New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-17
ADDITIONAL CHANGES.

The following changes in familiar passages of the
Old Testament, embodylng tho substance OF the
scmi-oiIicial review furnished TO The london Ifmc
made by the reyisers were received on Friday night
by Associated Press dispatches. Only few Of
them we're in time for the FIRST edition. and the
complete list as received is therefore printed below
The summary Of each days work a, tho creation now
runs according the formula And there was evening
and there was morning one dry :; "thrro evening
and there was mornIuc second day. third day aud
so on giving suggestion OF successive stages with long
intervals
encased ia figured work Of silver, NOS IA q" pictures
"Vanty and vcxntion Of spirit" OEcclcsa-es II. 10,
has become "yauity aud striving after wind
Iappy is the man that hath his culver full ~ them.
Psalm. CXXVIf % has been changed into Happy Is
te n wa" cn nu cnes Xix. verse T. Unstable
water thou shalt net excel now reads, unstable ~
The Authorized Version. Genesis chapters vi, verse
t. There were giants IN the earth ~ those Gays, Is
revised: "The nephen were IN the earth in those
IN the Authorized Version Job XXI verso 80: "Oh
that one would hear me Behold my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and thnt mine nd
:, on Tia, one would hear me Eehod. 10y desire Is
that the Almighty would answer me- ana thnt had tho
indictment which ny adversary hAtI written. ,r
thou hast made him little lower than tho angels" Is
revised, For thou hast made him little lower than
Tho Authorized Version. Psalm. CyyI verse II: 81
said In my haste al men IRE har' u revised " SAID
Ecclesa,tos Aii ~: let hear the conclusion OF
the whole matter: Fear God" etc. has been revised to
read: This is The end OF the matter; all hath been
Proverbs XIV. .: fools make mock at sin, but
among the righteous there II favor" revised reads
The foolish tie guilt Offering, but among the
The above are nearly all OF the passages in which
shock Is given 90 ola as'ocaiions In other passage,
there found variations Which cannot be called rash
alterations; for instance, isaiah, chapter liy,
verse 10, in the Authorile3d Version read, !:
lie shall be exalted and extood and he very
high" The revised reads" Behold' my servant shall
high" Isaiah lhl. D. in the Authorized Version Isl no
Is desPsed ana f'JeSca d men a I'm o ,odtowS anu
faces from him he was dcspsed and we esteemed him
not" In the Revised Version this reads" He
is deswsed and rejected OF men. u man
OF sorrows and acquainted with grief /;
anu 1S oJ ,ro HUr bii i r w. VA Jus
verse = = changed to read lie was afflicted
taken from prison and from Judgment; and who shall
declare his generation Is revised to read: " by OPP
Preston and Judgment he was taken away; and who
COusdcreth his generation"
unaffected by tie revision The crucial passage, Isaiah
vii. II, Behold virgin shall conceive aud bear
suggests "Iho Virgin Is with child and bearetn"
IN the Fifth Commandment, Honor thy father and
the Lord thy God giveth thee" becomes, Honor thy
father and thy mother That thy days mny bo long upon
the land which the Lord thy God givcth thee"
The following are examples In which tho actual task Of
Authorized version Genesis xxi, II, ain the
mount Of the Lord Il shall be seem; revised version
" In the mount of the Lord IL shall be provided"
Authorized version, Exodus XIX, 20: And it was n
cloud and darkness to them but 1t gave light by night
darkness, yet gave 1t light by night"
CHANGES IN JOB AND THE PSALMS.
Authorization xviii. 4. The food that brsAketh
out from the inhabitants tho waters forgotten OF
the foot, they dried up, they gone away from
men," Revised" He brcakoth open a shaft; away
where soourn they forgotten OF the foot
that passeth by they hang afar from men, they swing
to and from.
Authorization XXXI IS. Behold. my deslne ia
that the Almighty would answer me-" Reyiscd-Lo,
here is my sign above. let the Almighty answer me'
Authorization XXXNL, -: Beware lest IN. take
thee away from his stroke" Revised" Beware lest
thou DO led away with thy suilcisncy."
AuthOTzed-Psam xiii, .: 81 VIII set him I'm safety
from MIN that puieth at him." Koyised-"I will sot
him In safety at whom they mock"
AuthOrzed-Psalm lxyiii 4: "ExtOl him that rldeth
upon the heavens" Revised: Cast up highway Tor
| him that rldeth through the deserts"
AuthOrzed-.Psam xviii, 10 Blessed be the (:
| Lord, who daily loaded with benefits" Revised
Blesse he the Lord. who daily beareth our burdens
Authorzed-Psam xviii. 30: Rebuke the COM
pany OF spearmeD" Revised" Rebuke the Wild beasts
OF the reeds"
Authorized-Psalrn lxKxiL 7: GAS well tho
singers the players Instruments shall be there.
All my springs are In Thee" Revised: "As we'll tho
singers they that dance say all my fountains arc in
Thee"
Authorized Psalm cIli D.: "And let him reproye
me 10 shall be excellent oil which shall not break my
head" Revised; 4" And let him reprove met II shall be
| oil upon the head let not my head refuse It,"
Isaiah x, verse authorized: The voice OF Him that
creth IN the wilderness, Prepare ye the way OF the
Lord" Revised: "The voice OF Que that creth Prepare
Psalm q, ~, Kiss tho eon" remains and references
entirely different versions given In tho margin
Similarly in Genesis 40. 10, Until shiloh Came 4
Il 2lllIlaf.VG.