Comments on: A Note About God’s Word

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[...] posted a while ago about the impressive nature of the guide the translators of God’s Word wrote, [...]

By: Examining God’s Word – Psalm 98 | The Church of Jesus Christ

Examining God’s Word – Psalm 98 | The Church of Jesus Christ — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:18:27 +0000

[...] First, see Joel’s post here. [...]

By: Joel H.

Joel H. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:34:15 +0000

I would be interested to see a sampling of:

1. Poetry (Psalms, maybe, or Isaiah).

2. Straight prose.

3. A passage that’s hard to understand in the original (from Job maybe).

4. A theologically central passage.

What’s the bad link?

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:18:41 +0000

Bad link on the ‘comments’, Joel.

I will be various comparisons this week, and I would appreciate your thoughts.

Especially some suggestions on passages to compare.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:08:24 +0000

The GW translators didn’t necessarily copy other translations directly, as they could probably have found the renderings (or glosses) of Hebrew words which they used in dictionaries which have simply copied them from English translations. At least Strong’s admits that its “glosses” are in fact the renderings found in KJV; some others do the same while pretending they are defining the word.

By: Esteban Vázquez

Esteban Vázquez — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:03:03 +0000

Regarding Psalm 98:4, GW may mirror here the RSV, but not the ESV: GW was published in 1995, and the ESV in 2001.

I’ve had GW on my shelf since shortly after it was released, but I must admit that I haven’t consulted it much. Maybe I’ll pull it off the shelf and try it out for while!