Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-21
NE OLD TESTAMENT.
gHr Itrsised Edition Given to the
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gurehnse II neM iuesdtyi when, ny re-,
BiafkuDle eoiueidenc', Wlll be the feast OF |
fenteeost, which cpmi'icnlorates, heeorulhg
70 Tradition the REVELATION on mount siu"'
vi mo Dee'NoSue' 49,,
u cp.uitittie Of revision was appointed
l,y the ,5atlhllah,l Niugch Convention on |
tS,,ntt, III stay ,tiD. Df the IL members
I'm ,,,,,,jn, n,,,l ak 4t,rylye The reyisers
I'M ,.Ito,rther 794 days OF six hours. The
whole work was gone over in session three
times The ilfst llido u bare majority car
ried an alteration. The alterations then
n.tdu were printed and circulated among
the roylseis, who had the advantage before
the second revision began ut suggestions by
the American rovisers. ON the second re-
vision Il two-thrds majority was necessary
to confirm the alterations. The third RS
vision was devoted to objections ana points
reserved.
AS lur the general result, when the whole
york is examined it will be found that the
reyisers have ON the whole been very con,
servative. The alterations In the Old
Testament are mueh iewer IN proportion
than those made in the New Testament;
There have been very few-merely verbal
alterations. The revised Old Testament Is
almost exactly the same length as the old
one. There are important ALTERATIONS IN the
arrangements of chapters, which are printed
in paragraph so as to keep the conservative
sense, but are not divided into verses.
Poeueal passages are printed like blank
verse. The first axiom of the revised trans
lation was ceiling to the pure native
Significance OF the words" This is a
specimen OF the blank verse:
Create in me a clean heart, o God,
And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence,
And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
hesIore uhgo me lii9 10y ~ ts , s''''o''
anu "pA',u ny w. : ~, 9i','
Adam anu Eve only Gike tileir NAMES "is NJ
the tall' beiore, they are lhai OF Wig. ~, ~
changes IN dictlon are maze III tne hrsl
ehaptet j Genesis TO ald or puzzle uepaters
on faiti, 1l science. Inc GU aeeouht On t ii
deluge 10 .9it as II was. M me MOSAIC p DOORS
are but htle toueheu. me 1os i lliir' W,
OF the ST.. and the moon Is lelt intact. Jou
is mainly 'rinted IN blank verse; KNOW t
that my adeemer llVetn suthus, out ti NJ
marginal ne de5troysall lIs slgiillcalce ~
relation u ,le Messiah ~ Illl ,ilne I'm. 1,i
Versary hau Wrltten pook peeol,les on
that had the indictment mine adversary
had written. Hast thou 1iotheo ms necE
with thunder changes to with aqulverlnt
name.
"Hell, comments the Ddtty 4etyTuHt
us lnludlciously dismissed, ahu w
Hebrew word sheOf substitutes I,
throughout. The Gto6e says, 60 10 sleol /!
will now become more pleasant phiase
the angry trreveTent man. Inc ltancs
former editions yield 10 common typelh III
text. E,
The Psalms are divided, lhere are 10y
important changes made In them, ana mos
with piteously scrupulous care. Inc peau
tiful Psalm XxIII., 'Ihe Loru Is my shep
herd" remains untouched, as does the pas
sage in Psalm XXIv., beginning LII
your heads, ye gates But III isall
xxxyII. "Ihe wicked man no lohge
spreadeth himself IKE Il green pay lree'
but US green tree IN It's natlVe SOIL nor
Psalm NV. is the KING uaughter sal1 70 !. !
''all glorious within, but the King
daughter within the palace 4 an glorious.
A well known verse III fsaih AcIi no
reads: 1.-The days OF our years hre thre.
score and ten, or even by reason Oh strGnst
fourscore years YET Is their prlue puI l,lp'
and sorrow, for it is gone and we ny away
The proverbs and songs OF solomon ~
HrEnged us poetry una UrlllllSly lIlsrlor'
win. celebrated passage in Isaiah no
eads: "As one from whom men niue the
ace he was despised, and we esteemed III
rot.
The Associated Press report contains u
following passages
In the poetical books ''sheol" replac
"hell." which has been changed i'll pro
passages to ''the grave and the pit" wi
''sheol' in the margin. "Of these remit
ings, hell" says the preface, 'if it could
taken in its original sense as used in t
creeds, would be II fairly adequate equiv
mon uue i, ~ t rs rnv ,yould ianI
lhttl SIlpl'y ~