Since bible is word of GOD and can't be cchanged how come """"Thou shalt not bear false witness"""""" was removed during translation from Modern Bibles?
Romans 13:9: For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, """"""Thou shalt not bear false witness"""""", Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
2006-07-14 05:54:18 · 12 answers · asked by PicassoInActions 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Could be because they were bearing some much false witness it made them uncomfortable.
2006-07-14 05:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bible isn't just one book. It is a collection of books penned by multiple writers under the inspiration of God. The 10 commandments were issued in the book of Exodus, chapter 20, of the old testament. That was the initial revalation of jewish law. The passage you've refrenced is not the same thing.
The author of the book of Romans was referencing the commandments to make a point to the church in Rome. It was probably a deliberate omission because it didn't relate to the subject on which he was focused.
For your information, Exodus 20:16 does say (in the modern NIV translation) "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
So in answer to your question, the modern bible does NOT omit the phrase in question. But rather, the phrase was quoted incompletely by another author.
2006-07-14 06:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be using the NIV bible which has several text removed. The NIV bible is now owned by people whom are not Christians after 100 year versions of the bible are up for grabs with publishers. The NIV is useful but most serious study should be with the King James Version.
2006-07-14 06:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by havocstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, take that verse in context as a summarization of the verses in Exodus 20. The sins he lists are an example of commandments that point to the direction God was making the whole time, love your neighbor as yourself. This is not an omission, because that commandment still exists in the 10 commandments.
2006-07-14 06:01:13 · answer #4 · answered by Steve M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romans 13:9 (NIV)
9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"[a] and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."[b
'Thou shalt not bear false witness' was not removed because Paul says here in Romans 13:9 that all the commandments can be summed up by 'love your neighbour as yourself'.
2006-07-14 06:01:04 · answer #5 · answered by Me in Canada eh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is why I read the KJV. A lot of things have been changed in it too, I'm sure, but not as much since it is the oldest English translated Bible there is. They don't keep changing it every time you turn around. In my KJV Bible, it still has that in there.
2006-07-14 06:01:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First you're speaking of OT stuff and most Christians don't even read it and when they do they get the edited version because the OT is followed more closely by the Jews. PEACE!
2006-07-14 05:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hee hee hee!
"educated christians" LOL that's the best oxymoron I've heard all day! Right up there with "biblical scholar".
Thanks for the laugh!
2006-07-14 05:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps in modern bibles it was translated to "You should not lie. OR say that you saw something that you didn't."
2006-07-14 05:58:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you answered your own question
2006-07-14 06:00:09 · answer #10 · answered by RandyGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