The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-28

t8kcn "a preserving ntoct household words OF
been held s.cred. and the revisers cAnnot be
chsreed with any pedantic etraining after the
original text; but not all the familiar ebjscts
high priest no longer casts lots for the scaps-
goat. He does so for Agazel
suns to he a. 'ne ssre
There was evening" and morning. second day
successive stages s with ionS intervaIs tS0n Oh
The apples OF goli,- Of Proverbs XIV, IL. are
now eneased In figured work" OF silver, not in
Vanity and vexation OF spirit Ecclesiastes
Il, ~ has become Vanity and striving after
Happy is the man that hath his culver full of
them" Osalms cxxviii 81 has teen changed into
Happy Is the man that hath filled his culver
Ileuben's curse tGencsis Xix. ~. Unstable AZ
water thou shalt not excel" now reads, -Unsta-
BILE as water. have not thou the excellency.-
sociations. The authorized Genes (chap. VI,
verse ~: There were giants in the earth In
those days" is revised: The nephelins were in
In the authorized version Of Job XXI. verse
35, -O that one would hear mel Behold. my
desire Is that the Almighty would answer me
and that mine adversary had written book"
Is revised, "Oh. that one would hear me. Be-
hold, my desire is, that the Almighty would
which my adversary hath written"
The authorized Psalm viii, verse o: For
Thou hast made him little lower than the
angels" is revised; ,tor Thou hast made him a
little lower than God
The authorized Psalm cxvi verse IL: Il
said in my haste, all men are liars" Is revised:
Il said when i made haste to escape, all men
are lie.
Eccle-iastes xii. 49, Let Us hear the oonclu-
sion OF the whole matter; fear God" etc has
matter; all hath been heard: fear God" etc
Proverbs xiv. .: Fools make n mock at sin.
but among the righteous there is favor" re-
Iha ItOh fFn oft.
ing, but among the upright there Is goodwill"
The above are nearly all or the passages In
which shock Is given to old associations. In
other passages there are found variations which
cannot be called rash alterations. For instance,
Isaiah. chap Iii, verse -, in the authorized
sion reads: Behold, my servant shall deal
prudently: he shall be exalted and extolled and
be very high" The revised verse reads: Be
hold, my servant shall deal wisely; he shall be
lifted up and shall be very high,
Isaiah ill.,, 3, In the authorized version is:
He is despised and rejected of men; q man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we hid
as 1t were our faces from him; he was despised,
reads: He is despised and rejected Of men: a
man Of SORROWS, and acquainted with grief: and
as one from whom men hid their faces; he was
despised, and we esteemed him not
The same chapter. verse 2, is changed to read:
He was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth;
as a lamb that he led to the slaughter, etc.
Same chapter verse 8: He was taken from
prison and from Judgment. and who shall de-
clare his generation?" is revised to read: by
Va
and who considereth his generation?"
The Christology of the Old Testament is
almost entirely unaffected by the revisers.
The crucial passage. Isaiah vii, IA: " Behold,
virgin shall conceive and bear a son." remains
unchanged, except that the margin suggests
1.-THE virgin is with child and beareth.
In the fifth commandment, Honor thy father
and thy mother. that thy DAYS may be long in
the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
is rendered: Honor thy I Their and thy mother,
that thy days may be long upon the land which
the Lord thy God g1veth thee.
The following are examples In which the
actual work of revision is distinctly seem:
Authorized vcrs on, Genesis xii, IA: In the
mount of the Lord IL shall be seem" Revised
version: In the mount of the Lord IL shall be
provided.
Authorized version, Exodus XIV 90: And 1t
was cloud and darkness to Them but 1t gave
light by night TO these" Revised: And there
was the cloud and the darkness, and gave it light
by night.
Authorized version. Job xviii. a. THE food
that breaketh out from the inhabitant, even the
waters forgotten of the foot. they are dried mp;
breaketh open shaft. away from where men So
journ; they are forgotten of the foot that pass
eth by: they hang afar from men; they swing
Authorized version, Job XXI, IS: Behold
my desire is that the Almighty would answer
me-" Revised: 10, here is my sign above; let
the Almighty answer me-"
Authorized version, Job XVI, IS: "Peware
lest he take thee away with Ills stroke" Re-
vised: Beware lest thou be led away with thy
Authorized version, Psalm xii, g: IT will set
him in safety from him that puffeth at him"
Revised: =! will set him in safety at whom
Authorized version, Psalm xviii. 4: "Extol
| him that rideth upon the heavens" Revised
Cast mp highway for him that rideth through
Authorized version, Psalm xviii, 10: Blessed
| be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits
Revised: Blessed be the Lord who daily bear
| eth our burdens"
Authorized version, Psalm xviii, 80: "Rebuke
the company OF spearmen: Revised: "Rebuke
| the wild beasts of the reeds"
Authorized version, Psalm lxxxvii, Z: AS
well the singers as the players on instruments
shall be there: all my springs are in thee. Re-
vised: AS well the singers as they that dance;
| all my fountains are in thee"
Authorized version, Psalm cxli., 8: And let
Him reprove me; 1t shall be an excellent oil
which shall not break my head" Revised:
and let Him reprove me; it shall be oil upon
| the head; let not my head refuse it,.
Authorized version, Isaiah xL, 3: The voice
the way of the Lord" Revised: THE voice of
one creth, Prepare We in the wilderness the way
| OF the Lord"
Psalms H., 10: kiss the Son." remains and
references to entirely different versions are Civ.
en- In the margin. Similarly in Genesis Xix, 10:
Until Shiloh came" is kept, but Till he came
| TO Shiloh" is noted as an alternative. In all
| these cases. as in many Others, there seems to
have been a strong minority among the revfs-
| ers, which held out for the alternative readings
and succeeded in putting them in the margin,
which contains most OF the scholarship Of the
| revision. The first verse In both the authorized
| versions is he came. The first alteration oc-
curt in the second verse, where, insts ad of Tho
| earth was without form and void" we read,
And the earth was waste and void"
| The text of the story of the creation in with
| out other striking variations. The same may be
| said of the description of the fall and the
| flood. In the ten commandments are some
verbal alterations. the most striking being that
| of the sixth: Thou shalt not kill Exodus Xxx,
| 13) becomes Thou shalt do no murder
| Deuteronomy, chap xxxti. verse o: They
| have corrupted themselves; their spot Is not
| the spot of his children Revised: @They have
| corrupted themselves: they are not his chill
| dren: 1t is their blemish-
Following is list Of the eminent Amer
lean theologians who took part in the labors
of the revision. The membership was
necessarily limited to scholars whose resi-
| dence was not SO remote from New York as
to make their attendance at the monthly
meetings of the committee impossible:
Philip Schaff, ID. d., LII. D.. President.
George Il. Day, ID. D.. Secretary.
Prof. William Henry Green, d. ID. LII. d.
| Chairman, Theological Seminary, Princeton, N
j. Prof. George r. Day. ID. D., Secretary. Divin-
/ ity School OF Yale College, New Haven, Conn. !:
| Prof. Charles A. Aiken, D. D., Theological Sem
mary. Princeton, N. j.: Rev. Il. w. Chambers
/ ID. d., Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church, New
| York; Prof. Thomas J. Conant, ID. d., Brooklyn,
| N. Y: Prof. John DE Witt, ID. D., Theological
| Seminary. New Brunswick, N. j.; Prof George
| Emlen Hare. ID. d.. LII. D., Divinity School.
Philadelphia, Pa. Prof. Charles II. krauth. d.