The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-19
oLpIEsTAnl ENI REVISION.

UNDETERMINED REVISION.
Some of the Important Corrections tina
Have Been Made.
The Old Testament appears bound with
the New Testament. The preface opens
with statement Of the general principle.
on which the revision has been conduct.
ed. The revisers have borne in mind
their duty not 10 make new TRANSLATION,
bat to revise that already existing, and
have departed from 1t only where they
disagreed with the translators Of 1911 up.
on the meaning Of word or sentence.
The terms Of natural history are only
changed where IL is certain that the au.
thorized version is incorrect. Where It ia
doubtful or there Is an alternative, the
rendering is given in the margin. In
some words Of frequent occurrence, the
authorized version being either inadqnate
or Inconsistent, changes have been intro
duced with much uniformity as practca-
bic. For instance, "Tabernac,e of the Com
gregation" has been everywhere changed
TO Tent OF Meeting" In regard to the
word "JehoVah." the usage Of the author.
lied version Is followed, the reyisers not
thinking it 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 inetiable name, Of technical terms from
the Hebrew, one in three neems to have
been generally introduced. The word
grove" (Judges, vi, 2s) has been replaced
by "ashera,n with its plurals, ''asherim"
and "asheroth." In the poetical books
ssheoW replaces She'll which has been
changed in prose passages to "the grave"
and the pit, with "sheoln In the margin.
"0t these renderings, hell says the pre-
lace, .if it could be taken in its original
sense as used inlthe creeds, would he 8
iairly adequate equivalent for the Hebrew
words, but 1t is so commonly understood
as the place OF torment that 10 employ it
frequently would lead to inevitable misun-
derstanding." In Isaiah XIV, where
"heii" is used in more Of its original
sense, the revisets have left "hell" in the
text putting ..sheol" in the mar
gin. "Abaldon,n which has hitherto
,een known TO Engl sh readers OF the
Bible only from the New Testament, REV
slation, tx, H. hes been introduced in
hree passages-once In job and twice in
Proverbs. The term "meat o1sringn has
been changed into "meal offering,n the
iormer term having ceased to be the
generic name for all feod. A new plural
-peoples-has been introduced, although
sometimes this becomes Gentiles when the
contrast to the Chosen People Is marked.
all headings OF chapters haye been drop.
ped, as in the revised New Testament, and
the text has been divided into paragraphs,
but the old chapter and verse divisions
have been retained in the margin for con-
yenience OF reference. By this means the
teyisers have been enabled. TO rejoin
Psalm x. 70 Psalm tx. and Psalm xiii. 10
Psalm xii, and to begin Isaiah lii. at
chapter lii, verse Is. The several days
Dfthe creation are made more prominent
by breaks Of line between the
verses. This expedient has enabled
the reyisers to make use OF the dialogue
form and to show the dramatic character
Of the Song Of SONS, the first chapter OF
which, for examples is DIVIDED into seven
speeches. The Psalms are definitely
divided iato Eve books, the last four be-
ginning respectively OF fsalmp slii, kill,
&c, and evil. "A striking improvement is
the printing Of all poetical passages in
poetical form. This has been done In the
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, and the Canticles,
but the Prophets have been left in prose,
however passionate their oratory. The
songs Of Lamech, Jacob, Miriam, Moses,
Deborah, and Hannah; the Psalms oil
Jonah and Habak kuk and Dayid's Lament
lin Second Samuel, ~ appear in versited
ballad. The origin Of Joshua's miracle;
"sun, stand thou still upon Gideon, is In
Dictated by It's verse character; SO, also, is
the tripmphal cry Of Samson, Judges xv.,
49,
Examinations OF the more familiar pas.
sages and phrases discloses the fact that
care was taken in preserving INTACT house
hold words OF the Old Testament. The
old literary form has been held sacred,
and the revisers cannot be held to any
pedantic straining after the original text;
but not sil Ihe familiar features Of the
Scripture have escaped untouched. The
high priest no longer casts lots for the
scapegoat; he does 50 for Azazel. The
summary Of each days work at the ciea.
ton now runs according 10 the formula:
"And there ives evening and there was
morning one day." sthere was evening
and there was morning second day. q
third day, and SO on, giving suggestion
Of successive stages gith long intervals.
The "Apples Of goldp OF Proverbs YEy.,
II, arc now encased in sfgure workp OF
silver, not in epictures
VANITY and vexation Of SPIRIT Eccle-