[Jacob-list] Primitive and history

[Neal and Louise Grose]

"God's Secretaries" * did a pretty good job with the Hebrew Bible, actually. Most of the problems with the King James Version came because they had a less accurate copy of the Greek New Testament to work with. Here is the verse in question in the Hebrew Bible in English ( http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0130.htm ). I'll let Jews translate their own scripture.

30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every dark one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.' 

* I highly recommend this book, Ithink it's by Adam Nickolson. 

Neal Grose

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cheryl Terrano 
  To: griffin45 at live.com 
  Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:22 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Primitive and history


  Nice point, Chris....you are right about the King James verse. It reads  "32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire"

  But I must say when you read vs.32 in practically every other Bible version (including the New King James), the verse reads "....32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages." (That quote is from the NIV and is similar in various other translations).  

  Here is the New King James Version "32 Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and these shall be my wages."

  Off the 'sheep history' perspective...one must also consider the KJV is an ENGLISH translation. So, if the King James is the only one which can be relied upon, what do all the people across the globe do who don't speak English? About 80% of the worlds Bibles are printed in English using English translation from the original texts but only about 2% of the worlds population speaks English.  

  Even most Biblical Scholars will say the King James is still somewhat flawed. After all, there were 54 scholars working on that project and the English language itself is at best confusing to someone trying to learn it. Most will go on to say the Tyndale and/or Geneva were the ones most true to the original text. The arguments vary. One thing, however, remains the same and that is God Himself. For that, I am eternally grateful.

  Cheryl in WV 
  http://www.paintedrockfarm.com 

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