Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-23

| AUTHORIZED VERSION REVISED VERSION.
| Ps. II: ). II will set - will set him in
| him in safety from safety at whom they
him that puffeth at mock
| him.
| Ps. 6S: 4. 'sExtol him "Cast up highway
that rideth upon the for him that ridetf
Ps. 6s: 19. blessed be Blessed be the Lord
the Lord who daily who daily beareth oul
loadeth us with bene- burdens"
Ps. SO: 80 "Rebuke "Rebule the wild
the company OF spear beasts OF the reedS.'
| PS 50: Z. GAS we'll the GAS we'll the singers
| singers as the players as they that dance say
| or instruments shall all my fountains are in
be there. All my Thee"
springs are in Thee.
| Ps. Ill: 5. "And let "And let him reprove
him reprove me- it me- it shall be oil upon
| shall be excellent the head: let not my
Oil which shall not head refuse it,
| break my head
| Prov. IA: 8. Fools ''The foolish scorn the
MAKE mock at sin; guilt offering but
but among the right among the upright
| eous there is SIM there is good will
;: 10. Carved works, "Striped clothes OF
| fine linen of Egypt" the yarn of Egypt
10: % lit is as sport ''And so is wisdom tO
| TO fool to do mis- man of understand,
chief; but Il man of ing"
understanding hath
wisdom
13 10. 1.-The way of "The way of the
IfanSreSsofS Is hard. treacherOus is ragged.
1t: 1.-The preparations 1.-The preparations OF
in man and the an the heart belong to
swer Of the tongue is man, but the answer OF
from the Lord the tongue is from the
Fec. 5: IA. Calls van "An is vanity and
ity and vexation of striving after wind
-: ID. "Let us hear "This is the end of the
the conclusion of the matter; all hath been
whole matter, Fear heard, Fear God, etc. y
God, etc
THE PROPHETICAL BOOKS.
The revision adheres to the A. V. in the prose
form, except in those cases where the poetic
form and spirit plainly contrast with that
which precedes and follows, 2. a.. the prayer OF
Jonah and the sublime ode in the Sd chapter OF
OF jeremiah, which are evidently OF lyric
character The division into paragraphs is
suggested either by the short titles given the
text. as In Isaiah xxi. Il, 13, where "The bur-
den of Dumah' and 1.-THE burden upon Arabia
obviously imply the transition to a new theme.
or by the internal structure 20 other parts where
the prophet passes from one subject to anOthe Ter.
Tie christOloSy of the o. T. is scarcely
changed; The crucial passage, Isaiah vii. Ii.
a SON. remains unchanged. except that
the margin suggests, "the Virgin is with
child and beareth.' Isaiah xl 4. THE voice of
him that crieth In the wilderness, Prepare we
the way of the Lord is changed to- read. "The
voice OF one that creth, prepare We in the viii
dcrness the way OF the Lord" tx 5. Every
battle of the warrior is with confused noise and
garments rolled in blood: but this shall be with
burning and fuel of fire. is changed tor the
the tumult. ana the garments rolled in blood,
shall be for burning, for the fuel of fire. In the
o3d chap. the revision removes the cOnfrlsi of
lenses in VS.. 2, 3, as ''He shall grow up when
We shall see him. He is despised and re-
jected.' The correction of these makes the
description more correct and impressive as one
continuous picture of lOwlnesS and rejection.
In V. 3. instead of 1--WE hid as it were
our faces from him. there is the eXacter rem
derlng, las one from whom men hide their face,
DE was despised," etc. The difficult Sth VERSE;
Gle was taken from prison and from judgmen t:
and who shall declare his generation" is made
palmer by rendering. "By oppression and judy
ment He was taken away; and who considereth
His gcncratiOE:' In iiv . '.In IA little wrath |
hid my face from thee becomes "In overflow
ing wrath hid my face etc, thus making a
stronger contrast with the kindness mentioned
in the next clause In V. II the promise to
Zion IS not "windows of agate" but ''pinnacles
of rubies." In wi. TO- IL the comparison
OF lsraels rulers to dumb. indOlent, greedy
dogs, and to iaithess shepherds, is brought
out much more clearly than in the a. V. The
indignant question Of Jehovah at offerings made
to idols Qvii.G), ''ShOuld 1 receive comfort in
these? Is much better expressed by "Shall be
appeased for these things?'' "who is this that
cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from
Bozrah, etc. Is greatly helped by representing
the conquerOr as 'marching' rather than tray
cling" in the greatness OF his strength, and by
a more vigorous rendering of the last clause OF
v.6, but especially by preserving the preterite
lenses of the original.