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

| keep for kept verse " VII" ~
.unicorns' verse II; For there was the law
over ortion reseryed instead Of because there, In
norton OF the lawgiver was he seated verse Il Dsrs
for shoes verse 25 And Israel dweleth IN saety inc
fountain of Jacob alone land OF corn and wine verse
% shall submit themselves, In place OF shah DC iouu
| liars, verse 20. ~,
| bers xxi, "a, in which the speaking OF the ass,
the sacr6ees on the seven and the utterances Oh
| the unwilling prophet appear without any Important
variation Only in the phraseoogy OF these lasV Is '
any consid cradle difference and that put seiuoh o
| example, the whose eye was closed saIn, ="
stead of the man whose eyes are open hath SAID -
xiv there shall come star out OF jacob anu
scentre shall rise out OF Israel and shall smte the
| corners of Moab and shall destroy all the sons OF
| tumult" instead OF children OF sheth In inc last
| clause-xxiv II. The account OF the sun anu moon
standing still In Joshua X is given with httle ehanEo
The only variation being in verso Is, where "And the
sun stayed is substituted for SO the sun stoou SUN
Throughout the remaining historical books just h'to
| change occurs Gideon's fleece, judges W.; samson
| riddle Judges XIV; the romantic story OF RUIN
| the calling Of Samuel, Davids encounter WIZ"
| Goliab, I. Samuel XVII, and the checkereo h'es
| OF Saul and David stand in the revision with
| hut verbal alterations and then so slleh'
that the ordinary reader would not detect them Inc
same may said of the history OF Solomon ana ln9 !
lowing kings the miracles of Elijah and Elisha ana the
narrative OF Esther.
NICE TURNS OF THOUGHT IN JOB.
at is In the poetica portions OF the Old Testament
that scholars prepared to expect moro numerous
and striking changes. The Book Of Job for instance
full OF nice turns OF thought and expressions
many of which, as is well known, are very IN
s Most q these, however remain untouched
its object is changed to renounce in the passages 10
For job said i may be that my sons S haHe ana
verse IL But put forth thine hand now ana touGh a.
that he hath and he will curse thee TO thy race ll-o
Rut nuffo
his flesh and he will thee To tiny face and verse
o. Then said his wife unto him., Dost thou ll
stin retain thy integrity curse God, and die
| The old translation 'blaspheme,, ior . the
/. Kings XXI, TO- IS becomes curse.
The famous socaled resurrection passage, JOB xix,
Sch and hat he shall stand up at the last the
from INV flesh shall see God Whom shall sec for my
self. and another; Ny rens are consumed within
me- The proper character OF the modern ehapfr.
xviii is recognized by the rendering verse d. surely
there is mine for silver ana many 3iheT InproFe'
The Psalms have been gently touched as they are so
deeply nwrought into religious associations e1
| necioiy the more familiar ones. III which
the changes rather verbal than otherwise ior eN
pie: Proverbs XIV, L. ori trreh enthoTizcd Version
grievous words STIR w anger IA, !, t ,vnud inL w
raging aud whatsoever is deceived thereby Is not wise
The revised has IL: Wine is mocker strong drink is
| brawler; whatsoever crreth thereby Is not wise
Ecclesastes V. l. which reads, Keep my foot when
thou goest the house Of God. and be more ready to
hear. than to give the sacrifice oil TOOLS dor tg %
slider that they do no evil, nOw reads heeP my 100
W the house OF Coz TOT 20 dIdW hlkH
to hear is better than TO give tue sacllhce OF oo
xii l, Remember now thy Creator IN inc days OF my
YOUTH etc. becomes Remember also thy Creator etc
The vivid prophecies OF isaiah arc nheWWiSo 700
familiar to bear much changes yct sIisht ones
are frequently introduced, which hclp the sense
few and scarcely Noticeable changes occur. In some
cases however, where nearly al critics agree wrong
Psalm x4 instead of The wicked. through the pride Of
his countenance will not seek after COZ; God Is
viii read IN the clause All his thoughts are there
is no God XIX 3. There Is no speech nor LANGUAGE
tbafr not lg1
There is speech nor language their voice cannot DC
In regard to the pithy sayings OF Proverbs
Ecclesia-tes they occasionally can Tor oue.al"ii'
but rule in the later prophets niue correction Is
called for in the revision and the account OF Daniel
i'm the lions den OF JOuas stay In the body OF the fish,
and of Esthers deliverance oil her people receive no
special calculation. II interest some calculator Of
the times and seasons to know that In pam yiii'
days is changed to evenings ana morni"g-.
