How can I be confident that I’m reading the “real” Bible if there are dozens of other translations out there? [See the section in the Bible Gateway Store: About Translations of the Bible] The short answer to that common question, “Which Bible translation is the b...
The litigious nature of American companies did play a role in the multitude of translations. And while it is not good that we are so quick to let a secular court settle differences between Christian publishing houses, God has used this to provide many faithful translations of the Bible, which...
Another way to show respect is to employ a substitute like Adonai (meaning “Lord”) or HaShem, (meaning “the name”). That is the reason that Bible translations traditionally use the word “LORD” whenever the name of God appears in Hebrew. (2) Here’s a name-related etiquette tip. ...
Translations of the Bible are made by going back to the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic manuscripts. Not by going back to the previous translation. By some over zealous monks? Over zealous monks would have to find over 6 000 manuscripts, or portions of manuscripts, in the Greek, chang...
Therefore, it becomes open to so many interpretations and “logical” explanations. • Every book in the Bible belongs to a specific genre. There are parables, prophesies, biographies, proverbs and more. The problem with some people is that they think every word in the Bible is prophetic in...
World English BibleThey asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.” Literal TranslationsLiteral Standard VersionAnd they say to her, “Woman, why do you weep?” She says to them...
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also coming with us? Go back, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile from your home. Translations from AramaicLamsa BibleThen said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why do you also go with us?
There are two verses in which theQuranrequests theMuslimsto ask the Jews and the Christians when in doubt, thus requesting unequivocally from them to refer to the Bible. “If thou wert in doubt as to what we have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book before ...
Some people have the idea that the Bible has been translated "so many times" that it has become corrupted through stages of translating. That would probably be true if the translations were being made from other translations. But translations are actually made directly from original Greek, Hebrew...
It's possible that even as many as 100 passages mention it in some way. Most of these references are negative, warning people to avoid anyone who practices magic. The term "witch" or "witchcraft" isn't always used, because there are different translations of these texts. Sometimes, the ...