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Old 08-28-2009, 06:44 AM   #16
ubergoth666
 
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Originally Posted by Anima_Severem View Post
I do think the Bible ought to be retranslated from the source. The King James version is getting a lot of shit wrong.

i.e. in Exodus when it says "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" The original word in the place of "witch" meant "One who kills or harms another with poison." The translation into Latin happened to be a word that also meant "witch".
King James did make the translators change things. But most translations use the greek text as the base.
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