Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-05-21
EMENDING THE SCRIPTURES.
The New Revision Of the Old Testament
Finally Given 10 the Waiting Publ,
In LendDn.
synopsis Of Changes Made in the Old Familiar
Text, and sketch OF the work ~
Revision
The Nsm oId Te.tanen.

The New Old Testament
LONDON, May l5--Copies ~ TIE revised
version Of the Old Testament were given to
the newspapers ~ midnight last night All
the pspers this morning contained extracts
froIn the work The Times says
Finally an international wctk " fourteen
years has come 70 q cisse The revised version
OF the New nestsnisnt was issued in May, 1881,
and pow the revised Old Testament viii soon
| re ru0llShcd Ia all parts Of the Eagish-speak.
1 Ing world. This revision a the most important
event in the history Of the English Bible since
the publication OF the king James translation IN
/ 1911. The snoeoss ~ the Old Testament NAV
| not be AZ greet - that q the New ~ Which
more thaH tYiilfon copies were t0,d on the day
] o. publication, and Tnors than three million
Of copies before the riose Of the year. but II viii
I probably be ilore favorably resolved ana less
severely criticised, for i involves no changes Of
the Hebrew text, no older manupcrsptp than the
1 Masorettc having been diseeysrf Z, and the idiom
OF the authorized vprsrsn "a most carefully pre-
served out y regard Tor the conservative
\ feeiins ~ the church ia It's attachment for the
.anatAge OF the old version. All errors OF trans
4 lation, however, have boen removed, and the
revision viii be pronounced BY every s1ptlets'lt
Bible reader to be very great in'piaY eifeiit Il
l presents the results " ths nJnsIilled labor Of
large number a tho beet IL oTSists and biblical
scholars u Engtsne a1d the United states, Lost
o. thsH, t'sefassors OF Hebrew In universities
and sstinartcs. II has, moreover, this advant.
Eze OF the vast advances Of the last nifty wears "a
Oriental phIolcgy, biblical GEOGRAPHY, history
fectiy understood ~ the forty-seven tTausia,or.
| Of King J4nrs The new version Is not a good
Improvement Of ! good yersssA. The movement
for the present. yersipL vas inaugufated by the
conyocati9n e Canterbury. the. mother church
of AngiD-SaNon ChrtstendOIn Nav "a 1870 bg
tne adoption Of the following resolutions
THE fIBsf STEPS,
That IL II desirable thai revision OF the
DO undertaken; that the revision be 40 cons
cnrted - ~ Comprise both marginal render
ings and snch eInendations a. IL may be found
necessary TO insert In the text Of tho anflosiser
version: that we do not c0ntcinpirta any new
translation Of the Bibie VI any alteration OF
language except where IN the Judgment Of the
most cVHApsteAt scholars, such change II neces-
serYl that Ia such seccssafy changes the style Of
language employed ia the existing version he
closely followed: that IT "a desirable that the
c0nvoeaitnn should nominate body Of its own
members 70 undertake the work Of revision who
shall be 81 liberty 70 invite the corporation Of
any eminent Tor seholafship, 10 whatever nation
toward the formation Of an American committee
ot revision were taken almost uamediately after
the orcAnizaiion q the English committees. The
MS meeting ot the New Testament COMMITTEES
10 England was held June -, 1870. On the I'm
O July following the two houses Of corr
vocation a voted e invite ce.orcration OF
some American dtvines. srd 10 Bishop WILDER.
igrce and Dean Stanley was assigned this task
The fUault wss the selection Ut certain zontle-
men men who were httef for the work, and were
iAely % be regarded As authorities in biblical
learning by the American public, and the subs
mission of their names 10 Bishop EIiss1tt aHd
Dean stanley as repFca ntins the English body.
few months later On faa i3 1871 Dean
stanley wwte 20 Dc schaf. wha was ia the
United States Offering suggestions ia tho way
tasniistiag communication between the English
asu american dlyines and requesting him TO
pfesent the matter TO Bishop Potter Of New
YORK. representing tho Protestant Etlseos,a,
s gs snd srraass amo9e Y eost'pefstion ON
two letters - lifshop Potter. which were sub
H.. % ne honse Of bishops in New York
Lrat Do0y decided 70 take no Official part In the
work, put LETT individual members free to act As
they laight. Final arTang smeats for the American
commission were not made until the GUNNER of
As5s. ~ The autumn the commission began its
rotk. Though nearly two years later than the
English companies IN beginning the work, they
passed Forward with sach! activity that they
were enabled 70 compile Q Il temporaueots
" ith their English brcthern
THE BOOK ITSELF
The Bible appears bOdnd with the New gesta-
inenh Inc preface epeiis with . statement Of
the general principles which The revision has
beon conducted, The reyisers have borne in (
mind their duty not to make new translation.
nnt 70 revise that already existing. and have de-
parted from i only when it disagreed with the 4
tfauslaforS OF 1911 upDn the meaning OF q s-..i l
of sluienee The terms OF natural history are \
2hiy changed when i Is certain that the author /
xea version is incorrect WheEc IL Ia doubtful 4
N there "a an alternative, tho rendering IA
gwen on the margin. In some words OF 4
Ifsqaent occurrence the authorized version /
being either inadequate or inconsistent changes 4
nave been introduced with as much uniformity !
