Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-22

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osfe, one 81 the A0egsesa rtgxia.ra -
= familiar With she vork from ti,a -
einninR. The progress Of lsaQuag. ~,
rendered many changes neee@ssrv >.
sofds Aoc pbrases obsolete. hepee an.
iutesltRihle. The foiiowiing ars -
speelssens, ali from ths Old FestaDsr,.
There are many rsuderinQs declared =
Dc ffieorreet By the lsxioans and e-sm.
rnsntaries Of critical charseser. r.,
example. the wofd @hypossrits- i foand
sight times IN the Book Of yoh- vst T.
not one OF them dos tha, original Tar
nave that meaning. SO one az -
oblattous mentioned in ths r,~nsa.
tscch and slaswhsfe, IL called ssU,sa,
onerinR,s which leads the reader b.
sappose . IL an animal sacrifea. whersas
tue HsoEEw means an uuhloodz osIa,
tion. and h eorrecsiy rendered. ms
Offering Tue following liza o. inoor-
rect words 10 placed first, with refsrenca
70 one OF the ptaces wnsrs II oeenra.
and then The true meaning a. QsneraIIy
aecegsed amone scholars:
INCORRECT. nupEzy .x.prxa
Apothecery. lEx XXX. 20 Pesfunsr.
Avenging. badges '. Leaders.
Bittsrn. tIssiah xiv, 81 .Porcugiae.
Barrow, Exodus III.
brsschesl Judges v, ~ Creek OF harbors.
Candle, 3oo XVII. .Lamp.
Cssdron. tJeferniah Id, 49,. Pot.
College Gil Kings xii, 14(Seeond ward.
C0ast. der. INV, 81 Usteru1osIt uart.
Cs5oksd. dob XVI. ID. Fleet or fleeing.
Dead thing. dob XVI. ST.. The spaier.
Diet. iJeremiah Iii, 81 .AIIosanee.
Dragons, Psalms lxxi', I3J. Monsters.
Dragons. dob xxx. z9l...... .J8cksls.
Drs9s, Isaiah Ii, II l......-.......B 30 vi.
FiaRons OF vine, Hosea III. H..
Pressed gr apes.
Fires, Isaiah XIV, ID 1.-The East
Elsod, (Joshua XIV. l4j the X yer.
Foxes. tJndges. ~, j sckals.
Groves, Exodus XIV. BIZ. Pillars.
Galleries. Giant. wi. 81 .Curis Of hair.
Grow no, fAsI ~, Leap.
Hats. Daniel Iii, 2l........... Msntsis.
The following selection Of passages
shioh have been changed In the rsyi-
sion is intended az q specimen Of the
work done, and Of the principles upoa
which IL has been carried o1t: 6enesls--
In the first chapter the pattinQ Of each
days worn. in a separate paragraph aids
the common reader. In w.. q. tue song
OF Lameeh is made more intelligibls By
making ths ssoond eoQplet read: Ran,
for have slain man for woundtnq me,
and yoaag man for bruisinR me. In
xiii. 3, Abraham went M ous Of Ezypt
IN the South The printing Of the last
word with d capital letter Shove it re-
fsFs to O dennIte rpRion. ,hs Negeb.
and tbss avoids the inconeruity OF ths
II old version in leading one to
.hsnk that the Patriarch Reached Pales-
tine by Roing south from Egypt. In
verse Is. she plain Of Mamre whtch 10 in
HehFoa. IL changed 90 the ''Osks of
Mamre. waieh are in Hebr0a,- bscaose
this Is the meaning OF the Hebrew. and
there Is no plain In Hebron OF lbs vioiai.
~. SO xiv.. IS, sud xvii, l, and IN xviii.
