the case would
infer from these words that Christ WAS be-
trayed by all the apostles. including OF course.
| Judas Iscariot Tho revisers. after enumerat-
| ing the eleven. should have said. And Judas
Iscarot also. who betrayed Him. Another
strange EXPRESSION for the revisers to have left
| in the New Testament is e l had rather speak "
for IT would rather apenk =, but thar defence
-, ~. H.. 49,, I - ~ I ~
wouiu pe that mo meaning Oh Ino expression
Touching the use OF tn. M xiliaries shall and
iii ., ~, ,.,
VIII. py inc re'is4rs. MI Mooh quotes WIN ap-
prevail the following rule for their discrimina-
tion. III the sneaker ia the nominntiye TO the
Verp' anu a'so ue.erni'hes ''s accom- p''sh'heh,'
nor determines its accomplishment. the proper