The New New World Translation: What a Blessing!

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  • breakfast of champions
    breakfast of champions

    This New New World Translation just puts god's holy word in a whole new new light for me! Just check out this comparison, and add some of your own if you wish!

    Numbers 31: 17, 18 Old New World Translation

    17 And now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has had intercourse with man by lying with a male. 18 And preserve alive for yourselves all the little ones among the women who have not known the act of lying with a male.

    Numbers 31: 17, 18 New New World Translation

    17 Now you should kill every male among the children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man. 18 But you may keep alive all the young girls who have not had sexual relations with a man.

    It's all so clear now!
    What a blessing from Jehovah this new new translation is!

  • braincleaned
    braincleaned

    Fuckers... the Conti case has them twisting the scriptures, and eliminate the idea of slave or rape by erasing the "For Yourselves" part in verse 18!
    Makes me sick! Here are a few translations:

    New International Version
    but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

    New Living Translation
    Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.

    English Standard Version
    But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

    New American Standard Bible
    "But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.

    King James Bible
    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    Holman Christian Standard Bible
    but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations."

    International Standard Version
    You are to allow the young women who haven't yet had sexual relations with a man to live for yourselves."

    NET Bible
    But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.

    GOD'S WORD® Translation
    But save for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man.

    Jubilee Bible 2000
    But all the female children that have not known a man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

    King James 2000 Bible
    But all the young girls, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    American King James Version
    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    American Standard Version
    But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    Douay-Rheims Bible
    But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:

    Darby Bible Translation
    but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.

    English Revised Version
    But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    Webster's Bible Translation
    But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    World English Bible
    But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    Young's Literal Translation
    and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.

  • breakfast of champions
    breakfast of champions

    Haha! You picked up on that right away! Thanks, BRAINCLEANED

    'Tis interesting, is it not. . . . .

  • braincleaned
    braincleaned

    Yep — LOL! Like they would get away with it... :D

  • Captain Blithering
    Captain Blithering

    Wow. Brazen. Marking. Cheers!

  • Apognophos
    Apognophos

    Wow indeed....

  • blondie
    blondie

    Do you think this will finally get some jws to read the bible, the new NWT, to see what the changes are. Imagine the shock when reading a scripture at the door (oh, that's right few jws take the bible out of their bag). Too bad they don't give us a list like they did for the Revelation book.

  • EndofMysteries
    EndofMysteries

    http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/num31.pdf

    according to that interlinear keep alive for YOURSELVES was in there!

  • Apognophos
    Apognophos

    blondie: True, but I think we'll have a list of our own, soon enough. It's going to be pretty long, though, so it will take a while to sort out the significant changes from the dropped imperfect tenses and present participles. The above change is the first meaningful one I've seen besides possibly Matt. 24:46.

    EoM: That link doesn't work for me.

  • DATA-DOG
    DATA-DOG

    Has anyone figured out where they added Jehovah? They use the dead sea scrolls as the authority for most additions. One addition is supposedly based on extensive research and then context of the verse. They never gave any specific information.

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