The Mineral argus., 1885-05-28

high priest no longer casts lots for the scaps-
goat he does so for Azazel The summary OF
EACH DAYS WORK AT THE CREATION
now runs according to the formula: And there
was evening and there was marnins one days:
second day third day. and ON, giving 9
suggestion Of successive stages with long inter
walls. Ths Apples Of Gold Of Prov
sas' WORK a q silver. instead Of pis.urs:
Vanity and vexation OF spirit ices, IL, ~. Ia:
become Vanity and striving m. after ,r e
into Happy Is the man that hath filled his quiv-
with w.,er thou shsls NOT ex
eel now reads, Unstable IS water. have not
then the excellency.- The following changes also
GENESIS chapters VI. verse Z. There were giants
ON the earth In those days. IL revised. The
nephelm were in the earth In those DAYS. N
that one would hear me lchod, my desire -.
tina. the almighty would answer me and that
mine adversary had written a book IL revised,
"Oh that one would hear me: behold my desire
is, that the almighty would answer me. and that
mad the indictmedt which my adversary hatn
written.
), for thou hast made him . little lower than
the angels" IL revised for thou hast made him
a little lower than God" The authorized Palm
cxvi. verse n. Il said IN my haste. all men are
liars Is revised. i said when ! made
haste to escape, all men are Ne
Eccle.:stes XII, liz LET , Us hear s the
has been revised to read, .Thi. h the end e the
matter: all hath been heard; fear God" etc
Proverbs XIV " e 1se ssxor s rerised
reads: The foolish scorn the guilt Offering:
hut among the upright there H. good will. :"
The above whcs nearly sSoe X given p'' to
old as sociations. In other passages there are
found variations which cannot be called r:sh
sn,h"rized version is: behold INV servant
shall deal prudentlv. he shall he exalted and
extolcd and he very high The revised
he 1er, "hi Nigh i."i s " ill., 'n ha the
authorized version Is: He Is despt.ed and re;
iccted Of man; q men Of sOrrOws and acquainted
with grief, and we hid AZ It were our faces from
him: he was despised. Land we esteem I'd him not.
In the revised II reads; He !. desp.ed ana re-
with grief; and az one from whom men hide
their faces he was despised, and we esteemed
him not" The same chapter. verse y b
-HE WAS AFFLICTED,
yet he opened not his mouth, ~ lamb that h
led to the slaughter etc. The same chaptse.
Judgment. and who shall declare his generation.
l. revised to read. by oppression and judgmen,t
he wa. taken away and who c?ns' GeT Tt ~.
mcnt Is almost entirely unaffected BY the re-
vision. The crucial passage, Isaiah, vii. IL:
remains UNCHANGED. except that the MARIN n
suggests q return TO the style now In the Book
Of Common Prayer. Ir the Fifth command.
thy days may be long in the land which thu
Honor :thv father and thy mother. that rs
LORD Thy God sive.S thee. The foiiowini
are examples IL which the actual text OF TIN
revision T. distinctly seen authorized version s
shall BE- Scent" revised version: In the noun
Of the Lord II shall b provided: Authorized
vsrsIon. Exodus XIV. 20: And u WAS clout
a nshs % to
cloud and the darkness yet gave II light by night
Authorized. Job XXI. -, behold. my desire J,
answer me-" Authorized, Job xxxvi. -. BE
e" he take thee from b.: :,Tos
thy suisiciency.- Authorised. Palms xii 5. :
with Get him in safety from him than puileth .
. whom they mock.! Authorized r P:ains Xviii.
-Extoi htm that rtde.h upon the hseys.:; =
yi:sd Cast up h'shw;y for hin that n 1s.
~: blessed Be the Lord, Who dsiiy. iosdstl
with benefits:" revised, blessed BE- the Lord,
Ss aI S. XVIII. 80: Reb~Hs Il: company q
spearmen:- revised. "Rebuke the Wild beasts O
the reeds.- Authorized, Psalms xvii. z: "A
shall be there, all my springs are in thee;- 70
viscd, As well the singers - they that dance
saw all my fountains are IN thee.
Authorized, Psalms exit. 5: And let him re.
/ prove me; 1t shall he an excellent oil which
shall not break head" revised: And let him re
prove me; IL shall be oil upon the head: let mo-
| my head refuse it," Authorized, Isaiah xl, 3
/ The voice OF him that crieth I'm the wilderness
prepare We the wzv Of the Lord" revised: -Th,
voice OF one that crieth. prepare ye in the vii
d.rne- the wav OF the Lord" Psalms H., IL
Kiss the son" remains and references to entircl!
I different versions are given In the margin. 6imi
/ larry in Genesis ~. 10. Until Shiloh come" Il
kept. but, Till he came to Shiloh, In noted u
an alternative. In all these cases, ~ in manl
Others. there seems to have been q strong min
ority among the revisers which held out for thu
alternative readings, and succeeded II
putting them in the margin, which
! contains most OF the scholarship OF tn,
rev sion The first verse in both the authorized
aud revised version Il the same. The first alter
At ion occurs in the second verse, where instcas
! IT and the earth without form and void
! we read, and the earth was waste and void
The text Of the story Of the creation Is withou
other :; riking variaf ions The aamc may b. sal,
] OF the description of the fall and the mood. II
the Ten Commandments are some valuable
alterations, the most striking being that Of thu
sixth. Thou shalt not kill" EXODUS XXX, 10
becoInes thou shalt do no murder,
deuteronomy chap. xxxii., verse D. They have
corrupted themselves. Their spot ls not tn
spot OF hrs children" IL reversed. They hav'
corrupted themselves. They are not hi
children. II Is their bemsh.