Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: cattanac@casca.cs.uiuc.edu (Scott Cattanach) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Bible versions Message-ID: Date: 10 Jul 90 07:30:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U of Illinois, CS Dept., Systems Research Group Lines: 98 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu We have had descriptions of the various Bible/NT translations, but no quotes to let people get a feel for them. If we can spare the bandwidth, I have given John 1:1-5 below from the translations available to me. If someone could add the translations I have missed, I would appreciate it. It seems that the 'committee' translations don't stray very far from each other. NIV: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. NKJV: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. NASB: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. Peshitta (Lamsa translation): The Word was in the beginning, and that very Word was with God, and God was that Word. The same was in the beginning with God. Everything came to be by his hand; and without him not even one thing that was created came to be. The life was in him, and the life is the light of men. And the same light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. The Living Bible: Before anything else existed, there was Christ, with God. He has always been alive and is himself God. He created everything there is--nothing exists that he didn't make. Eternal life is in him, and this life gives light to all mankind. His life is the light that shines through the darkness--and the darkness can never extinguish it. Barclay: When the world began, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the nature of the Word was the same as the nature of God. The Word was there in the beginning with God. It was through the agency of the Word that everything else came into being. Without the Word not one single thing came into being. As for the whole creation, the Word was the life principle in it, and that life was the light of men. The light continues to shine in the darkness, and the darkness has never extinguished it. GNB/TEV: Before the world was created, the Word already existed; he was with God, and he was the same as God. From the very beginning the Word was with God. Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him. The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out. Phillips: At the beginning God expressed himself. That personal expression, that word, was with God and was God, and he existed with God from the beginning. All creation took place through him, and none took place without him. In him appeared life and this life was the light of mankind. The light still shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out. Williams: In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself. He is the One who was face to face with with God in the beginning. It was through Him that everything came into existance, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existance. It was by Him that life began to exist, and that life was the light of mankind. So the light continues to shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it. NRSV: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. -- -catt (cattanac@cs.uiuc.edu) Carthage must be destroyed.