Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16
: NEW BIBLE REVISION.

years sine" the puDuChtlon OF the au-
thorlzed version Of the English Bible.
also called King James Bible A con-
ference u learned men has Just been
held 90 Princeton and they have con-
Guided mat the tercentenary edition
VIII have some changes In the text
The authorized version IL the prod
yet ri the most erudlte accomplishment
OF the age The New Testament was
Translated by two companies. one sitting
at Caford and the other at Cambridge.
and the Cld Testament was divided be-
tween four companies Their labor
Was unilly revised By members select
ed from the various groups The en-
tire work occupied nearly four years
They had before them the original text
and were at liberty to follow 1t II the
Bishops Bible, then commonly used.
did not faithfully express the mean
ins They were at liberty to consult
the TRANSACTIONS Of Tyndale, Matthews,
Coyerdale, and Whitchurch. and the
Geneva Bible and they had the Latin
Nulgate. They produced a version that
on the authority OF eminent scholars,
is as faithful as any In existence. And
yet " mas us detects.
sometimes word Is given a wrong
Translation as when It states EEK. ~.
J5J that the lsrdsiltes borrowed from
the Egyptians utensils and valuables
they never intended to return. This
is d mistrunslatioR Of a Hebrew word
which according to Gesenius, means
demand, ASK" and pray for"
sometimes the fun force and the pecu-
liai idom Of the original il lost In
the translation. For instance. In
Kings rs, David Is represented as com
mandiug Solomon concerning Shimei.
as follows: Hold him not gultless
but his hoary head bring down
with blood to the grave" and thus vio-
lating a solemn oath. But the Hebrew
idiom is overlooked. In the opinion OF
Dr kennicott the negative should be
repeated In the second clause. Hold
niIdsnot guiltess but his hOaIy
head do not bring downwith blood to the
grave" The Hebrew iidom requires
this. And so solomon Understood his
father for he provided for SINNERS en-
tertainment In Jerusalem but did not
trust him anywhere else. Sometimes
different words IN the original are rem
derod win the same word in English.
For instance, repentance represents
two words, one of which means u
change OF disposition, and the other
merely regret or change OF plans. Con
Nersation" is the translation OF word
that means citizenship and Of an
other that means behavior There
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the church. therefore, wisely accepts
the authorized version as the word OF
COO, as lar as IL is correctly translated
But the revision for the tercenten-
airy Ouition does not it seems, cOntem-
llate any further change than the sub
stitutiOn OF modern expressions for
such that have become ambiguous or
obsolete since the FIRST publication OF
this version, three centuries ago.
Where the meaning Of words has
changed. the text is to be changed.
so AS not TO be misleading;
where the old version is obscure II win
be changed in the interest OF clearness;
where il II nfeicitous in choice OF
words that will be set right. and for
words that have become obsolete others
win be substituted
There are many such Audience"
(Acts 1910 means THE act Of hear
ing "Carrlage q Sam. 17;22) means
what II now called baggage" Char
ity" Il Cor. 1870 means love" To
comfort" means to strengthen as a
helper. to succor. to encourage and TO
cheer Advocate meant one called
upon in an emergency. Convince" In
old English had the meaning Of con
Wet" and IL so used by Lord Bacon.
"Damnation" q Cor. 1929 should he
rendered condemnation. a. also in
Rom. lt.23 To "ear" the ground q
Sam. SID is 10 TN H. FRANKLY or
freely mean "gratuitously." Freely
We have received, freely give" "Har-
ness In Exodus 1913 and Kings 2Oll
means "srmor" Heir" in old English
often meant "posscssor." a. the Ger
man Herr. "The heir Of righteousness
by faith il the possessor OF that
righteousness. In Heb. lie our Lord Is
said 70 have been appointed heir"
that Is. ''possessor." OF owner Of all
things Instant" Instantly" means
urgent" duke % %. Acts 2s.O. In
Psalm ~ the author asks ".:ow long
viii Sc love vanity and seek after
lessng?" "Ihasing" monns Lying"
To 'let" In many passages. means 10
hinder" Malice means sin and
wickedness generally. "Mortlfy" means
10 XIII TO put 20 death Mystery"
now generally refers 10 something hid
den and incomprhensihle; involving
at times some to US irrecoucilablc con-
tradlctions. In the Bible It means a
secret that has been revealed and
which IL "a secret no longer truth
not previous known lRom 1925. 20;
Cor 2;7-i0; Ephesians 1915. Col
1;26, 30. The doctrine that God was
about TO receive the Gentiles into tho
church Paul calls a mystery" be-
cause II was not made known unto
the sons OF men" tin the gospel re-.
vealed H. Mystery is also used in Eph.
$50 and IN the Revelation for SYM
bolcai approximation. or an emblem
of revealed truth tspepov,, So. -