Does anyone know who translated the Jehovah Witness bible The New World translation of the Holy Scriptures?
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During a court trial in Glasgow, Scotland in 1954, Franz was asked by the Government lawyer just who the translators were. Franz replied under oath: "That is an absolute secret. It will never be revealed now or even after death." Only someone with something to hide would be so intent on secrecy. He was asked: "What happens if somebody submits a translation. Does the committee examine it? Mr. Franz: No. I give it my 0.K., then the President, Mr. N. H. Knorr, has the last word." He was further asked to explain how "translations and interpretations of the Bible were made." Franz replied that they emanated from God: "passed to the Holy Spirit who, invisible, communicates with Jehovah's Witnesses - and the publicity department." (Franz is the head of the Publicity Department).\n\nI found this::  evidently a comittee\nC. The NWT translators were: Nathan Knorr, Albert Schroeder, George Gangas, Fred Franz, M. Henschel\n\n    * "Fred Franz however, was the only one with sufficient knowledge of the Bible languages to attempt translation of this kind. He had studied Greek for two years in the University of Cincinnati but was only self-taught in Hebrew." ["Crisis of Conscience"; by Raymond Franz; Commentary Press, Atlanta; 1983 edition; footnote 15; page 50.]\n    * Four out of the five men on the committee had no Hebrew or Greek training at all. They had only a high school education. Franz studied Greek for two years at the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out after his sophomore year. When asked in a Scotland courtroom if he could translate Genesis 2:4 into Hebrew, Franz replied that he could not. The truth is that Franz was unable to translate Hebrew or Greek.\n    * What we are left with is a very inexperienced translating committee that twisted Scripture to make it fit the Society's doctrine.\nhttp://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm
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King James \nhuh\ngo to see this site plz \nhttp://www.ahmed-deedat.net/modules.php?name=tapes&op=mydown&did=6\nthis is abt bible \n& its another part\nhttp://www.ahmed-deedat.net/modules.php?name=tapes&op=mydown&did=5\n\nyou can also conact me @\naimooon87@yahoo.com
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Your taking a thing from the people at the Jehovahs Witness office.  Here are 16 names of God  and where in the bible they are\n\n 1.\nElohim, “God,” i.e., His power and might\nGen. 1:1; Ps. 19:1\n 2.\nEl-Elyon, “The most high God”\nGen. 14:17–20; \nIs. 14:13,14\n 3.\nEl-Olam, “The everlasting God”\nIs. 40:28–31\n 4.\nEl-Roi, “The strong one who sees”\nGen. 16:12\n 5.\nEl-Shaddai, “God Almighty”\nGen. 17:1; Ps. 91:1\n 6.\nAdonai, “Lord,” i.e., the Lordship of God\nMal. 1:6\n 7.\nJehovah (Yahweh), “The Lord,” i.e., God’s eternal nature\nGen. 2:4\n 8.\nJehovah-Jireh, “The Lord will provide”\nGen. 22:13,14\n 9.\nJehovah-Maccaddeshem, “The Lord your sanctifier”\nEx. 31:13\n10.\nJehova-Nissi, “The Lord our banner”\nEx. 17:15\n11.\nJehovah-Rapha, “The Lord our healer”\nEx. 16:26\n12.\nJehovah-Rohi, “The Lord my shepherd”\nPs. 23:1\n13.\nJehovah-Sabbaoth, “The Lord of Hosts”\nIs. 6:1–3\n14.\nJehovah-Shalom, “The Lord is peace”\nJudg. 6:24\n15.\nJehovah-Shammah, “The Lord who is present”\nEzek. 48:35\n16.\nJehovah-Tsidkenu, “The Lord our righteousness”\nJer. 23:6\nJohn F. MacArthur, Jr., The MacArthur Study Bible, (Dallas: Word Publishing) 1997.
