“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11, KJV) The KJV, as with the LXX and Vulgate, translates “עֹלָם” as “world (αἰῶνα, mundum)”. The NIV, … Read more
“He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25, KJV) This passage concerns the miraculous deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego from the fiery furnace. Clarke’s Commentary on … Read more
“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.” (Numbers 23:22, KJV) The KJV has been criticized for mentioning creatures that are supposedly mythical. Unicorns are one of them. However, unicorns are not mythical creatures. They are called Rhinoceros Unicornis (Indian Rhinoceros) and each one has one horn … Read more
“Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.” (Mathew 23:24, KJV) Critics point to the phrase, “strain at”, as either a printer’s error or a translation error of what ought to be “strain out”. However, Dr. David Norton, editor of the New Cambridge Paragraph Bible (2005), says in A Textual History … Read more
“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.” (Proverbs 30:28, KJV) Modern translations such as the ESV and NIV translate “שׂממית (semamiyt)” as “lizard” instead of “spider”. An objection to “spider” is that there is another Hebrew word for “spider”, “עכּבישׁ (akabiysh)”, found in Job 8:14 and Isaiah 59:5. A similar … Read more