- Ecclesiastes 8:10
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- Ecclesiastes 8:10
- (KJV)
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the
place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where
they had so done: this is also vanity.
- (1611 KJV)
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come, and gone
from the place of the Holy, and they were forgotten in the
city, where they had so done: this is also vanitie.
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they
returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten
in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.
- (1568 Bishops Bible)
For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to
their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came
from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of
memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne
thing.
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- Counterfeit Versions
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(CSB) In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went
from the holy place, and they were praised
in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.
- (NIV) Then too, I saw the wicked buried-those who used to come and go
from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did
this. This too is meaningless.
(ESV) Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy
place and were praised in the city where they had done such things.
This also is vanity.
(HCSB) In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went
from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did
so. This too is futile.
(RSV) Then I saw the wicked buried; they used to go in and out of the holy
place, and were praised in the city where they had done such things.
This also is vanity.
- (Douay-Rheims Roman Catholic) I saw the wicked buried: who also when
they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the
city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
- (New Living Translation-1996) I have seen wicked people buried with
honor. How strange that they were the very ones who frequented the Temple
and are praised in the very city where they committed their crimes!
- (NCV) I saw the funerals of evil people who used to go in and out of the
holy place. They were honored in the same towns where they had done evil.
This is useless, too.
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- Hebrew Word
- I want to offer another word which is translated totally opposite of its
Hebrew meaning. The word is “shakhach” which is only translated “forgotten
or forget” 101 times in the Old Testament.
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- (Deu 4:23 KJV) Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget
the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy
God hath forbidden thee.
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- (Ezek 22:12 KJV) In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast
taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
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- As you can see the modern versions quoted above take the word and
translate it as “praised.” This is an intentional reversal of the meaning of
this word. As the modern versions regard the life of the wicked as
prosperous and secure as we saw in the November 5th posting, here
the modern versions praise the wicked in death. Even the Jehovah’s Witness
Bible translates this word “forgotten,” which means the NIV is more corrupt
here than the NWT.
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- Affected Teaching
- The following verse from Proverbs shows us that these modern versions in
their praise of the wicked is a total error.
(Prov 10:7 KJV) The
memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
By praising the wicked, these modern versions are
celebrating their eternal destruction in Hell. (Ezek 33:11 KJV) Say
unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the
death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn
ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Yet, the modern versions that scholars claim to be the
Word of God are saying exactly opposite of what God had declared in Ezekiel
33:11.
- Here is Ezekiel 33:11 in the NIV: Say to them, 'As surely as I live,
declares the Sovereign LORD , I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked,
but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your
evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'
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- As we see today, the modern
versions tend to reverse meanings of words. The modern scholars claim they
have more tools available to them than the King James Translators did but
what kind of intellects will reverse a meaning of a word? To me a very
incompetent one! How is reversing the meaning of words here going to improve
the Christian walk when these modern versions tend to glorify and deify the
life of sin? The life of sin is never praised in the true Bible but is
condemned and judged. Seeing these kind of horrible word translations, how
can anyone trust these modern versions, even minimally, since they take such
liberties to completely obscure and reverse meanings of the words of God?
These modern versions are books of deception from cover to cover and can
never be trusted.
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