Translating the Bible

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents…

On the King James Bible Versus Other Translations Controversy (Tentmaker editor: The following article is an excellent treatment of the King James Bible, often called the “Authorized Version”, versus other English Bible Translations debate. This article contains very valuable information not…

(Rather lengthy, but important article) Probably more than any other question, I am asked “Which Bible translation is the most accurate or the one closest to the original Hebrew and Greek?” Comparing Bible translations and various Biblical texts is something…

The following three paragraphs simply speak much to me regarding translating from one language to another, especially translating the Bible from its original languages to the common languages of today. They were taken from an article entitled “The History of…

On the King James Bible Versus Other Translations Controversy. At an early point in my walk with Jesus, I was strongly under the influence of men and women who believed in the “Inerrant Bible” doctrine. They believed the King James…

(Also see The Best Bible Translation and The Best Translation of the Bible ) If I had a dollar for every time I read or heard “the word of God says,” I probably could retire by now. Of course, whenever they referred to the…

(Continued from No 7.) Some passages of Scripture are habitually misquoted. For instance, Hab. 2:2, last clause, is almost always quoted, “he that runs may read;” and the application is that God’s way of life is so plain and easy…

 In the Common Version [the KJV] there are many passages scattered throughout the Bible, that from one cause and another are misunderstood. Some are mistranslated, others are invariably misquoted; others again are wrongly punctuated; and so from various causes the truth…

“And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18, KJV). It would seem that if, according to Christendom’s…

A pure heart is of great value in walking in the kingdom of God, for the pure in heart see God. By the kingdom of God I am not talking about some place we go to when we physically die,…

Dr. James Tabor, Professor of Biblical studies for the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, is well on his way to completing a new translation of the entire Christian Bible. He began the work in May of 1992 projecting a completion…

Have you ever been in an argument or discussion with someone about a Bible passage and one of you in exasperation says, “Look, there it is in plain black and white. Can’t you see what is plainly written?” Both of…

Those of you who are serious Bible students know that for the last 300 years or so, the King James Bible has been, by far, the leading English Bible translation. Keep in mind, most of the world does not speak English, nor…

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” and “Knowledge puffs up” are both Scriptures. To balance both without leaning unevenly to either side of these Scriptures is one of the purposes of Dew from Mount Hermon. The Bible produces…