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| | "and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground." | | "and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground." |
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| − | |[[Leviticus_10-18_(Translated)#13|Leviticus 13:45]] | + | |[[Leviticus 10-18 (Translated)#13|Leviticus 13:45]] |
| | |The translation says the following: | | |The translation says the following: |
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| − | |[[Jonah_(Translated)#Chapter_3|Jonah 3:10]] | + | |[[Jonah (Translated)#Chapter 3|Jonah 3:10]] |
| | |The translation uses an archaic meaning (also used in the [[King James Version]] of "change one's mind" for the word "repent" to refer to God's own decision: | | |The translation uses an archaic meaning (also used in the [[King James Version]] of "change one's mind" for the word "repent" to refer to God's own decision: |
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| | When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he '''repented''' of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out. | | When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he '''repented''' of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out. |
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| − | |[[Jeremiah_27-34_(Translated)#Chapter_33|Jeremiah 33:15]] | + | |[[Jeremiah 27-34 (Translated)#Chapter 33|Jeremiah 33:15]] |
| | |The translation uses an extremely unfamiliar meaning of the word ("shoot"), which other versions translate as "Branch" as in a branch of descendants (or offshoot): | | |The translation uses an extremely unfamiliar meaning of the word ("shoot"), which other versions translate as "Branch" as in a branch of descendants (or offshoot): |
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| | In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David '''''a just shoot''''' ... | | In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David '''''a just shoot''''' ... |
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| − | |[[Matthew_10-19_(Translated)#Chapter_13|Matthew 13:46]] | + | |[[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)#Chapter 13|Matthew 13:46]] |
| | |Its translation is "When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."<ref>http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13</ref> But "price" should obviously be translated as "value", or else he would gain no benefit from the transaction. | | |Its translation is "When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."<ref>http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13</ref> But "price" should obviously be translated as "value", or else he would gain no benefit from the transaction. |
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| − | |[[Mark_1-8_(Translated)#Chapter_6|Mark 6:4]] | + | |[[Mark 1-8 (Translated)#Chapter 6|Mark 6:4]] |
| | |an awkward [[compound negative]] is used that obscures the meaning: | | |an awkward [[compound negative]] is used that obscures the meaning: |
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| | Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own home is a prophet without honor. | | Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own home is a prophet without honor. |
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| − | |[[Mark_9-16_(Translated)#Chapter_9| Mark 9:3]] | + | |[[Mark 9-16 (Translated)#Chapter 9|Mark 9:3]] |
| | |The translation of the transfiguration of Jesus uses the word "fuller", an Old English word dating prior to 1100 which meant someone who cleans or bleaches clothes: | | |The translation of the transfiguration of Jesus uses the word "fuller", an Old English word dating prior to 1100 which meant someone who cleans or bleaches clothes: |
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| | ::"... and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no '''fuller''' on earth could bleach them." | | ::"... and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no '''fuller''' on earth could bleach them." |
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| − | |[[Mark_9-16_(Translated)#Chapter_9| Mark 9:3]] | + | |[[Mark 9-16 (Translated)#Chapter 9|Mark 9:3]] |
| | |Also in the passage about the transfiguration of Jesus, this translation uses the archaic phrase "he charged them," rather than "He asked them" or "He told them": | | |Also in the passage about the transfiguration of Jesus, this translation uses the archaic phrase "he charged them," rather than "He asked them" or "He told them": |
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| | "As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead."<ref>http://nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/mark/mark9.htm</ref> | | "As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead."<ref>http://nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/mark/mark9.htm</ref> |
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| − | |[[Mark_9-16_(Translated)#Chapter_16| Mark 16:6]] | + | |[[Mark 9-16 (Translated)#Chapter 16|Mark 16:6]] |
| | |The translation of the angel's first communication to the holy women at the empty tomb of Jesus after the [[Resurrection]] is "do not be '''''amazed'''''," rather than "do not be '''''alarmed'''''" as translated by the Revised English Bible and New Revised Standard Version: | | |The translation of the angel's first communication to the holy women at the empty tomb of Jesus after the [[Resurrection]] is "do not be '''''amazed'''''," rather than "do not be '''''alarmed'''''" as translated by the Revised English Bible and New Revised Standard Version: |
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| | [The angel] said to them, "Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they had laid him." | | [The angel] said to them, "Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they had laid him." |
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| − | |[[Luke_1-8_(Translated)#Chapter_2|Luke 2:1-5]] | + | |[[Luke 1-8 (Translated)#Chapter 2|Luke 2:1-5]] |
| | |Its translation of the census at the time of the birth of Jesus uses the word "enrollment" instead of "census", and uses the word "enrolled" in instead of "registered"; these terms are unfamiliar to most young people who think that enrollment refers to school and do not connect the terms with a census:<ref>http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke2.htm</ref> | | |Its translation of the census at the time of the birth of Jesus uses the word "enrollment" instead of "census", and uses the word "enrolled" in instead of "registered"; these terms are unfamiliar to most young people who think that enrollment refers to school and do not connect the terms with a census:<ref>http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke2.htm</ref> |
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| | |Its translation urges the incorrect "hate" with respect to other family members, rather than the truer meaning of wrongly putting someone else's interests above God's. | | |Its translation urges the incorrect "hate" with respect to other family members, rather than the truer meaning of wrongly putting someone else's interests above God's. |
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| − | |[[John_1-7_(Translated)#Chapter_6|John 6:10]] | + | |[[John 1-7 (Translated)#Chapter 6|John 6:10]] |
| | |The misleading term "recline" is used to describe the sitting down of the large crowd before the multiplication of the loaves, and virtually every other translation uses "sit down": | | |The misleading term "recline" is used to describe the sitting down of the large crowd before the multiplication of the loaves, and virtually every other translation uses "sit down": |
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| | ::Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass there, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them. ([[Revised English Bible]]) | | ::Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass there, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them. ([[Revised English Bible]]) |
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| − | |[[John_8-14_(Translated)#Chapter_12|John 12:24]] | + | |[[John 8-14 (Translated)#Chapter 12|John 12:24]] |
| | |The translation describes a grain of wheat as bearing "fruit", which strikes the average listener as a mistake (the [[Revised English Bible]] translates the "produces much fruit" phrase as "bears a rich harvest" and the [[NIV]] is clearer still by translating it as "produces many seeds"): | | |The translation describes a grain of wheat as bearing "fruit", which strikes the average listener as a mistake (the [[Revised English Bible]] translates the "produces much fruit" phrase as "bears a rich harvest" and the [[NIV]] is clearer still by translating it as "produces many seeds"): |
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