“Well that is not the Bible?” someone will say. They are stating to the fact that your do not have a KJV in your hand. Are they right? The only Bible that is the real Bible is the KJV?
The very concept of an eternal, omnipotent God communicating to finite, moral beings is problematic.””
For example, in what language should God reveal Himself? Any language, after all, has inherent weaknesses. As it happened, the original languages of the biblical text were Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, which obviously creates problems for English speakers who want to understanding the Bible’s original meaning. And if the Bible holds the very thoughts of God, does it have any place in the vernacular of the masses? The first several centuries of Bible translation history were consumed with just this debate.
And the original manuscripts no longer survive. In fact, in many cases the copies of the copies of the copies have perished.
To make matters even more difficult, our Western 21st century lifestyle bears little resemblance to that of the times and places of the Scriptures. Biblical idioms, figures of speech, and words, even when translated into English, have unfamiliar meanings.
So who were these translators? How did they respond to the questions of authority; relevance, and meanings? What motivated them to take up quill and parchment to translate?
The early translators of the Bible had a great task before them. The success in translation, then, and now, depends not only on a thorough understanding of two language but upon an acceptable interpretation of the source language. A new translation means new words, and new words often challenge old, established doctrines.
Today, new translations that fail to receive wide acceptance may be labeled “heretical” or “uninformed,” but at other times in hisstory the consequences were much more severe: translators charged with heresy often faced excommunication or even death.
Not surprisingly, resistance, persecution, Bible burning, and martyrdom have bloodied the path along which the history the history of Bible translation has passed.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: “Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
Genesis 40;24; Deuteronomy 28;63; 32:43: Psalms 132:2; Isaiah 35:4; 49:26; 59:18; 60:16; 61:2; Jeremiah 9:9; Should I not punish them for this?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?” Ezekiel 5:13; “Then my anger will cease and my wrath against them will subside, and I will be avenged. And when I have spent my wrath upon them, they will know that I the LORD have spoken in my zeal. Micah 5:15; I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed me.”
1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies,the powerful ruler of Israel, 65 says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies. https://net.bible.org/#!bible/Isaiah+1:21
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Now you may ask, which of these verses are right? My answer they are all right.
I know you thought that there is only one right verse. I have gotten over that now for some time.
What is true is this: my doctrine over the years has not been changed by the different versions that have come out.
Charles Spurgeon preached from the KJV. So did many of the preachers of the past. I have notices that today when you read some of those sermons from the past, the printers of that sermon have inserted the NIV or the NASV or some other version. But the same sermon was still there. In other words, the translation of the verse did not change the sermon.
What are our responsibility as a preacher and teacher ? To clearly give an understanding of the Word of God so that the people who hear us can understand what God is saying to them and obey the will of God.
God used words to communicate His thoughts to mankind. God created language for the express purpose of communicating His thoughts to us. There are over 6000 languages.
How long does it take to learn another language?Learning another language is a continuous process that requires years of study, motivation, and hard work. Instructors with the U.S. Foreign Service Institute calculated the number of weeks of training that students of varying aptitudes required to achieve high levels of speaking proficiency in a variety of languages. They concluded that some languages take longer to learn than others. Find which languages take longer to learn here » (PDF)
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In the United States
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| Language |
Number of speakers
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Percent of total
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| English | 215,423,555 | 82.10% |
| Spanish | 28,100,725 | 10.71% |
| French | 1,606,790 | 0.61% |
| Mandarin | 1,499,635 | 0.57% |
| German | 1,382,610 | 0.52% |
| Tagalog | 1,224,245 | 0.46% |
| Vietnamese | 1,009,625 | 0.38% |
| Italian | 1,008,370 | 0.38% |
| Korean | 894,065 | 0.34% |
| Russian | 706,240 | 0.26% |
| Polish | 667,415 | 0.25% |
| Arabic | 614,580 | 0.23% |
| Portuguese | 563,830 | 0.21% |
| Japanese | 478,000 | 0.18% |
| French Creole | 453,365 | 0.17% |
| Greek | 365,440 | 0.13% |
| Hindi | 317,055 | 0.12% |
| Persian | 312,080 | 0.11% |
| Urdu | 262,895 | 0.10% |
| Cantonese | 259,745 | 0.9% |
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How many languages are spoken in the U.S.?
Far from being monolingual, the U.S. is a highly multilingual country. The number of languages spoken in the United States is 311. Of these, 162 are indigenous, and 149 are immigrant languages. An indigenous or autochthonous language is a language that is native to a region spoken by indigenous peoples.
According to the Census Bureau, in 14 million U.S. households people speak a language other than English. One in five people over age 5 speaks a language other than English. The large number of foreign language speakers in the United States is a consequence of recent immigration.
http://www.asdk12.org/depts/world_lang/advocacy/
God wants every nation to understand His thoughts. And therefore we need to translated the Bible into a number of languages.
