Originally posted by josephw The King James is a translation. All the rest of the English Bibles are versions.
I am curious, do you actually believe that?
In the preface of one copy of the King James that I saw it quite clearly stated that it was not to be taken as a final accurate translation but that later translations were expected to be better.
it makes for a nice and funny read. i haven't got to the part about the gruesome laws of the OT but i am curious how does "kill anyone who does illegal stuff" translate into lolspeak.
Originally posted by Zahlanzi it makes for a nice and funny read. i haven't got to the part about the gruesome laws of the OT but i am curious how does "kill anyone who does illegal stuff" translate into lolspeak.
just read some leviticus and i gotta say it is a lot more readable in lolspeak.
Leviticus 1
Teh Ceiling Cat saiz to Mozes, "O hai! Outta ur tabby-nackels, d00dthx.2 U should go saiz this to Izrulites, for to IM me, Hey Ceiling Cat, I can has stuff 🙂 and liek that, they gotta bring me teh cheezeburgers or other good stuff for impruvin teh conneckshun winkwink."
Originally posted by pawnhandler No, the rest are translations as well. Many "versions" as you call them went back to earlier documents to translate them.