Ho.ly. Shit!!!!!
maybe this deserves its own thread but its dorectly related to the discussion at hand. The revised new world translation makes a HUGE twist to obsecure what happened!!!! Notice the following renderings of 2 sam 24:1:
Byington:
And Jehovah was again angry with Israel, and instigated David against them, prompting him to go and count Israel and Judah. 2
American standard
And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah
King james
And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
Niv
24 Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census ofIsrael and Judah.”
The message bible
24 1-2 Once again God’s anger blazed out against Israel. He tested David by telling him, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” So David gave orders to Joab and the army officers under him, “Canvass all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and get a count of the population. I want to know the number.”
Contemporary english version
24 The Lord was angry at Israel again, and he made David think it would be a good idea to count the people in Israel and Judah.
And on and on it goes! Now notice the revised new world version of that verse:
24 The anger of Jehovah again blazed against Israel when one incited David against them, saying: “Go, take a count of Israel and Judah.”
They completely obscured what happened by changing the verse!!!! Its crazy!!!!! And the reason i was going to quote it to begin with is because at 1 chronicles 21:1 satan is blamed!! But no more in dubbie land. Now it was just satan!!!!! This is bullshit! Im writing a letter of complaint!