Les traductions ressemblent aux femmes – lorsqu'elles sont fidèles, elles ne sont pas belles, quand elles sont belles, elles ne sont pas fidèles. - French proverb
Since first seeing an early proof (pre-publication) of one of the new translations being done by renowned Evangelical Bible scholars like Don Carson and Gordon Fee back in the early nineties, it became clear to me that the English-speaking church's blessing of many translations was about to become a curse. All through these proofs, words inspired by the Holy Spirit had been changed or deleted. And the ordering principle was fear of offending groups with certified victim status in the Western world--principally women and Jews.
If the original Greek was 'men,' it was removed and the gender-neutered 'those' took its place. If the Greek was 'brothers,' it was removed and the gender-neutered 'Christian friends' (and later 'Christian siblings') took its place. If the Greek was 'Jews,' it was removed and 'they' or 'Jewish leaders' took its place. If the Hebrew was 'adam,' it was removed and the gender-neutered 'human being' took its place. It's all a project called the removal of "phallogocentricism in language."
Today, almost twenty years later, Evangelicals have been betrayed by their Bible scholars and are reading, preaching from, and memorizing Bibles that have, in countless places, betrayed the Greek and Hebrew inspired by the Holy Spirit. And now we read that...
John MacArthur is releasing his MacArthur Study Bible in the sex-neutered New International Version 2011. Phallogocentricism in language is dead and Scripture must be made to toe the line.
While claiming to hold that God's Word is without error, Bible scholars have taken money from publishers and Bible societies to change thousands of Greek and Hebrew words so those words don't offend postmodern sensitivities. Postmoderns don't want to appear anti-Semitic, so they demand their Bible translators and publishers obscure what God's Word says in the Gospel of John concerning the Jews' hatred of Jesus and pursuit of Him to the Cross. Pomos (postmoderns) don't want to appear misogynist, so they demand their Bible translators and publishers obscure what God's Word says across the entire text of Scripture concerning Adam being created first, and then Eve; and woman being forbidden to teach or exercise authority over man.
So the text of Zondervan's much-anticipated product line called New International Version 2011 was released to much fanfare, accompanied by endless explanations and justifications of their attack upon God's Word.
So what kinds of changes are they making?
Here's a list put together by our dear brother Pastor Andrew Dionne. Look it over and you'll get an idea how our language nannies are gagging God and making hordes of money off it. These examples are not all equally evil. Some changes are not contrary to the original Hebrew and Greek, but all the changes recorded below are indicative of the direction of unfaithfulness to the Word of God that is taking the Church by storm today. (TB)
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James 3:1
NIV2011: Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
NIV1984: Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
1 Timothy 2:11-12
NIV2011: A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet.
FOOTNOTES:
[a] 1 Timothy 2:11 Or wife; also in verse 12
[b] 1 Timothy 2:12 Or over her husband
NIV1984: A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
1 Cor. 6:9
NIV2011: Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a]
FOOTNOTE: [a] 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
NIV1984: Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
Galatians 3:28
NIV2011: There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
NIV1984: There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6
NIV2011: An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
FOOTNOTE: [b]Titus 1:6 Or children are trustworthy
NIV1984: An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
1 Timothy 3:11
NIV2011: In the same way, the women[c] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
FOOTNOTE: [c] 1 Timothy 3:11 Possibly deacons’ wives or women who are deacons.
NIV1984: In the same way, their wives[b] are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
FOOTNOTE: [b] 1 Timothy 3:11 Or way, deaconesses
1 Cor. 11:3
NIV2011: But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,[a] and the head of Christ is God.
FOOTNOTES:[a] 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband
NIV1984: Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
John 7:1
NIV2011: After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.
NIV1984: After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.
Hebrews 12:7-9
NIV2011: Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
NIV1984: Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!
Genesis 1:26-27
NIV2011: Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
NIV1984: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,[b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Psalm 1
NIV2011: Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
NIV1984: Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Revelation 22:18-19
NIV2011: I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
NIV1984: I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Matthew 5:32
NIV2011: But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
NIV1984: But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