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Mark has only 16 chapters.\n\nMatthew 21:17 And leaving them behind he went outside the city to Beth′a·ny and passed the night there. (NWT)\n\nNew World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was translated from the original scrolls,Greek, Arabaic, and Hebrew.\n\nhttp://watchtower.org
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The ignorance and utter cluelessness of some of the people responding to this question is absolutely amazing. For one thing, I've noticed that Jehovah's Witnesses' teachings can be backed up completely by the Bible, whether I use my King James Version or read through their New World Translation. \n\nTheir activity of going from door-to-door in talking to other people about the good news of God's Kingdom and what it will do for mankind is A COMMAND FROM CHRIST to true Christians. How many of you nutcases, and I'm speaking of FairyNanook, Jeffo, and Tabi, obey Jesus' command to go and preach to people? I bet not a single one of you, and I bet none of your churches teach that it's necessary, either. \n\nI found the fact that FairyNanook and Tabi made such ignorant and blatantly stupid comments against the activity of the Jehovah's Witnesses to be highly offensive, as I also find it offensive that they call themselves Christians. \n\nJesus Christ himself taught people about God's Kingdom and he showed them on a very small scale by his miraculous healings and the truths that he taught that it is God's Kingdom that will bring an end, very shortly, to the painful suffering of people today. How exactly is it wrong, Tabi, that Jehovah's Witnesses do the same thing? They help people to see the benefits that are soon to come to this earth when things like AIDS (as you mentioned) are wiped out forever? What exactly is so awful that the Witnesses teach people that the Kingdom will do this? \n\nMy goodness, you people really need a clue. "Only saved by Grace".....sure, that's a teaching in a Christian church, but certainly not a TRUE Christian church. Try calling yourself a Christian when you actually start obeying Christ by preaching to others.\n\n----------------------------------------\n\nLooks to me like FairyNanook isn't very Bible-smart. Here, you go Oh Very Spiritually Blind One: "Indeed, as the body without spirit is dead, so also FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD." (James 2:26) You can claim to have all the faith in the world, honey, but without the works to back up those claims, you're just talking into the wind. And while you're at it, I suggest you review the preaching assignment that Christ commanded his followers to engage in. The example was that they were to town to town, village to village, and DOOR TO DOOR. \n\nAnd doing so "for points"? Where in the world did you get that nonsense from? Jehovah's Witnesses do what they out of obedience to Jesus Christ, for one thing. They do it out of love for neighbor for another, and they do it because if they didn't, they would be considered bloodguilty before God. Your thoughts are seriously out of whack and you should be very concerned with the amount of ignorance you display here. \n\nIf you can't recognize that, then YOUR entire way of thinking is what is truly twisted and in deep error. I'm sure you think you teach or know truth, but honey, by your very own words, you're admitting to being one of Satan's blinded drones.\n\n-------------------------------------------------\n\nFinally! She admits that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's talking about. She's happy to be blinded to the truths that are so clearly brought out in God's Word, the Bible. Perhaps we should all pray that her lack of spiritual understanding and her veil of Biblical ignorance be lifted, as what she thinks she knows now is only doing her more harm than anything else. \n\nAnd if anyone wants ACCURATE and TRUTHFUL information on what Jehovah's Witnesses teach and why......you would wisely steer clear of the trash sites she listed and go right to the official source:\n\n-------------------------------------------------\n\nThe ridiculousness of your comments, honey, is a very clear admission on your part (whether you think so or not). \n\n"Going to the Watchtower website wi
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Biblegateway.com is a great resource for this, you can search by keywords, topics, or passage.  It has multiple translations and paraphrases such as "The Message".  In my opinion, its only limitation is that it does not have the NRSV translation.
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I don't know if any version has been translated from NIV.  It would be better to start with the original manuscripts.\n\nBiblegateway.com has two French versions.  Louis Segond, and La Bible du Semuer.
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Actually the only one I can understand (surprisingly) is the King James' Version.  I cannot understand the NIV, or similar versions period.  I feel like it takes away from the authenticity of it.  Perhaps it's because I was raised reading hte KJV, but in comparing it to the other versions I've read, I much perfer that interpretation of the words.
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Sincire bible students recognize that WHENEVER the Almighty executes judgment upon a people, He ALWAYS sends a prophet first to perform a warning work. For example, 2 Peter 2:5 shows that Noah did not just build an ark, but preached what was needed to survive that global flood (2 Peter 2:5 "Noah, a preacher of righteousness").\n\nSo, in that limited sense, Jehovah's Witnesses as an organization are performing a prophet's work of warning mankind how they may survive Armageddon. Around the world, humanity recognizes that Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones most prominently fulfilling Christ's assignment to preach:\n\n(Matthew 28:19) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations\n\nIncidentally, Jehovah's Witnesses do *NOT* teach that they or their publications are infallible or inspired by God. The only direction humans currently have which is infallible is the Holy Scriptures.
