The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17
THE REVISED BIBLE.
Some of the Lighter Touches of the Revis-
ion-Work of the American Revisers
Press Comments.

LONDON. May l6.-Among the lighter touches OF
tie revision OF the old Testament are those that
occur in the well-known passage which Is here
given. AS revised: "But I know that my Re-
oeer,er liveth and tha. He shall stand up at the
lest day upon the earth, and alter my skin has
whom shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall
behold ana not aDotner" Another we'll
eo@es IN aso tay clsstD5 in me
days OF thy youth or ever the evil days c)ma, or
the years draw nigh when thou shalt say hare
member also for Remember now" with an
other variant. "or ever the evil days come" for
in the case OF Genesis have already been siven,
and for The sake OF comparison the two conclud.
s om he oo se be
thus: Behold win send you Elijah the prophet
before tie coming OF the great aud dIesdiul day
oi % tse H fathers HO to e the dn chiIdren, enc snd
the heart of the children to their fathers, lest
vised rendersi il: behold. / will tend You Elijah
the prophetbefore the great AID dreadful day OF
the Lord come and he shall turn the heart THE
fathers 70 the children aud the hear. OF the chill
dren 10 the ia,h hels.' Among minor changes may
be quote d, ."rhe foolish scorned tine quie, Of
jeTDg. for the tools make meek OF SIN Toe
Witch OF Endor now sees only "a God" not
Gods ascending. In Proverbs, a .'nsughty
person" becomes "a worthless person." "Wine is
mocker, strong drink is raging" be comes Wine
is mocker. strong drink a raSler." In Daniel
"As:oniCd for awhile is used iastead OF AS
tODiCu Tor al DOur. lDe SUBSTITUTION Oi mo Tern
where the word was not only obsolete bur to the
pubic unintslIigible. "Joat OF msil' is subst.
the Almighty psomises 10 raise n army against
Babylon. and against him that liftein hi nself
rice there is siven asiliss." with adder a
the marginal alternative. The wimples and the
cIisriDg pins" mentioned in Isaish 3 2l. have
makes way for Humans" Hoberseon' is
rendered In Exodus xviii, was GOAT OF mail and
IN Job xii as TIE Pointed shaft"
WORK OF TIE ANEsIcAS IEvisERs
Tie connection of America with the rev sion re-
mains to be noted. IL is explained Us follows:
In the preface the revisers had already made
some progress. and had, in fact gone twice
through the Penta,euch before they secured the
vision Committee. The first revision OF the sew
eisl books was submitted 10 the consi teration OF
the American revisers, and, except IN the case OF
The Pentaieucb. the English committee had the
benefit OF their CRITICS and suggestions bsiore
they proceeded to the second revision. This sec.
end fevls On was in like mapner forwarded TO
Amehca, an6 the latest thoughts OF the American
revstrs we're in the hands OF the English commit
American reyisers were lreat,d win the same con.
sideI alton as those ifom members OF the English
mmitiee. and were adopted or rejected on their
merits. The piCfeCe ADDS that those points or
which there was definite disagreement are pla sed
on record in the appendix. filling sixteen pages
The American emt ndations so recorded are cnieny
directed toward modernizirg the TRANSLATION by
the emission OF obsolete Iorms, bo.h of language
and spelling.
PRESS COMMENT.
The Daily News ssys: "The revisers have erred,
II they have erred at ALL on the eide OF obstinate
CoDsel yaiism IA hex than the side OF rasl inno-
vsti0p."
The Attaueum rays: The revision IS literary
success. There are pretentions scholarly
completeness and piact ca ly no alterations in the
texture. The revisers can be c)ncratula.ed on
the wisdom OF their decision 10 declining TO make
srew text ss the other committee did with the
New Testament"