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

Inent. distinctly recorded in the appehdlX when tus
English editions obliged 70 contain Inc reader OF
the Revised Version VIII discover IN the alpeholA Only
small part Of the result oil the WORK Ol tne AireeS
COMMITTEE These results are found everywhere through
" Ths work Of the American New Testament Company
continued until the autumn of 1850; that Of the Old
sTestament Company till the close Of 1884 The whole
B nns:r, af'fT '1e s revised English version at
tbs time before the people Great Britain and America
have aored In the preparation OF 1t have carefully ana
conscientOusly examined and every Vsise
the Epgligh.speaking world That 1t will meet I'M
favorable criticism sometimes severe sometimes
thoughtess sometimes from the conservative
sometimes from the tb siaes uo
part Of IL has already met sneh cGs 1nS3 90 ho
the book viii i've while the critics will die, and wishing
or he Coming ones 10 make the Scriptures clearer
their meaning to all men of the English race.
THE METHODS OF THE REvIsEEs.
The Bible appears bound with tho New Testament.
The preface opens with statement OF the general prin
ciples on which the revision has been conducted The
reyiscrs have borne in mind their duty not 10 make
new translation but to revise that already existing and
have departed from 1t only where they disagreed
with the translators OF 1911 upon the meaning
Of a word sentence. The terms OF
natural history only changed where 1t Is certain
that the authorized version Is incorrect Where 1t is
aoubtful or there any the rendering is
gwen ia the margin. In words of frequent
the authorized version being either inadequate
changes have been introduced with as much
OF the Congregation has been eyerywhere changed
10 Trent OF Meeting" In regard TO the word Jehovah"
the usage Of the authorized version Is followed the re-
isers not thinking 1t advisable 10 insert uniformly in
,,iscs ~ al 0rd" or "God" which, when printed In
capitals represent the words substituted by jewish
cnssopp Tor the Ineabe Name OF technlcal terms from
The Hebrew one in three seems to have been generally
tntvoducea The word "grove" Judges VI, 80 has
heen replaced by "ashera" with its plnrals asherlm
ana ashcroft In the poetica books sheo replaces
@he which has been changed IN prose Passages 70
a1f these renderings hell" says the preface II 1t
s,d he In its original sense as used IN the creens
rxond he fairly adequate equivalent Tor the Hebrew
word but t is so commonly understood as ihe paee Oh
torment that to employ ~ ueqnSnIiy "'"" ieN W All
eyitable misunderstanding. ,,uy a. ,,sod In
In Isaiah XIV, where hell IS useo h, ID
more of its original sense the reylsers may. nave
left hell |" In the text putting sne0i' III tne
Abaddon" which has hitherto been known 10 En9nsn
readers of the Bible only from the New TestaDenk
afions TX III has been introduced In three passags
Once in Job and twice ~ Proverbs Tho term meat
Sfsri,,e has been changed into meal Offering inc
term having ceased 10 be the generic name i9r
All food new plural peOpes-has been introduced Al
fhougn sometimes this becomes Gentes when the con-
trast 10 the Chosen People is marked, 81,
All headnQs OF chapters have been dropped AZ IN the
revsed New Testament and the text has been uiviaea
fofo naragrapbs By this means the reylseis nase
la enabled - rejon Psalm 10 Psalm TX and fsann