The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-17
THE REVISED BIBLE.

Additional Samples of the Changes Made
The Part Taken by the Americans
LONDON, May 16.-AmOng the lighter touches
of the revision OF the Old Testament are those
that occur IN the wellknown passage, which is
here given as revised: But know that my
Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand up at
the last upon the earth, and after my skin has
been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall
see God, whom SHALL see for myself and mine
eyes shall behold, and not another"
Another well-known passage in Ecclesiastics
becomes: Remember also thy Creator in the
days of thy youth, or ever the evil day come or
the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, have
nc pleasure in them The change here is, 'Re-
member ALSO" for Remember now" with an
other variant, ''Or 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 compari-
,on, the two concluding verses from the old
Testament may be extracted from each version.
The authorized runs thus "Behold, will send
you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the Lord"-"And he
shall turn thesheart of the fathers to the chill
dren, and the heart of the children to their
fathers, lest come and snite the earth with a
curse" The revised renders it: Behold 1
viii send you Elijah the prophet before the
great and dreadful day of the Lord come, and he
shall turn the heart of the fathers to the chill
dren and the heart of the children to the faith
ers.'
Among minor changes may be quoted: 'T'he
foolish scorned the quiet offering, for the fools
make mock at sim The witch Of Endor now
sees only ga god" not gods" ascending. In
Proverbs, "a naughty person becomes "a worth
less person" Wine is a mocker, strong drink
is a raging" becomes wine is mocker strong
drink brawler" In Daniel. s'Astonied for
while is used instead of "Astoniec for one
hour"
The substitution of modern words for archaic
expressions has only taken place where the word
was not only obsolete, but to the public unin
telligible Goat of mail /" for instance, Is sub
stituted for "brigandiner in Jeremiah Ii, 8,
where the Almighty promises to raise army
against Babylon and against him that lifteth
himself up in his brigandine." For the word
''cockatrice' there is given 'basilisk,' with
ladder as the marginal alternative. 1.-THE
wimples and the crisping pins, mentioned in
Isiah iii % have altogether disappeared
s'emerods" in / Samuel v, 6, makes way for
'shumorss "Habergeon, as rendered in
Exodns xviii, is coat Of mail, and in Job XII
as 1.-THE pointed shaft
The connection OF America with the revision
remains to be noted. 1t is explained as follows
In the preface the revisers had already made
some progress, and had, IN fact, gone twice
through the Pentateuch before they secured the
cooperation of the American Old Testament
revision company. The first revision of the
several books was submitted to the consideration
or the American revisers, and, except in the case
OF the Pen.ateuch, the English company had the
eeneht or their criticisms and suggestions
before they proceeded to the second re-
vision. This second revision was in a
Ike manner forwarded to America, and
he latest thoughts of the American revisers
gere III the hands Of the English, company at
i1eir final review. In every instance the sug-
sesLions from the American revisers were
created with the same consideration as those
from members cf the English company, and we're
adopted or rejected on their merits. The preface
aids that those points on which there was ulti-
mate disagreement are placed on record in the
appendix filing sixteen pages. The American
lamentations so recorded ara chiefly directed to-
yards undermining the translation by the omis-
NON of obsolete forms, both Of language and
spelling.
The Daily N.ws says '"rhe reviscrs have
fred, If they have erred at all, on the side OF