the Hebrew word here herd is .iI SGc% nn5 m go
Mno TWO thousand and three hundred evsongs aud
mornings then shall the sanetuarypeS fleansea-'
HOW THE WORK OF REv1sIoS WAS DoHF.
gpeaking generally upon the work Of tho
committees DR.. Strong said: at must be
rem embered that our business to make revision OF
the accepted version. We were not 10 make a new
translation we ma no iaGa 81 h he aS eIce
thing but our work not In that direcuon-We
MIND that we had not the came difficulty which con
frouted the New Testament reyisers-yK; lho deciding
relative import OF each we had simEy one text
the Masoretic which Is the only accepted Hebrew text
and We had 10 confine ourselves 10 that" 800
Hasany doctrine been modified or chagedP
that we were simply to revise and besides certainly
could read into the text what was not there IA the
Sares which are stll ambiguous, but they
| are equally ambiguous in the Hebrew it evidently
was Intentional TO attempt Oclearup this obscurty
would be exceedingly foolish. Ana then, 100 any elncl
dalton Of any misty texts would Do IGrey %
Judge that no RELIGIOUS body viii be able To strengthen
It's faith by any altered doctrine in this revision OF the
What about the fgurative expressionsr'
ain many cases they were modified, but only when
their meaning obscure. Take for example tile ex-
preston. OF month. son Of year how many woni1
understood # we say, son month ola, or year
Old The beauty OF many OF enc inc E 1 1--we
sh idOm had to be accommodated III many cases, and
this made necessary number Of changes. The general
style of the plIascology is, however, retained. Tho
archaic mode Of expression, which has come to be 80
familiar is maintained throughout, and page after page
will he read without the detection OF the slightest change
and yet they numerous but arc OF such character
| as TO escape notice. Another class OF changes
! which will be noticed is the sofenng Of
harsh !d srs1sns Ought n 10 be made many Of the
Hebrew idoms exceedingly strong aud IN The early
retained In TINS revision u mas 1ech or endciVor
TO tone these expressions down and thus accommodate
been toned down az all but merely the harsh Hebrew
pressons Besides it has been aim TO drop all OBJ
s0ee words tho text but at the same time TO avoid
changing the wording OF familiar passages, we have re-
| tanned many obsoe-cent words
I" strikIg line OF changes has been made I'm those
passages of an indicate expression OF which so much
has been said by certain class OF individuals Many
beautiful narratives in the Old versions were entirely
spoiled by single phrase, now considered indecent
Take for example that snguary beautiful narrative or
David meeting Abigail, winch by sentence was rem
dered unfit TO be read in pnbllc This has been
ncrmissiblei Translation not TO DO
noticed. THIS thing mas been done In many In
stances and will be appreciated When, however, the
facts and not the language indecatc, as, for OK
ample the story of Lots daughtersin which not single
iroper word used, they have been allowed 20 stand
inst az they in the text and We had no right to OK
cude them"
tradlctions OF the chronology OF Kings and other
books 7" ,.
No not the slightest. Tho Hebrew text I'm the mat
Ter of It's dates is quite plain and compelled 10
i've an accurate translation Of it, The only change that
was made was a cOnjectura emendaton concerning saul.
+ Samuel, XlI1,in the Authorized Version reads saul
and uta bc ia rel