Why does this translation say “Jehovah”?
…So “the Lord” in your Bible is not a translation of the name — it is a *substitute* for…
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One Hebrew word in Isaiah 7:14: what does *almah* do elsewhere?
…Translations then split. The KJV and the American Standard Version (1901) give "a virgin"; the World English Bible…
1 post ·Why isn't the Book of Enoch in this translation?
…your translation of the Bible?" This project's source text has been the **Masoretic Hebrew Bible** — the Tanakh…
Article ·Did Isaac Newton write about the Bible?
…Bible and prophecy. Is that true? And is any of it something you'd use in this translation…
Article ·What is Yom Kippur, and what does the Bible actually call the Day of Atonement?
…What does the Bible actually call it, and where does the Day of Atonement ritual come from?” **The…
Article ·How long were the days of creation?
*“The Creation of Light” (Genesis 1:1–5) — Gustave Doré, 1866, from La Sainte Bible. Public domain, via…
Article ·Was the Word "God," or "a god"?
…So every "a" or "an" in an English New Testament is *supplied* by the translator — it is never…
Article ·Was Noah's Ark a box or a boat? What Genesis says versus the ship-shaped replica in Kentucky
…But I always thought the Bible describes the ark as basically a big rectangular box. So which is…
Article ·Why don't Jehovah's Witnesses accept blood transfusions — and what just changed?
…This project's own translator's note on the Genesis passage puts the load-bearing logic in one…
Article ·Fifty-Two Weeks, No Remainder
…Translation Desk I spend a good deal of time on this site working through the Hebrew Bible a…
Article ·Are we living in the Great Tribulation right now?
…Lewis called the parallel saying in Mark “the most embarrassing verse in the Bible” — and pointed out that…
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Genesis 16
Genesis 16 — The Mister Translation 💬 Discuss this chapter 1 וְשָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם…
Ecclesiastes 1
Ecclesiastes 1 — The Mister Translation 💬 Discuss this chapter 1 דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת בֶּן-ד…
Esther — Introduction
…nowhere else in the Bible whose meanings are genuinely unknown (bahat, dar, socharet), and this translation flags them rather than…
2 Chronicles — Introduction
…Chapters 1 of 36 chapters translated · 2.8% Gold chapters are published — click one to read it. The rest are…
Ezra — Introduction
…Chapters 1 of 10 chapters translated · 10.0% Gold chapters are published — click one to read it. The rest are…
Joel — Introduction
…translation can carry (shod from SHADDAI), and a verse with three words that occur nowhere else in the Bible. It…
Hosea — Introduction
…Bible's central image for the covenant, and the book of chesed, loyal love. Chapters 1 of 14 chapters translated…
Psalms 23
Psalm 23 — The Mister Translation The Lord Is My Shepherd Eastman Johnson, 1863 · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C…
2 Samuel — Introduction
📜 Table of Contents › 2 Samuel 📖 2 Samuel שְׁמוּאֵל ב Shemuel Bet — '2 Samuel.' In the Hebrew Bible…
Ruth — Introduction
…Bible — with a scatter of archaic or dialect forms and a few ketiv/qere (written-versus-read) notes that translators…
