Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Nephi's quotation trumps more modern renditions of Isaiah

Isaiah 2:16 in the King James Bible (from Hebrew) reads this way:
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Isaiah 2:16 in the Septuagint (from Greek) reads this way:
And upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.
Isaiah 2:16 quoted in the Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 12:16) reads this way:
And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
I like how the Book of Mormon version (from texts carried out of Jerusalem in 600 B.C.) appears to include phrases that were variously lost in other renditions. I'm just sayin'...