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NASB | Ecclesiastes 12:12 But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ecclesiastes 12:12 But beyond this my son, [about going further than the words given by one Shepherd], be warned: the writing of many books is endless [so do not believe everything you read], and excessive study and devotion to books is wearying to the body. |
Subject: The Problem With Recent Bible Versions |
Bible Note: Kalos, if one might be permitted to call the King James Version the "Old World Translation" and were willing to concede that its sense of Hebrew may have been shaky in spots, few would deny its mastery of the King's English. On the other hand, there is loose in this world a literary nightmare called the "New World Translation" that wins the shaky trifecta: shaky Hebrew, shaky Greek, shaky English. --Hank |