Why didn't God protect the bible?

Question

New international version as well as most of the new versions delete as much as 40 WHOLE verses. Not to mention the many words and phrases that were completely deleted from the NIV--it deletes over 64,000 words

Here is the list of the whole verses deleted in newer versions of the bible:

http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/nivdelet.htm

Answer 1

he has...look at the knowledge he has given you to share with all on R&S....:)

Answer 2

A better word than "version" is "translation". The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek. If every man could read Hebrew and Greek, then we would have no need for an "English version".

One translator may choose different words or sentences, but the message is identical. Translation is a reliable science of communicating between different languages. Remember, it was God Himself who created all the language barriers in Genesis 11 at the Tower of Babel. God is satisfied that His inspired word can be maintained although translated into over 200 languages.

Each translation has its own strengths and weaknesses. The King James Version (KJV) is excellent, but you must use a dictionary as you read because it uses language typical of the time it was translated (1611). Well at least I have to, as I'm not English native.
The New International Version (NIV) tries to make the text as easy to understand as possible and is an excellent reading Bible, but not a good study Bible. The New World Translation (1950, the Jehovah's Witnesses Bible) should be avoided because its is actually corrupt.

Although the exact choice of words or sentence structure is different in each translation, the meaning is identical.

The evidence behind such a modern edition of the Greek New Testament, is threefold. First, manuscript evidence. Second, the evidence from early versions. Third, the evidence from the quotations of the Greek scriptures by the Greek fathers. Any one of these types of evidence is enough to confirm the authenticity of the original text. Therefore, they form a tripod of evidence which is overwhelming. "In the mouth of two or three witnesses, shall every word be established" II Corinthians 13:1.

Modern versions of the New Testament are no longer made from Erasmus' Greek Testament of 1516.
Our scientifically edited Greek Testaments of today are based upon the earliest and most concrete evidence. Anyone who would argue that these New Testaments do not contain the original text would thereby confess his ignorance of the history of the transmission of the Bible and the science of textual criticism.

Answer 3

We could focus on what man has done, yes.

Or we could go around and look for any other written word that dates back as far as the bible. Is there one document that is preserved? I mean from 1400 bc. and it would have to be as accurate and confirmed accurate by archeologist who have found other documents such as the 'dead sea scrolls' and other findings.

Every word or sentence or scripture deleted from all these bibles contains in the footnotes the deleted verse for you to see what they deleted. They don't put it in the scripture but they let you know what they did and what it used to say.

Except for some really liberal bibles that loosely translate the word. I don't buy those bible though. Problem solved.

Also tell me what other book or historical document has outsold the 'bible' and maybe then I will agree that God did not protect His word.

Answer 4

Deleted as compared to what? The KJV which has verses added to it that there were not there in the original autographs. That website is junk scholarship. There are over 28000 (yes twenty-eight thousand) copies of the New Testament (a copy may be a complete manuscript or a fragement of one) in koine Greek, Syriac, Aramaic, Coptic, Latin, Gaelic, etc.. that date from before the fourth century A.D. (many even as early as the first century). They all agree in minute detail. 90% of variances have to do with spellings of the same word (you say potato and I'll say potatoe). The next significant percentage of variant readings have to do with place names (local vs. official Roman names). No doctrine of Christianity rests on a verse from the remaining less than one percent of variant readings that do not fall into spelling or place name variants. As many times as the Bible has been copied and printed, I'd say its very well protected. BTW, the closest published work that compares to the 28000 copies is Homer's Illyad--800 (with more than a few disputed copies and translations).

Answer 5

but that doesnt mean that god isnt protecting the bible, the bible survived so many adversities

and those differences in verses may not be enough to change what god wants us to know or understand
remember that we have limited capability to understand, the bible is not meant for us to understand everything, therefore, changes in the bible as the ones u mentioned does not mean that god did not protect it

Answer 6

He has thru the Holy Catholic Church. But Luther decided God was enough for him so he removed 7 books and took out things that he did not agree with. The Catholic Church still has the complete bible which they compiled by guidance of the Holy Spirit

Answer 7

it was never right in the first place..whats there to protect. The bible has been changed various times! Compare one bible today to one 10 yrs age, it wont be the same!!!

Answer 8

God's word is still intact and available for your reading pleasure...It contains all of God's truths. But you will find it is not in agreement with the Qu'ran. The God of the Bible surely is not the Allah of Islam who could not keep his word.

Answer 9

God can't protect the bible from man, because man has free will, and as long as we have free will man can do whatever he wants....even change the bible

Answer 10

Because he's not real, duh.


Nobody can prove any gods, much less a specific god, exist; many people will tell you their god exists but no others, but will never be able to prove it, even if they think so. Some will threaten you with eternal pain or promise eternal joy to get you to believe in their god; these are all stories, created for people who were scared long before we understood the universe. Now we have no more reason for these superstitions.

How terrible the bible in particular is:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
http://www.evilbible.com/

What's the origin of the Jesus stories?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen048.html
http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/jesus.html

How silly and horrible religion in general is:
http://godisimaginary.com/
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/

The alternative:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
http://www.infidels.org/
http://www.positiveatheism.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism

Answer 11

Death means death, today as yesterday.... Life means Life same as yesterday, retranslate it as much as you want to.
The brighter the moments, the more brilliantly worded the Bible becomes.............