Sab ..... loved this post ... all of it!
{It was a surreal experience for me because I believe it showed me how different I have become}
I see you differently now too.
I have KJ but will take a look at a NIV.
Checking Bibles for "God's Name"
by sabastious 26 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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lilbluekitty
My dad (hardcore JW hypocrite) actually told me if Jehovah's name wasn't in a Bible, it wasn't inspired...um...ALL scripture is inspired of God and beneficial etc.??? He loves to put down the NIV, even though I really like it and own a lovely pink one with swirls on it.
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emanresu
I have to say, i am a bit surprised that this is how Jws measure the accuracy of a bible translation. I myself have used the NIV for most of my life because it is easy to understand, but recently i learned most modern bible translations have verses missing or changed.
here's a list:
Matthew 12:47
Matthew 17:21
Matthew 18:11
Matthew 21:44
Matthew 23:14
Mark 7:16
Mark 9:44
Mark 9:46
Mark 11:26
Mark 15:28
Mark 16:9-20 (all 12 verses)
Luke 22:44
Luke 22:43
Luke 23:17
John 5:4
Acts 8:37
Acts 15:34
Acts 24:7
Acts 28:29
Romans 16:24
I John 5:7
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sd-7
I use the NIV myself these days. I rather like the simplicity of it. There's just no more need to freak out if JHVH isn't in there. I did find a King James Version back in 2001--a gift Bible--that had Jehovah at Psalm 83:18. But otherwise, I used to wonder about all that, with the four letters and all. Sometimes I'd just try and pronounce the consonants. "Yuh-wuh. Yuh-wuh."
Would be funny if He finally spoke out of frustration from the heavens. "It's YIHWIH, you despicable fools! YIHWIH!!!"
"Oh. Well that clears up a 2,000-year-old debate..."
--sd-7
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sabastious
Would be funny if He finally spoke out of frustration from the heavens. "It's YIHWIH, you despicable fools! YIHWIH!!!"
Lol!
-Sab
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sabastious
Thank you for that list, emanresu and welcome to the forum, btw. I like how the NIV has the Bible partitioned out. You know at the top of all the NWT pages there are those paraphrased text from contents of the page? I always felt they were poor representations of the content. I like how BibleGateway.com has the NIV titled out like "Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman" or "The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard." I don't know if that's the NIV or BibleGateway though.
-Sab
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sabastious
Sab ..... loved this post ... all of it!
I'm very glad you did! Thank you.
-Sab
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TTWSYF
I wonder what the interlinear says. Just thinking out loud.
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N.drew
This web http://biblos.com/ has an interlinear in Greek and Hebrew
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atrapado
I am personally using the New Jeruslame Bible. This bible translates YHWH to Yahweh everywhere is found in the older manuscripts. I personally read spanish and english and since I can get this Bible in both languages is a plus.
I have done what you described about Psalms 83:18. But usually in Catholic bibles that is Psalms 82:19 and you'll find that many will tell you in Exodus 3:15(footnones) that they have replaced YHWH with 'LORD' all capitals.