New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-16

XIII to Psalm Kill and to begin The se sSslsl
M e er sasRsr arc lad
line between the verses 9 Inis dialogue form and
70 show the dramatic character Of the sOps for OF
tn: dH Ess 1Ss i1 seven Of speeches. The
f Psams are seaey divided into i've books the last
four beginning respectively at Psalms ALL iN'ii'
a Striking improvement tn f.,1 print4RRs iii: nS S
t Isen V Canticic,, ~ but Sam the Prophets have
prose h nSysSer jacob a; M2a%
Noses Deborah and Hannah the Of Jonan, and
Habakkuk and Dayids Lament On seeoho oshnas mir,
ace "sun, stand thou sti upon GIDEON Is cry Of
by its verse also. is the riumpnaiory "
FERMENTATION Of the more familiar passages and phrases
the ct Of e.. 3 a1sn
form has been held sacred ana 1odantIc strain
ing after the original text but s,n mot all have sRs
familiar The Of bg the Dest Ho casts
lots Tor the scapegoat he does SO Tor Aza1o-
SPECIFIC PASSAGES CHANGED.
The summary of each days work at the creation now
runs according the formula And there was
and there was morning, day." there was eNonin
and there was morning, second day." third oay "nu
SO on giving suggestion Of successive stages Win ions
intervals. =, ~. now
%VspitV and Vexaon Of spirit" tEcclesastes ii, 10,
has become vanity and striving after winn - than
psalms ScXXVII 81 has been changed Happy Ia
the that hath flied his culver with them q,
Reubens curse Genesis Xix, verse 4, Ghstappio a
water, thou shalt not excel" now reads "Uns'aoe "'
water, have not thou the excelleney." 49, -, -or,o
The Authorized Version Genesis cnap,eTs W - a.
4. There giants IN <he earth IN NOSE u5 hos
revised: "The nephelim were IN the ear'h IN 'H0'0
the Authorized Version JOB XXI verse 80 that tbe
Almighty would answer me- and that mine TsTI. al,
yeTsary had written b0 SS6old rs lsv desire is
mat the A@gGt would answer and tina! had the
indictment which my adversary hatn K. For
thou hast made him little lower than the angels
revised, For thou hast made him little lower IMAM
The Authorized Version. Psalm oXyI verse Il said
said IN my a haste a % Ssea TS All sn o
EcoesIastos x 10; "Let hear tho conclusion t o.
read This is tho end of the matter; all main Deen
n1 Proyer fSAs TS ools make mock at sim but
among the righteous there is favor" revised reads
"The foolish scOrn tho ggt Ofierins' but among The
The above are nearly all Of the passages in which a
SHOCK is given to ola as'oeidon M be- cad rash
% %efse Is, in the Authorized Version reads
| "Behold my Geryant shall deal prudently.
he shall be exalted and e1olIod and De very VERY
deal wisely he shall be lifted up and shall be very
high" Isaiah ill., g. in the Authorized Version Is ne
acGuainted with grief: aud we hid. 1t were, our
faces from him he desRsed and we esteemed him
| is despisod and rejected Of men; men,, man man
of sorrows aud aequaintea win, Win ss rIfn
pissed. and esteemed him not The same eesp,e ed
yet he opened not his mouth lamb that ne led TO
the slaughter" etc. Same chapter verse ., lie was
declare Ills generation" is revised 10 read by OPP
preston and Judgment he was taken away; and who
The ehiistology OF Old Testament almost entirely
unaffected by the revision The crucial PASSAGE Isaiah
vii IL "Behold a virgin shall conceive aud bear
son." remains unchanged, except tnat the margin
In fbo
thy mother that thy days may be long in the Land which
abeT 1 and nv ats1r that thy DAYS may be long upon
the land which the Lord thy Goa gNeth hee-
The following examples in which the actual task oi
revision is dis incuy .
Aailo!i1ed TersonIGSGesis XII. IL 81" dr.,d the
mount Of the Lord 1t shall DO seen revised Yofsioh
" in tho mount OF the Lord IL shall be provided
Authorized version. Exodus xix, 20: AND Il was
to these Revised: Ana there was the cloud ana tho
darkness yet gave ii light b. night
CHANGES IN JOB AND THE PSALMS.
Authorlzcd-Job xviii. 4. "The food that breaketh
out from the inhabant the waters forgotten OF
the foot they are dried up they gone away from
men," Revised" He breaketh open shaft; away
from where soourn they are forgotten Of the loot
tnat passeth by they hang afar from men, they SWING
10 and from
Authorization XXI, s. "Behold:. my desire, is
that lie Almighty would answer me-" Keyised-Lo,
here y my sign S! 'ne y@T est h1 take
thee away from his stroke" Revised" beware test
thou be led away with Thy su1ieleney ,.
Authurized-Psa!m xii. >: viii SET MN il sdiely
from him tina, pufeth at him" Reysed-"I will set
' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. XVIII 4: Exto him that rideth
upon the heavens" Revised: Cast up highway LOT
him that rdeth through the deserts"
Autborized-Psalm xviii, 10: Blessed be the
Lord who daily loaded US with benefits; Revised
Blesse he the Lord who daily beareth our burdens
pany of spear1nen Revised" Rebuke the wild beasts
OF the reeds"
Authorized-Psaln lxxxiL. z: "As wen the
singers the players on instruments ha be c s ,SS
singers they that dance say all my fountains are III
Authorized Psalm cxli, 5: "And let him reprove
me- il shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my
head" Revised: let him reprove mel 1t shall be
Isaiah Al verse A. authorized The voice Of Him that
cricth in the Wilderness Prepare ye the way oil inc
Lord" Revised: "The voice OF one that creth, Prepare
| ye in the wilderness the way OF the Lord. ,..oo. 60
entirely different versions given IN the Margin
! Similarly in Genesis 40, 10, unt shiloh zane Is
kept, but It'll he came TO Shiloh " Is noted
many Others there seems TO have been a strong
minority among The roySe when and 9cd tS onS
succeeded in putting 1T in the margin. which contains
Of the scholarship Of the Eeyo and He rd n
Sions u the second verse, Where instead
Of and the earth was without form and void read
land the earth waste and void The text OF the
story Of the creation is without other sirik'
ing variations The same may DC said VI lnc ueseP
| tion OF the TALL and the flood.
| ALTERATIONS IN THE COMMANDMENTS.
| In the ten commandments verbal altera'
tons the most striking being that the SIXTH Thou
shalt not kill" exodus Xxx 49,, becomes Thou shalt
| do no murder"
| Deuteronomy, chapter XXXn, verse 8, "Tbey
have corrupted themselves their spot not the spot Of
IIs children" is revised They have corrupted them
selves they not his children i'll stner biemish
| -
| THE FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS.
HOW TIE NEW ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION OF