The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-05-27

gregation" is changed to "Tent of Meet
ing" In the word Jehovah" the A..
V. Is followed, the revisers not thinking
1t advisable to insert it uniformly in
place of Lord" or God," which when
printed In small capitals represent the
words substituted by Jewish custom for
the inefable name. OF technical terms
from the Hebrew, one in three seems to
have been generally introduced. The
word grove" Judges vi. 90 has been
replaced by "ashera," with its plurals
asherim" and ashcroft"
The Historical Books.
Judges. (ch. W. The song of Deborah
is amended according to the demands of
modern scholarship. Verses 10 and IL
are rendered.
Tell Of 1t, ye that ride on white alses.
e that sit on rich carpets
And We that walk by the way
Far from the noise of archers, in the places
of drawing water
There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of
the Lord.
2 Samuel. Ii: 1S) A. V. reads,
" Babe them teach the children of Israel
the use of the 6o1O," the revision puts it
song of the bow" In ii: %, "Abner
smote him under the fifth rib" changed
In agreement with modern lexicons to
in the belly" In v: 10 we read
David went on and grew great :" the
revision resolves this Hebrew idiom
q" David waxed greater and greater" In
vi: 10, instead of fagon of wine," the
revision properly reads, "a cake of
raisins."
2 Kings The interrogation in /. 8
to Ahazlah's folly in consulting the god
OF Enron when he was sick. gains much
in force and vividness by being put as the
Hebrew demands, in a positive form
=" Is 1t because there is no God in Israel
that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub ?"
The addition of the margin to ii. 9 for
bids the common mistake of supposing
that Elisha asked to have twice as much
OF the Spirit as Elijah had. He asked
first born's portion In his masters spirit.
In viii: IL the addition of the words in
italics, "upon him. to the statement,
and he settled his CT lntenance stead
lastly, removes an a. biguity by show
ing that it was the steady gaze of Elisha
that put Hazael to shane. In tx. s, and
everywhere, the term man child" ex-
presses the full sense, an does away with
disagreeable form of sp sech. CA similar
euphemism is introduced in xvii. 27.) In
xii. 4 the phrase current money" which
exactly renders the Hebrew, displaces
the obscure statement, eve21 the money
of every one that passeth the account.
Many readers have stumbled at the state
ment xxi. 14) that Huldah dwelt at Jer-
usalem in the college" but the word
means, as the revision has it, the second
quarter of the city, probably an addi-
ton recently made to its Enclosure.
In 2 ChrUn. in A. V. we read of oxen
that compassed the molten sea e" ten in a
cubit, which is impossible. The revis.
ion has it for ten cubits." The word
devils in XII. 15 is incorrect, and is
therefore rendered literally che goats. "
The last words of this chapter. And he
desired many wives" WHICH in the A. ".
only repeat what has been already said,
are made in the revision'to have sense
which is legitimate and ii harmony with
the connection. And he sought for
them the sons just Mentioned many
wives
In the Poetical Books
Sheol" replaces nell, which has
been changed IN prose passages to " the
grave" and " the pit with sheol" in
the margin. "Of these renderings, hell, ."
says the preface, if it could be taken in
its original sense as used in the creeds
would be fairly adequate equivalent for
the Hebrew word, but it is so commonly
understood as the place Of torment that
to employ it frequently would lead to
inevitable Misunderstanding. In Isaiah,
xiv, where hell" is used in more of it's
original sense, the revisers have left
" hell in the text, putting shsol" in the
margin.
Job i. 5 (also II, and II, 5, 9),
cursed God is rendered renowned
God. In iii. s, the change of mourn
ing into Leviathan" (the marginal
reading Of A. V. is demanded by fidelity.
In V. Z, 8 the reasoning Of Eliphaz is sad
ly perplexed in the A. V. by making him
say Although afiction cometh not, etc.,
yet man is born to trouble, etc :" whereas
what ne says is really as the revision
gives it:
/ For affection cometh not forth Of the dust,
Neither doth trouble spring out Of the ground ;
But man is born unto trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.
Sorrow does not come from natural
causes, but from mans sinful nature. In
viii. 13, as in seven other places,
hypocrite" is changed to goddess man, -
which is the true meaning Of the word.