Lost in translation?

Question

Ok, we all know there are so many different versions of the Bible.
King James, the Mormon Bible, etc.

I'm also fluent in 3 languages, so I can assure you that things often don't translate just right. To get the idiom, you have to 'understand' it in its proper language.

Additionally, humans wrote the Bible.
Influenced by God, yet written by humans.

My question is, don't you think there are mistakes in the Bible?
Written and translated several times fold by humans..
Humans slip up so much, and the Bible is supposed to be 100% correct.
Is it possible that there are indeed some mistakes in the Bible?

Answer 1

Yes, there can be mistakes. The bible was 100% correct in the original version. But in our versions, there are mistakes. Take the King James. It never mentions homosexuality because James was a homosexual, and his translators probably wanted to keep their heads. But it is in the Hebrew. See, the nice thing is, the Bible has so many copies of older, original-language versions, that we can be pretty sure about what it originally said.

Answer 2

---First, I would like to say that I strongly believe the Bible is God's word. However, I believe that there are some mistakes in translation here and there.
---For instance, in Matthew 5:17 Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets." However, Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:15 that Jesus "abolished" the law. Both of these are NIV translations. I looked up the greek word behind the word "abolish" in both Matthew 5:17 and Ephesians 2:15 and came to find out that they are different greek words with similar, but different meanings. I think that the one in Ephesians 2:15 could have been translated "made obsolete" or "made void" instead of "abolished."
---There are ways of looking up the original greek words and their meanings using concordances and lexicons. This is how I found this out. If I am in doubt about the translation being right, sometimes I look up the original Greek.

Answer 3

Wherever did you get the idea that the bible is supposed to be 100% correct? Christians are freaks about the bible the way that muslims are about the quran. The bible is nothing more than a loose anthology of early christian works cobbled together for expediency. Of course there are mistakes in translation and otherwise.

Duh.

Answer 4

The Bible has no mistakes. Most modern translations/ versions, are translated from very old manuscripts of Hebrew and Greek. Not much chance for an error. I assure you that the persons who work on translation committees know their languages better than the native users..

Answer 5

KJV Bible 1611 + 303 years to be an excepted translation.

Instead of complaining, by the time I discovered I had to have all the answers in 1963, I decided to learn this book. So 43 years later I think I have.

I have read the mormon book and done it same as KJV. I have studied all religious beliefs, they merely skim the surface of all the bible is about.

It is easy to summarize the bible to make perfect sense with a decent amount of time in study to make sure you know you are right with it.

Answer 6

There are NO mistakes, in the Bible. God does not make mistakes. Study for a "Better Understanding."

Answer 7

Book of Mormon and Holy Bible are NOT the same thing.

Answer 8

Yes, that is why we are not just called to read the words but to meditate on the passages in the context that they were written. When doing that much is spoken afresh for you to understand not in the letters but in the saces between the letters.

Answer 9

I believe the Bible is the Word of GOD.

I have discovered that the original Greek text (I can read Greek) does NOT have punctuations nor capitalizations. It is possible that the translaters of the Bible may have put punctuation in the wrong places. Therefore, giving a different meaning to the text. A classic example,

Luke 23:42  And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

John 20:17  Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

If CHRIST went to paradise that day, why did HE say otherwise in John 20?

Answer 10

maybe but I´don´t know it i´s not as imortant the bible as the faith and religion don´t really stands on th bible. Humans aren´t perfect and makes mistakes.