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I have ran into some of these KJ only folks before. They are arrogant in their belief that they are superior to others who do not believe as they do. The Bible says knowledge puffs up but love edifies. They believe that all English versions are corrupt except for the KJ version. First of any English version is not technically as accurate as the original Bible languages, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Secondly, they fail to realize the even the KJ has been thur several updates itself- just open a KJ up and look at the copyright page that will state various years of editions copyrighted. If some one is going to be so hard-lined that they will not tolerate others who have different view then themselves-best to save your breath and time and let god deal with them.
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Check this link and request a Bible in your language:\n\nhttp://www.watchtower.com/
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The thing to look for is what's called the "historical-critical method." This is the method of researching, translating, and interpreting the Holy Scriptures that the bishops at Vatican II approved. In short, it uses not only the texts themselves, but also our archeological discoveries, historical sciences, and human reason to come to the best understanding of the Bible.\n\nMany (but not all) Protestant denominations reject the historical method, and translate and interpret the Scriptures literally and directly. (The King James, New King James, and New American Standard are of this type.)\n\nOther translations try to use modern language to get the ideas across. These are "paraphrases," not "translations," and the Contemporary English and New Living Versions are the most notorious of them.\n\nThe Catholic Church favors the New American Bible or the Revised Standard Version (not the New American STANDARD of the NEW Revised Standard ... those too are paraphrases). The NAB and RSV were translated by committees of Catholic AND Protestant Scripture scholars, and are very sound.
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Ironically, the bible.\n\nThe entire text of the bible is freely available at the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a personal printed copy can be requested at no charge:\nhttp://watchtower.org/bible/\nhttps://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/how_to_contact_us.htm\n\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are happy to study the bible with an interested person using any translation the householder may prefer, and in fact Jehovah's Witnesses themselves distribute several translations. Jehovah's Witnesses attach no particular infallibility or inspiration to any one translation.\n\nIt is sad when argumentative persons distract from the bible's clear message of Kingdom "good news".\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nIt seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:\n\n(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/pr/article_04.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/na/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020915/article_01.htm\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20050715/article_02.htm
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Please refer http://www.bible.com\n\nYou can also buy it there.
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Heh, heh... thanks bro. ;)\n\nI have seen some rare textual changes that have changed the meaning or even elimination of a word because they could not see how it fits. Hebrew letters can look very close to one another, much like our "l" and "i". So any distortion in the leather parchment could be a problem or the flaking of the ink could cause problems as well.\nMy mentor once told me that when the military creates a complex code, they transmit it with parity, or multiple times, so that if the coded message is in any way garbled, they can compare it to earlier or later transmissions. The Bible does the same thing by repeating the important messages several times. This is why Deuteronomy is called Deuteronomy. It's "repeating what we already know is true".\nCan these people explain to me why the entire 2,000 year old Isaiah scroll found in Qumran is virtually identical with the modern copies found in every synagogue in the world?\nRemember that Revelation carries an eternal curse of damnation for anyone who adds or subtracts from the text of scripture, and I do not think King James was hoping for political advantage at the expense of his soul.\nToday, we still have the original Hebrew and Greek text. Changing the scriptures would offer us ZERO political gain. Yet is still translates the same as the original King James, only with todays vernacular. \nI wonder if these people even research beyond their own notions. Do they have such skepticism when they read their dosage instructions for medication?
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Mormon isn't true because the Holy Bible was the only book that contained God's words. Jesus said that no one should make any changes to God's words.
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Yes, I have compaired the NIV to the JKV the New KJV and the modern english Translation the American Standard version and the New American Standard version. I find all these are very similar, some are easier to read of course, but I always stuck with the King James for memorizing and teaching. I also used the NIV or some other modern version for my straight through reading, but have read the KJV through many times, but not as much as I used the other versions. \n\nI did notice some words were changed to make it appear to say something else, but when you read everything in context it is hard to take it out of context.  Especially when you looked at other passeges. \n\nI never liked or trusted the Schofield notes.\n\nI did buy one NIV study bible with notes and found it very desturbing because the scripture would be very plain, but the Scholars added their own intrepretation and even claimed that the Apostle or writer was wrong and did not understand their own scripture. \n\nPersonally, I feel it is better to use a bible without notes. That is just my opinion.