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NASB | Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give off a foul odor; so a little foolishness [in one who is esteemed] outweighs wisdom and honor. |
Subject: "Flies" should read "given" |
Bible Note: To: Makanos: My comments were not without considerable research and prayer. Look at the translators of the KJV statement of disrespect for the word of God: 1) THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER.. "Another things we think good to admonish you of (gentle Reader) that we have not tied ourselves to an uniformity of phrasing, or to an identity of words, as some peradventure would wish that we had done, because they observe, that some learned men somewhere, have been as exact as they could that way. Truly, that we might not vary from the sense of that which we had translated before, if the word signified that same in both places (for there be some words that be not the same sense everywhere) we were especially careful, and made a conscience, according to our duty. But, that we should express the same notion in the same particular word; as for example, if we translate the Hebrew or Greek word once by PURPOSE, never to call it INTENT; if one where JOURNEYING, never TRAVELLING; if one where THINK, never SUPPOSE; if one where PAIN, never ACHE; if one where JOY, never GLADNESS, etc. Thus to mince the matter, we thought to savour more of curiosity than wisdom, and that rather it would breed scorn in the Atheist, than bring profit to the godly Reader. For is the kingdom of God to become words or syllables? Why should we be in bondage to them if we may be free, use one precisely when we may use another no less fit, as commodiously?" NOTE: Copied from "The Holy Bible, 1611 Edition, King James Version"; published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee; printed in the United States of America, 1993. The translators made every effort to make their non-conformity to the word of God seem "innocent" and "harmless." But then, God had a different opinion. (1) MOSES CURSE ON CHANGING WORDS OF HIS LAW FROM GOD. "You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of 'He Is' (Yahweh) your Gods (Elohim) which I command you" - Deut 4.2. (2) SOLOMON WARNED AGAINST ADDING TO THE WORD. "Every word of Gods (Elohim) [is] pure; He [is] a Shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar" - Prov 30.5-6. (3) JESUS PRONOUNCED A CURSE FOR ADDING TO THE BIBLE. "For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the Book of Life, from the Holy City (New Jerusalem - 21.1-3), and the things which are written in this book" - Rev 22.18-19. The translators selected examples which do not seem too grievous. But let us consider other examples of their work. A) DABAR. Strong's #s 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699; translated in KJV to mean: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use [entreaties], utter (1696); act, advice, affair, answer (1697); murrain, pestilence, plague (1698); fold, manner (1699); word (1699 repeated). So then, we have 31 proclaimed synonyms for one Hebrew word: RBD. B) HEAVENS. Strong's #8064 (always plural) - heavens - 333 times; air (singular) - 19 times. C) SAYING. Strong's #1697 - saying - 975 times; matter - 61 times. D) SEE. Strong's #7200 - 879 times; - regards - 4 times. E) SEND, SENT. Strong's #7971 - send/sent - 645 times; put - 44 times; cast - 14 times. No one can comprehend the King James translator's Hebrew with 31 definitions for one word. Plural "Heavens"; defined by lexicographers to be of a dual nature; cannot be singular "air." A "matter" may be a "saying" sometimes; but we have a host of "matters" that are not "sayings: and so, the message is lost. respectfully submitted, sid |