Subject: Why so many Bibles? |
Bible Note: The notion that we each write our own version to satisfy ourselves to justify our actions is an odd one. I don't write my own version to justify my actions. There is no evidence that the ASV, NASB, NKJV or even the NIV were translations made to justify the actions of their translators or sponsors. You write: "There would be a lot less controversy concerning different interpretations of the scriptures." Translation and interpretation are two different things. As far as that goes, the Jehovah's Witnesses used the King James Version of the Bible when they were formulating their teachings -- more than 50 years before the publication of their own version, the NWT. The King James Version is also used by the Mormons and modern-day teachers of heresy. I suppose it was easy for the cults to confuse and deceive people by using a translation filled with archaic and obsolete language. No translation of the Bible -- not even the King James, which was NOT the first English translation -- is infallible or inspired. Whether a newer version has the same meaning as an earlier translation is not the issue. We compare the translations to the original language text, not to another translation. The only infallible and inspired Scriptures were those in the original languages in the original manuscripts. |