1. History of the Bible part 4

2. Misprints “Wicked Bible” 1631
Exodus 20.14, “Thou shalt commit adultery.”

3. Misprints “Printers Bible” 1702
Psalm , “Printers have persecuted me without cause.”
Should be Princes

4. Misprints “Ears to Ear Bible” 1810
Matt 13.43, “Who hath ears to ear, let him hear.”

5. Misprints
“Owl Bible” 1944
1 Peter 3.5, “For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their owl husbands.”
Error caused by a printing plate with a damaged letter n.

6. Weaknesses
KJV is based on a few relatively late Byzantine Greek texts which come from about 25 Greek manuscripts.

7. Confusion in Spellings
Jeremiah / Jeremias / Jeremie
Henoch / Enoch
Noe / Noah
Hosea / Osee
Isaiah / Esaias
Judas / Judah / Juda / Jude

8. British Coinage
pounds
pence
penny
mites
etc.

9. Obsolete words almug algum chode gat hosen pate raca strake wimples
brigandine
wot
sith

10. Words with changed meaning
mean man = common man
cherish = keep warm
conversation = behavior in general
pitiful = full of pity
quick = alive (not fast)
ghost = spirit
fetching a compass = sailing around

11. Readings Philemon vv. 7, 12, 20 bowels
body part the Greeks identified as the seat of emotion
affection, heart

12. 2 Cor 6.11-13 Tyndale’s New Testament (1534)
O ye Corinthyans oure mouth is open vnto you. Oure herte is made large: ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a strayte in youre awne bowelles: I promyse you lyke rewarde with me as to my childre. Set youreselues therfore at large
KJV
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.

13. 2 Cor
NIV
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. As a fair exchange-- I speak as to my children-- open wide your hearts also.
NRSV
We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you. There is no restriction in our affections, but only in yours. In return-- I speak as to children-- open wide your hearts also.
NLT
Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you. Our hearts are open to you. If there is a problem between us, it is not because of a lack of love on our part, but because you have withheld your love from us. I am talking now as I would to my own children. Open your hearts to us!

14. Readings
Inconsistent use of word Charity
Word is agape
love

15. Readings
God forbid -- May it never happen

16. Hell Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna are translated as Hell.
But all three are not the same place.

17. Demons or devils? No distinction between demons and devils
In NT people were possessed by demons
As devils, led to belief of exorcism.

18. Revelation 1.5 Washed in the Blood of the Lamb?
Correct reading is released not washed

20. Revelation 1.5 N.B. Greek forms here are given in its simplest form:
the present active indicative, first person singular

21. Revelation 1.5
“In Revelation 7:14 people wash their robes and make them white ‘in the blood of the Lamb’; but no biblical verse... speaks of persons being washed in the blood” (Lewis, 67).

22. “Songs need to be measured by the biblical text properly interpreted and understood and not the converse” (Lewis, 67).

23. Revelation 22.19
Book of Life?
Correct reading is tree not book

25. Revelation 22.19
Ligno - tree
Libro - book

26. On Translation
Early in the Restoration Movement, there were leaders who encouraged translations.
Alexander Campbell’s translation of the NT, The Living Oracles.
But Foy E. Wallace, Jr. criticized new translations.

27. Hard To
Read
12th Grade
11th Grade
10th Grade
9th Grade
KJV
NASB
Avg.
Adult
Level
8th Grade
7th Grade
6th Grade
NIV
NRSV
NKJV
NLT
Living Bible
Message
Chil-
dren’s
Bibles
5th Grade
4th Grade
3rd Grade
NIrV
CEV
ICB
Formal Correspondence
Functional (Dynamic Equivalence)
Paraphrase

28. Why are new translations needed?
1. Languages change
Jeet Yet? No, jew?
Translation (Did you eat yet? No, did you?)

29. Why are new translations needed?
2. New discoveries of important manuscripts
Papyri, Dead Sea Scrolls, etc.
3. Bible written in common language

30. Summary thought... Bible study: Use more than one translation
Translations are available all around us!
Major translations are on internet, too
Newer versions are helpful, but have weaknesses like any other translation would.

31. Summary thought... Current translations to use? NASB
NIV, TNIV (Zondervan)
NRSV
NET
ESV
etc.

32. Summary thought... Others --- NLT Living Bible (paraphrase)
Message (paraphrase)

33. Helpful Resource
Jack P. Lewis, The English Bible: from KJV to NIV (1991).