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NASB | Revelation 14:16 Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 14:16 So He who was sitting on the cloud cast His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped (judged). |
Subject: Ignoring a Decision to Capitalize |
Bible Note: When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 1 Cor. 13:11 (ESV) Ray: From what you have written over the past four years, I can only conclude that you have been saying that the Scriptures in the original languages -- the very WORDS of which are inspired -- do not give the proper respect due the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Can we improve upon the Scriptures as they were originally written? No, we cannot. The idea that somehow the written Word of God was in need of improvement and incomplete until centuries later when an English translation came along, complete with capitalization of pronouns pertaining to God, is absurd. It's ludicrous. The real Greek scholars and Bible translators of the WEB Bible, NRSV, NIV, and the ASV of 1901 have chosen NOT TO CAPITALIZE PROUNOUNS PERTAINING TO GOD. 'The WEB [Bible] doesn't capitalize pronouns pertaining to God. This is similar to the NRSV and NIV, and the same as the original ASV of 1901. Note that this is an English style decision, because Hebrew has no such thing as upper and lower case, and the oldest Greek manuscripts were all upper case... 'It is also true that choosing to capitalize pronouns relating to God causes some difficulties in translating the coronation psalms, where the psalm was initially written for the coronation of an earthly king, but which also can equally well be sung or recited to the praise of the King of Kings. 'Capitalizing pronouns relating to God also makes for some strange reading where people were addressing Jesus with anything but respect. In any case, in the presence of good arguments both ways, we have decided to leave these as they were in the ASV 1901 (which also gives us fewer opportunities to make mistakes).' ____________________ http://ebible.org/bible/web/webfaq.htm. From the mind, Kalos * * * * * * * * * * * * * www.seekfind.org Christian Search Engine The mission of SeekFind.org is to provide God-honoring, Biblically-based, and theologically-sound Christian search engine results in a highly accurate and well-organized format. |