new revised New World Translation (page 5)

Doubting Bro

FYI - I have one of the 2006 paperback printing NWTs and it has removed all the brackets including the scripture in question. I leafed through it yesterday and I don't see anything notifying the reader of the change. Actually, I'm suprised they didn't do that a long time ago. So much for being "the most well respected translation".

Will Power

Not too long ago I remember reading about a book that came to the conclusion that the NWT was the best translation out there. (LOL) maybe they are taking advantage of this?

tfjw

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kifoy

Doupting Bro: FYI - I have one of the 2006 paperback printing NWTs and it has removed all the brackets including the scripture in question. I leafed through it yesterday and I don't see anything notifying the reader of the change. Actually, I'm suprised they didn't do that a long time ago. So much for being "the most well respected translation".

I started a thread a while ago about the missing brackets in the Norwegian NWT: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/153243/1.ashx
In this post i found brackets in Mathew 23:5.
Will you please check the same scripture in your new English 2006 printing?

tfjw

Good idea kifoy. I'm hoping we can get a scan of some of these pages that don't have brackets. It's going to be a while before my English copy arrives in the mail from a friend.

Aurelius

Some scans from the "mechanical adjustments” version.
I understand mechanical to cover changes like (type font; new/changed branch addresses; number of printed editions; printed languages; etc)
You will observe form the scans of Colossians chapter 1 that the brackets have clearly been removed. This is just one example. The removal of brackets is consistent through-out the whole of this version.
Interestingly the "mechanical adjustments” version removes the 1984 version explanation for providing brackets!