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Manfred
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What think ye, brethren?
My Reasons:
Genesis 18:18 text “and all the nations of the earth shall bless
themselves by him”; footnote “in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed” to agree with Acts 3:25 and Galatians 3:8
Genesis 22:18 text “and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves”; better “be blessed”
Genesis 26:4 text “and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves”; better “be blessed”
Genesis 28:14 text “and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves”; footnote “be blessed”
Genesis 9:20 text “Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard” better “Noah began to till the soil and planted a vineyard”
Exodus 3:14 text “I AM WHO I AM”; better “I AM WHO AM”
Tobit 13:18 text “Hallelujah”; better “Alleluia”
Psalm 45:6-9
text “[6] Your divine throne endures for ever and ever.
Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
[7] you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness above your fellows;
[8] your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
[9] daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.”
better “[6] Thy throne, O God, endures for ever and ever.
Thy royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
[7] thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness.
Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows;
[8] thy robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make thee glad;
[9] daughters of kings are among thy ladies of honor;
at thy right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.”
Psalm 104:35; 105:45; 106:1,48; 112:1; 113:1,9; 115:18; 116:19; 117:2; 135:1,21; 146:1,10; 147:20; 148:1,14; 149:1,9; 150:1,6 text “Praise the LORD!”; better “Alleluia!”
Proverbs 5:19 text “affection” better “breasts”
Isaiah 7:14 text “young woman”; footnote “virgin”
Throughout all four Gospels text “Truly, I say to you” or “Truly,
truly, I say to you”; better “Amen, I say to you” or Amen, amen I say to you"
Note: texts of all parallel NT passages have not been included herein.
Matthew 16:18 text “powers of death”; footnote “gates of Hades”; better “gates of hell”
Matthew 16:26 text “life”; better “soul”
Matthew 19:5 text “one”; footnote “one flesh”
Matthew 19:6 text “one”; footnote “one flesh”
Matthew 16:9 text “unchastity”; better “fornication”
Matthew 20:15 text “Or do you begrudge my generosity?” footnote “Or is your eye evil because I am good?”
Luke 1:34 text “How can this be, since I have no husband?”; better “How shall this be, since I do not know man?”
John 2:4 text “what have you to do with me?”; better “what to you and to me?”
John 19:5 text “Here is the man!”; better “Behold, the man!”
1 Corinthians 6:9 text “the immoral”; Explanatory Notes “fornicators”
1 Corinthians 6:9 text “homosexuals”; Explanatory Notes “effeminate nor sodomites”
1 Corinthians 6:16 text “one”; footnote “one flesh”
1 Corinthians 7:9 text “cannot”; better “do not”
1 Corinthians 9:5 text “wife”; footnote “woman, sister”
Hebrews 2:10 text “pioneer”; better “author”
Hebrews 12:2 text “pioneer”; better “author”
Revelation 3:15 text “I will spew you out of my mouth.”; better “I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.”
Revelation 19:1,3,4,6 text “Hallelujah”; better “Alleluia”
My Reasons:
- There is not likely to be either a new revision of the Douay-Rheims-Challoner version of the Bible or a translation into English of the Nova Vulgata.
- The RSV-CE is, by almost all indications, the preferred text used by Catholic apologists and contemporary Catholic scriptural scholars.
- The Standard Bible Committee issued a second edition of the RSV New Testament in 1971 with many renderings superior to those of the Catholic edition (which was based on the 1959 edition of the RSV NT).
- Many of the corrections suggested below already exist in the
footnotes or Explanatory Notes of the RSV-CE, and could have been incorporated into the text of the RSV-CE by the original editors.
Code:Texts of the RSV-CE and Some Suggested Corrections
Genesis 18:18 text “and all the nations of the earth shall bless
themselves by him”; footnote “in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed” to agree with Acts 3:25 and Galatians 3:8
Genesis 22:18 text “and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves”; better “be blessed”
Genesis 26:4 text “and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves”; better “be blessed”
Genesis 28:14 text “and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves”; footnote “be blessed”
Genesis 9:20 text “Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard” better “Noah began to till the soil and planted a vineyard”
Exodus 3:14 text “I AM WHO I AM”; better “I AM WHO AM”
Tobit 13:18 text “Hallelujah”; better “Alleluia”
Psalm 45:6-9
text “[6] Your divine throne endures for ever and ever.
Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
[7] you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness above your fellows;
[8] your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
[9] daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.”
better “[6] Thy throne, O God, endures for ever and ever.
Thy royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
[7] thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness.
Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows;
[8] thy robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make thee glad;
[9] daughters of kings are among thy ladies of honor;
at thy right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.”
Psalm 104:35; 105:45; 106:1,48; 112:1; 113:1,9; 115:18; 116:19; 117:2; 135:1,21; 146:1,10; 147:20; 148:1,14; 149:1,9; 150:1,6 text “Praise the LORD!”; better “Alleluia!”
Proverbs 5:19 text “affection” better “breasts”
Isaiah 7:14 text “young woman”; footnote “virgin”
Throughout all four Gospels text “Truly, I say to you” or “Truly,
truly, I say to you”; better “Amen, I say to you” or Amen, amen I say to you"
Note: texts of all parallel NT passages have not been included herein.
Matthew 16:18 text “powers of death”; footnote “gates of Hades”; better “gates of hell”
Matthew 16:26 text “life”; better “soul”
Matthew 19:5 text “one”; footnote “one flesh”
Matthew 19:6 text “one”; footnote “one flesh”
Matthew 16:9 text “unchastity”; better “fornication”
Matthew 20:15 text “Or do you begrudge my generosity?” footnote “Or is your eye evil because I am good?”
Luke 1:34 text “How can this be, since I have no husband?”; better “How shall this be, since I do not know man?”
John 2:4 text “what have you to do with me?”; better “what to you and to me?”
John 19:5 text “Here is the man!”; better “Behold, the man!”
1 Corinthians 6:9 text “the immoral”; Explanatory Notes “fornicators”
1 Corinthians 6:9 text “homosexuals”; Explanatory Notes “effeminate nor sodomites”
1 Corinthians 6:16 text “one”; footnote “one flesh”
1 Corinthians 7:9 text “cannot”; better “do not”
1 Corinthians 9:5 text “wife”; footnote “woman, sister”
Hebrews 2:10 text “pioneer”; better “author”
Hebrews 12:2 text “pioneer”; better “author”
Revelation 3:15 text “I will spew you out of my mouth.”; better “I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.”
Revelation 19:1,3,4,6 text “Hallelujah”; better “Alleluia”
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