I have heard JW claim that the NWT is the most accurate translation of the Bible and the persons who translated the Bible were inspired by the Holy Spirit. But if this is so then why was the NWT revised so many times? Did the Holy Spirit get it wrong the first time?
Is the NWT really the most accurate translation of the Bible?
by godsgurl 48 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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sweetstuff
Hardly, some online research into the differences between the NWT and most bibles is an eye opener.
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kerj2leev
persons who translated the Bible were inspired by the Holy Spirit
Ummmm, no they aren't inspired they are guided!?
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zack
The answer is "NO."
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BizzyBee
I have heard JW claim
There's the problem........
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Forscher
When it comes to evaluating a bible Translation i like to look at the stated purpose for making the translation in the first place.
In the case of the NWT it is not so easy to find that reason since it is not recorded in any copy of that work. to find it one has to go back and look in the watchtower, were the WTBTS traditionally speaks candidly to the rank-and-file. In the case of the NWT, one has to go way back, All the way back to the September the fifteen, 1950 edtion, page 315:
We acknowledge our debt to all the Bible versions which we have used in attaining to what truth of God’s Word we enjoy today. We do not discourage the use of any of these Bible versions, but shall ourselves go on making suitable use of them. However, during all our years of using these versions down to the latest of them, we have found them defective. In one or another vital respect they are inconsistent or unsatisfactory, infected with religious traditions or worldly philosophy and hence not in harmony with the sacred truths which Jehovah God has restored to his devoted people who call upon his name and seek to serve him with one accord. Especially has this been true in the case of the Christian Greek Scriptures, which throw light and place proper interpretation upon the ancient Hebrew Scriptures. More and more the need has been felt for a translation in modern speech,] in harmony with revealed truth, and yet furnishing us the basis for gaining further truth by faithfully presenting the sense of the original writings; a translation just as understandable to modern readers as the original writings of Christ’s disciples were understandable to the simple, plain, common, lowly readers of their day. Jesus reminded us that our heavenly Father knows the needs of his children before they ever ask him. How has he made provision for us in this need which we now keenly feel?
With an admission like that, can any translation considered superior much less trusted? I think not.
Forscher
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jacethespace
Ive examined the NWT with the king james version and was suprised to see how slanted the new world translation is.When i was questioning the elder before i left i told him i had gone back to the king james version and all he could say in an arrogant way was " but our translation has jehovahs name in its right place.
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Doug Mason
The Greek Scriptures of the NWT (the "NT") does NOT have "Jehovah" in the "right places".
And it is inconsistent, since if it followed its own rules, the word "Jehovah" would appear at places that would cause great embarrassment.
See my Study at: http://au.geocities.com/doug_mason1940/Translating_with_prejudice.pdf
Doug
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OnTheWayOut
I have a logic problem with the NWT that a typical JW would just shut down over.
The anonymous committee researched and wrote the NWT. Is this committee made
up of anointed ones? Aren't they just spirit-directed and not inspired? Don't they
change the JW doctrine time after time as "the light gets brighter"?If they say the committee is anonymous and unknown, is it possible that some of the
committee members were not even anointed (spirit-directed)?If they say that Jehovah would guide them, as the Bible is the most important tool
given to Man, I could challenge that. Why had God allowed the Bible to be
corrupted after the 1st century, removing His name, yet he would guide the process
of writing it now? Didn't people in the 2nd century down to the 20th century
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bigwilly
If you are actively drinking the Koolaid, yes. If you are sane and removed from the borg, no.