y practicable, For instance: "Tab,,Yuaela of 4
nc eongtogation has been everywhere changed 4
q tent ~ meeting. In regard 10 the word 4
Jehovah, the usage OF the authorized version 4
followed, the reyiscrs not thinking Ii asiyIs- 4
. " e insert Il uniformity IN place " Lord
1ofls WHICH, when printed IN small capitals 4
cI'rcsant the words substituted by Jewish Gus. 4
om inr thu infalsbe name OF technical terms
III I'll sne hi,s.sew, or "a three seem 70 have
JadRes NxvIiL( has been replaced ny -kshera.s
sah its plusals Asherini and -Asheroths /
y INC pestical books shoot replaces hell"
shlen mas been uhanged IN prose passages 81
tho grove snd tile ept. with @sheoie Ia the
nargt1, Ut these reutering. hell" SAYS the
'iciaee. II u could be taken IN It's original sense
= used IN the creed, would be a fairly adequate
for the Hebrew word. but Il Il 30
uinnSniy understood "a the place Of torment
hat 70 employ y frequently would lead 70 iney-
he'll II uset! In more OF its original sense the
eyl-ers have left hell 70 the text, putting
sheof in the margin. Abaddon,' which has
bible only from the New Testament tRev. IL ~. 4
las been introduced In three passages--once In
lob and twice In Proverbs. The term
MEAT OFFERING.
has been changed into meal Offering. the former
erm having ceased 70 be the general name for
NJ food. new plurAl-peopley--has been In
.Ioduced. although sometimes this becomes
1entiles when the contrast Il the chosen peos
pie " marked All headings OF chapters have
been dropped ~ IL che lesssed New Testament,
md the text has been eiyided into paragraphs
been retained On the martin for convenience Of
BY this means the reviseSs have been
, ,asi,I 70 relSin psalm Z to psalm IL, and
saih Iii at chapter lii, verse ID The several
laws OF the creation are made more prominent by
breaks o. q line between the verses THIS ex-
)cdient has enabled the revisers to make use %
he dialogue form. and 70 show the dramatic
'hnrAotqr OF the song % songs, the first chapter
y which, Tor example u divided into seven
I've books, the lass four beginning reapectiVeiy
u Ali, XIII, xc. and evil A striking improve
nent y the printing q AL roesical PASSAGES in
1oetical form. This hSs been done ia the PsalmS
Proverbs, Job and the canticles, hut the Prorhets
lave besn left IN prose however passionats their
,,!at cry the songs Of Lamech, Jacob, Miriam.
hoees Deborah and Hannah the psalm OF Jonah
md Habakkuk and Dayids lament in
cc0ud Samuel, appear IN versifted ballad
ne origin OF Joshuah miracle. rsqn, stand thoa
It'll upon Gideon IL Indicated by It's verso
character, So also is tho triumphant cry 81
sanisoti Judges xg, l6J Examination Ot The
more familiar passages and Phrases disclosed
he fact thai care was taken In preserving intact
household words The old literary form has
leen held sacred, and the revisers cannot be
win ANY NY, peaa ~ ~; sr,a@'9s asef me
y the scripture have escaped untouched. The
On the earth in those days Is revised. -The
nepheiim were IN the earth IN those DAYS" IN
The snshorizei edition job XNXI verse -, "oh
hat one would hear Ins bolo az my desire ~ [
hat the almighty would answer me aad that
mine adversary had written n took is revised.
'On that one would hear me. bEEOld NY desire
- she .lg.siz-lsts seaud answer me. amt that
had the Indictment which iay adversary hath
written
Tho authorized Psalm VIII. verse
5, for thou hast made him little ,ower titan
the angels" IL revised for -thnu hast made him
> astis iOser tnan tod tna authorized Palm
xvi. verse 1, Il said in my haste 81 men are
liars, Is revised. Il said when made
haste to escape, au men are lie.
Ecciesiastes Kit l3 Let as hear the
o: the shole matter, fear God, etc 4
has been revised 10 READ This is the end ~ the (
matter; all hath been beard; fear God etc. 4
Proverbs, XIV, o: Fools make mock AZ sin, but 4
among the righteous there IL favor: revised 4
reads: The foolish scorn the guilt Offering; 4
goat ne does 80 for Azazet Tue summary OF
EACH DAYS WORK At THE CREATION
now runs according 20 the formula: And there /
was evening and there was Elarning Ons day.; ]
there was evening and there morning
second day. third day, and so on, giving
OF successive stages, with LONE inter-
walls. The Apples OF Gold OF Prov I
erbs XIV II, are now encaSed in ing /
ure work OF silver instead OF pictures
-vanity and vcx4tiOn o. spisib (Eccs., H. In, has
become Vanity and striving after wind I
Happy y the man that hath his culver full OF \
them Psalms, cxxyiL, 81, has been changed \
into Happy - the man that hath filled his qaiv-
er with them ReNbp0'N curse f(fenexig. Ntlx Z