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I consider myself something of a Bible scholar, or at least I have a better than passing acquaintance with the Word of God, and I wouldn’t have recognized that quote from the CEV.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair. — 2 Cor. 4:8 (KJV).
By no means am I KJV-only, but I grew up with KJV and NKJV, so I recognize them more readily. I would have recognized the quote as a Biblical PRINCIPLE, but wouldn’t have known what verse they were quoting.
With the message bible would you recognise the verse? Listen to this: “We’ve been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we’re not demoralized; we’re not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do….” With another version of bible (than your usual version) I do admit it has a strange tone to it.
Exactly my point. I read multiple translations (I even enjoy reading from the Message, although I wouldn’t want to base a doctrine on it), but I wouldn’t necessarily recognize a quote, particularly one line, from a translation that I’m not overly familiar with.
I chucked the CEV over its rendering of the Triumphal Entry…”Hooray” is by no means an acceptable substitute for “Hosanna!”
As the marines say, “hoorah” to that!
That is a very compelling reason to memorize passages from the Bible. Captain America – really? That’s just sad.
A relative of mine (who shall remain unnamed) thought that the saying, “A man’s home is his castle,” was in the Bible because her devoutly Christian father always said it.
One I often heard and used to think was in the bible was “God helps those who help themselves”. Lol!
This reminds me of the Living Bible’s version of Hosea 4:11, “Wine, women and song have robbed my people of their brains” 😉
I always thought that was hysterical but after reading this post, maybe best translation!!!!
Indeed hysterical translation there!