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2007-03-02 03:13:36 · 12 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

if it is true that Kjv and NIV have different translations of the same verse doesnt this mean that men have the ability to change the word of God despite what some christians believe?

2007-03-04 00:35:24 · update #1

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2007-03-02 03:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There is a way of showing from the KJV itself that the translation of the Hebrew re’em as ‘unicorn’ is incorrect. In Deuteronomy 33:17, Moses speaks a blessing on the descendants of Joseph, saying, ‘In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are like the horns of a wild ox (Heb: re’em). With them he will push the peoples …’.

The KJV translation says: ‘His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people … .’

The simile is appropriate if the reference is to the aurochs or wild ox, because they had huge, long horns. However, the main point here is the dilemma for the KJV translators who had elsewhere determined that the re’em was a unicorn.

In the Hebrew of this passage, the word ‘horns’ is plural, but the word re’em is singular. But if they translated it this way, it would read, ‘His horns are like the horns of a unicorn’, which would give a unicorn more than one horn, obviously a contradiction in terms. The KJV translators clearly recognized the inconsistency in comparing the pair of horns (plural) on a bull with the single horn on a unicorn, because they took the liberty in their translation to make the unicorn plural (see the marginal note in the KJV, which makes this clear). However, it needs to be stressed again that the word is not plural in the Hebrew. Unless one grants an English translation authority over the original Hebrew, this is a once-and-for-all indication that the re’em could not be a one-horned creature.

Note that in Modern Hebrew, re’em also means wild ox.

2007-03-02 03:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A possibility and/or probability of (a) God existing does not change simply because a man or men decided to create religion and false stories about a false God.

While I believe there is a possibility that a God exist, I also believe that religion is a man made low tech version of mind control software.

And further more I believe if a God exists, it would be much more interested/concerned with how an exploding star 3 billion light years away will affect the universe more than whether or not he should bless me because someone commands or request that he do so every time I sneeze.

2007-03-02 03:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-11-27 00:09:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Not just the unicorns.

People living inside fish, virgin women having children, people turning into salt.

There are lots of other pieces of nonsense in the bible that make it a fairy tale.

2007-03-02 03:33:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There is no mention of unicorns in the Bible...rather, it is a mistranslation of a hebrew word which simply means a horned animal (not necessarily even a one-horned animal). Greek translators inserted their pagan mythology into the word.

2007-03-02 03:21:58 · answer #6 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0 1

there are unicorns even alive today...not the winged horse type but thats not what a real unicorn is anyways...the definition of unicorn is any animal with only a single horn...uni = single corn = horn... come on guys toooo easy

2007-03-02 03:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by Pastor Biker 6 · 0 0

If you go back to the Hebrew and the original traslation of the word, you would SEE that it means a wild ox.

2007-03-02 03:24:06 · answer #8 · answered by rhanjo 6 · 0 0

Umm Rob Unicorns never have wings..or atleast shouldnt. You are thinking of pegasus.

2007-03-02 03:22:02 · answer #9 · answered by deathfromace 5 · 0 0

"Unicorn" is only in the King James Bible. NIV has it as "wild ox".
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2007-03-02 03:19:09 · answer #10 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 0 0

Shut up about the unicorns. There are nonesuch beasts in the Bible. You are an idiot, God exists, Jesus loves you. Case closed.

2007-03-02 03:19:54 · answer #11 · answered by charlie h 3 · 0 2

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