The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-28

have no pleasure in them" The
change here is remember also" for
remember now" with another va
rant, cor ever the evil days come" for
while the evil days come not" The
alterations in the case of Genesis have
already been given, and for the sake
of comparison the two concluding
verse; from the Old Testament may
be extracted from each version. The
authorized runs thus:
"Behold, Ilwill send you Elijah, the
prophet, before the coming of the /
great and dreadful day of the Lord:
"And he shall turn the heart of the |
fathers to the children, and the heart |
of tie children to their fathers, lest i
come and smite the earth with
curse"
The revise renders it: Behold, 1
will send you Elijah the prophet be-
fore the great and dreadful day of the
Lord come, and he shall turn the
heart OF the fathers to the children
and the heart of the children to tbs
fathers"
Among the minor changes may be
quoted: "The foolish scorDed the gift
: SIM II he witch of Endor now sees
), only "a God," not goods" ascending.
) In Proverbs, "a naughty person" be-
}. com s "a worthless person." "Wine is
/ mocker, strong drink is raging" be-
: comes wine is mocker, strong drink
Q brawler." In Daniel, "Asto-
e MED for "a while" is used instead of
3 "Astonied for one hour" The sui
= stitutlon of modern words for archaic
II expressions has only taken place where
Il the word was not only obsolete, but
/ 60 the public unlntelllgible. "Coat
le of mall" for instance is substitute
|, fer "BrIgandine" in jeremiah, Ii,
n where the Almighty promises to rais'
al army against Babylon, land agains
Is MIN that lifteth himself up in hi
III brigandine." For the word "cockatrice
ne there is given "basilisk," with "AGder
he as the marginal alternative. Til
Nimples and the crisping pins'' men
AZ Toned in Isaiah Ill, %, have aitogeth
81 er disappeared. "Emerods" Frs
7, Samuel, V, 6, makes way for "humol
q, GUS" "Habergeon' is rendered i
as Exodus XVIII, as Goat of mail
IL and in Job XII as "the pointed shaft
'le The connection of America with tn
revision remains to be noted. 1t
III ex plailed as follows in the preface
rs Tue revisers had already made som
~ progress, and had in fact gone tWiC
, through the Pentateuch before the
y" secured the cooperation of the Anne
'lh ic ID Old Testament Revision Con
X thy. The first revision Of the seye
Sd al books was submitted to the consi(
o. Grafton of the American reVis9rS, ar
IDS except in the case of Pentateuch tt
ne English Company had the benefit
,ne their criticisms and suggestions befo
7W they proceeded to the second revisio
Hr Inc Secoud revision was in like ma
les ner forwarded to America, and Il
'he latest thoughts of the American r
viiers were in the hands of the En-
we lish Company at their final Ieyisio
eW In every instance the suggestion
III from America were treated with Il
dp- same consideration as those from t
re- members of the English Compan
OF aud were adopted or reject
ers on their merits. The preface ad
x. that those points on which there W
iln ultimate disagreement are placed {
ter record in the appendix, filling sixte'
pages. Tie American cancellations
. are recorded are chiefly directed toWar
-; d undermining the translation by t.
,dl- omission of obsolete forms, both
axe language and spelling.
t The Daily News says: 1.-THE rev
me ers have erred, ii they have erred
OF all, on the side of obstinate consery
mo tism rather than on the side Of ia
innovation"
leo The Athenaeum says: "The revi
lng ion is literary success. There are
xc. pretensions to scholarly completent
Is and practically no alterations in t
Sa- text. The reYisers can be congratu
zen ted upon the wisdom of their decisi
'oo in declining to make new text of o
H ees as the other company did with t
ne New Testament"