Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-06-04

'oPob''uil ~ o Aiii'i iAili', AS'f ah'
ovii.
In Ps. viii, 5, man is said "to hav
been made Il little lower than God,
which exactly conforms to the Hebrew
The authorized version, clover thai
the angels, was taken from viii, 5
and copied by the vulgate and quotcC
in Hebrews iii, ~ where they answe
the needs of the writer's argument
But the quotation in the new transla
ton affords no reason for overlook
ing the strength of the Hebrew
The use of JEHOVAH Gn place o
LoRD) in the first verse and the las
adds to the force and beauty of the
Psalm.
In Psalm tx. the confusion and OBJ
scurity of verse 6 are removed by O
version which brings Gods overthrow
of the wicked into marked contrast
with the fact that He sits as King for.
ever.
In Psalms x. every verse, except the
first, is more or less changed, with the
effect on the whole of greatly increas
ing the vividucss of tho characterize
tion.
In XII, 2, the substitution of ''ir
darkness" for "privily" is one of many
instances in which q literal version Is
more expressive than any paraphrase.
The sixteenth Psalm is greatly i'm
proved. It's general theme is that
God is all in all to the believer. and
this is well given in the new reading
of verse 2: 81 have said unto the
Lord, thou art my Lord, | have no
good beyond Thee"
In verse 10 the revision substitutes
for the misleading "in hell" the literal
rendering "to sheol,n which means
that the singer soul is not to be aban-
doned to the state of the dead. Tho
change Of the same word in xviii, 8,
shows that the writer there was not
complaining of hcllish sorrows, but of
the network Of the unseen world clos
ing around him. "The cords of shcol
were round about me.
A Few Changes.
We place few changes in parable
columns:
AUTHORIZED VERSION, REvisED VERSION.
/ viii sct him In safety viii set him IN safety
from him that puncth At at whom they mock
IL. xviii, l.
EKtol him that rdethI Cast up q, highway tor
nG0n thc heavens nm NAV rldcth through
blessed be The Lord, who Blessed be tho Lord.
daily loldctlu with hcnc..wlo daily bcarcth our
nts burdens.
Robukc the company Of lcbukc the Wild beasts
spcarman, Of the reeds,
As wcll the singers a, As well the singers ns
tho players Of instruments they that dance say all
shan be there, all ms my fountains are In Thee.
springs arc in Thee.
And let Him roproye And let hIm rcproyc
me II shall he an excel me It shall be oil upon
lent oil which shall not the head let not my head
break my head. refuse IT,
Prov Nlv, .
Fools make mock nj The foolish sc0rn the
sin; but among the right 'gullt offering, but among
cous there IA sin. the upright there sgoot'
Carved works nnc line striped cloth, Of the
Of Egypt yarn OF Egypt
Its as sport to n fool to And 20 ls wisdom to a
do mischief, but man Of man OF understanding
understanding hath Wis
Proy. NIL. ID
The way UftransgrcssorS Tho way OF tho treach.
is hard crOus Is ragged.
Prov. NW, /
The preparations In man The preparations OF the
and the answer Of the heart belong to man, but
tongue Is from tho Lord, the answer OF the tongue
All /, vanity and yc,a AlIJs Ij W vSniiy and stry.
tlon ofsplrt Ing after wind
Let US lear the couclu THIS is the end Of the
sion Of tho whole matter matter: all hath been
Fear GOd,ctc. heard Fear God. etc,
In v, u, the promise to Zion is not
windows of agate. but ''pinnaclos of
rubics.'
In lyi., 10, II, the comparison of Is
rael's rulers to dumb, indolent, greedy
dogs, and TO faithless shepherds, is
brought out much more clearly than
in the authorized version. The indig.
nant question Of Jehovah at offerings
made to idols (lvii,, 6), Should | re-
cciyc comfort in these2" is much bet
ter expressed by "Shall | be appeascd
for these thlngsP'
"Who is this that cometh from
Edom with dyed garments from Boz
rah, " etc, is greatly helped by repre-
sentinG the conqucror as marching"
rather than "travcling" in the great
ness of his strength, and by a more
vigorous rendering of the last clause
of verse &, but especially by presery-
ing the prmterit lenses of the origi-
nal.
Correction Of Acknowledged Errors.
There are many renderings declared
to be incorrect by all loxicons and
commentaries of critical character.
for example, the word hypocrite is
found eight times in the book Of Job,
yet in not one of them does the origi-
nal term have that meaning. So one
of the oblations mentioned often in
Pentateuch and elsewhere is called a
"meat Offering" which leads the read
er to suppose that it is an animal sac
rifce, whereas the Hebrew means an
unbloody obation, and is correctly
rendered "meal Offering" In tho
following text the incorrect word is
placed first, with reference to one of
the places where it occurs, and then
the true meaning as generally ac-
cepted among scholars: