1611 AKJB Vs. Cambridge: Genesis 3:5

By the early 1900s, the ecumenical movement had begun to make great strides within the institutional churches and their schools. Thus, the Pure Cambridge, published in 1900, makes ecumenical sense, especially in light of Acts 2:38, which in the Cambridge Bible teaches the Roman Catholic doctrine of baptism as a necessary component of salvation.

i remember the whole Cambridge thing. brings back memories. so many hoops

Amen!

That is one of the many areas where the 1611 yet again saved the day for the English Bible. In my deep dive into the history of the English Bible, many times the printers would make changes where they would correct errors (or what they had thought were errors). I have a hard time believing that even the early translators, such as Tyndale, had not grasped these concepts. That is why the 1611 had to be made with complete control over the whole process to get it right!

It always amazes me that 47 of the best Hebrew and Greek scholars in the United Kingdom under the authority of King James in 1611 would have got this wrong, when one guy plucking things out of Hebrew dictionaries, trolling the internet and speaking no Hebrew got this right? The 47 translators did not cut and paste from questionable internet sources, for obvious reasons. Even, John Wycliffe, who preceded the 1611 by more than 125 years, understood this verse correctly. Translating "Gods," "God," "god," and/or "gods" in Genesis 3:5 is not a task for those uniformed regarding Hebrew grammar; for, the construct of the Hebrew text (participles modifying certain grammatical functions and other factors, for example) complicate the issue, and, that further informed by historic Hebrew understandings (Targums, Ibn Ezra and other historic Hebrew scholars), we cannot woodenly pluck a word out of context and think we know Hebrew. Yet, this is what many do today, thinking they have discovered something, when the great scholars of yore (including the 47 translators of the 1611 AKJB) had a thorough understanding of context and the historicity of Hebrew grammar and accepted translational principles; their translation of Genesis 3:5 was informed by deep understanding of the idioms of Hebrew and what is intended, taking into consideration all the grammatical components of a particular phrase or statement. It has often been said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing; and, such is the case with cut-and-paste internet trollers, pretending scholarship with no real knowledge of ancient languages, neither speaking nor reading nor writing such things.

Listening to an interview with you and John. You mentioned that it seems as though Lucifer must disclose what he is doing which will be discerned by the few. These bible societies give themselves away or disclose the obvious - almost like they have to. But most will believe them. Nothing in the entirety of my adult years has given me such discernment as the 1611 text. Nothing.

hebrew

God is singular