10, for II know him, that he will com-
mand his children and his househaid
after him." il changed 70 "fof I have
known 20 the end that be may con-
mand.n etc. 10 xiv. 2, "Abr ham
said % his eldest servant Of his house,
is made to read, Abraham said to his
servant. the elder of his house." which
- what the Hebrew means. la xxiii',
10, "and Jaeno same to Shalem, q city
Of She0ham." The revision reads,
Game in peace 10 the city Of She
chem" because no eneh city
a. Shalem IL known. In the
prophesy of Jacob. Genesis xxx. are
several manifest improvements Reu-
ben 10 charged with being not ''unsts
bie,n but rs the original word means
s'boiline over" that is impalsivs or ex-
citable. which exactly describes his
character as shows by his oouduet on
various occasions. In the fifth verss
'sinstrunaenta Of cruelty are IN their
habitations:s on the margin Of the old
version " weapons Of violence ara thsir
swords IL inserted IN the text, ss being
more literal and more expressive. In toe
ninth verse, instead Of saying that Ju
dab " eguched a. an old hon. the re-
vision returas TO Tlndale's more aeeu
rats rendering . ~ lioness.n Exodus
Il, -: A stranger In . strange land
IL rendered . q soiourneF in strange
land" In the song OF triumph. after
psasstna the Red sea (xv. }, the vtvidness
and pcetical language OF che poetioai
Tyre are shown In tbs reviaion By the
change Of the past senss and the pres
ent in w, 81, sna Of the future into
the past In W. ~ Is. change required
by tbs original. In he obscure passage
Exodas XVI. 16b the sext retains the
rendering Of the cid version, while the
margin gives the more literal sense OF
the Hebrew Bscsnss there Ia hand"
|. e., she hand OF Amalek against the
throne OF the Lard therefore the Lord
gill have ear With Amalek from ReneF-
alton 90 generation. In the second eom-
mandnaent (xxxv.l We have q slight
ohange-''visltina The iniquity Of the
father upon the children uLon the third
and fourth genaratiou Of them thas
bate me" Tue exact sense Of the
original. Sixth commandment ". l3l
10 after the pattern Of shs prayer book.
aud she old version IN Matt. xix., Is
given Ne "thou shah do 40 murder aud
the Same As Deaf, ', ~. The advantage
OF this rendering 10 that IL needs ne
Limitation OF explanation. To kill 10
often lawful and somstimes . duty. bus
10 40 tnurder IL wrong always and every
where. the tabernacle Of the eongre
CATION u changed 70 lent Of meeting.
In the word "JshovsA," the original
word 10 followed. the revisors not think.
ing IL advisable 70 insert Il uniformly
10 place Of lord" OF God" which,
when printed IN small capitals. repre-
sent the words Substituted By Jewish
cnstoui for the ineffable name 81 technt.
cal terms from the Hebrew. Ons In
tozto Hertn3 W AAbe ooeu GENERALLY tu-
trodaeed. In Judges the word grave
(JndEes Vi. - has bean replaced by
Ashs "a. With iss piurAls ''Ashezimr and
.sAshefofh." II the historical work OF
Judges, chap. ", the song Of Deborah
IL amended according 30 the de-
snanda ef modern sohalasship, verses
10 and II are rendered, sfell II
q. ye that ride on white assss. ye thai
sit on rieh carpets. aud ye that walk by
the var. far from the noise OF archefs
in phases Of drawing water. thsfe shall
they Fehearss the righteous acts OF thu
Lofd.r II. Samuel I. -. old version.
reads, " Babe than teAsh tAe children
40 Israel the Hse OF the bow." TIE 70
vision puts Il cong of tAs bou.s In
Il. - 9 Abner snlote him under the fifth
no. is changed In aaresment wish
modern lexicons 10 :" in the betty" In
', 10 We read, david wens On, and greu
great the revision resolves this He
brew idscsa . David waxsd greater
and greater 10 Vi, 10, instead AZ . .
a asof 81 wine.s the revision properly
reads :. . eake ef raisins."
TrrFshse less 81 klfe ~ . Fire.
fs...ssrasnx Ma n -Tkaa asfw haa