I was urgently in need of this current edition of this 20 issue of the new world translation of the holy scriptures. Using the new world translation to refute the new world. Only a few days have passed since the revised new world translation was released at the 129th annual meeting. One of the contradictions pertains to perhaps the most important of watchtower doctrines. The jehovahs witness version in the new world translation says, in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was a god. The new world translation of the holy scriptures the. It gives the greek text, a word for word english translation below the greek text, and, has a column. The new world translation of the holy scriptures nwt is a translation of the bible published by the watch tower bible and tract society. I appeal to jehovahs witnesses to investigate the wealth of information.
We do not claim this list to be complete, nor do we claim that all of the problems are doctrinally critical, but some are. This translation translates words and ideas differently causing conflict with the other translations. Actually, the facts show that the nwt ranks as one of the most unscholarly and biased bible versions ever produced. More could be said about the errors of the new world translation but i will stop here for now. When they say yes, then i bring up the error of their polytheism. The new world translation is a poor translation from the original koine greek. Jehovahs witness bible translation examined is the jehovahs witness bible, the new world translation, a good translation. Robert countess published doctoral thesis, the jehovahs witness new testament. Its blatantly obvious that this evil is the result of much greed and love for money 1st. As a basis for translating the hebrew scriptures, the text of rudolf kittels biblia hebraica, editions of 19511955, was used. This article will state the facts regarding more errors found in the new world translation, which was released by watchtower society of jehovahs witnesses in 20. Based on the jehovahs witness new world translation, revised 1984 edition whole bible verses deleted in the new world translation the following whole verses have been removed in the jehovahs witness biblewhether in the text or.
It is a wellknown fact that the watchtower bible and tract society religion of jehovahs witnesses denies the deity of jesus christ. It will enhance my study of this bible by reading it in modern, current english. The new world translation nwt is defined by the jehovahs witnesses parent organization the watchtower society as a translation of the holy scriptures made directly from hebrew, aramaic and greek into modernday english by a committee of anointed witnesses of jehovah. The watchtower society first published the new world translation of. The new world translation of the jehovahs witnesses has changed the text. Clearly the world revolves around them and their little cult.
These allegations are taken directly from the jehovahs christian witnesses website. Bad translations of the jehovahs witness bible, the new. The 1961, 1981 and 1984 editions were more of updates than revisions. Jehovahs witnesses new world translation 20 revision. The watchtower society first published the new world translation of the new testament in 1950. Choose from our selection of beautiful clear, vinyl covers or our nwt bible covers made out of leather. Perhaps the most wellknown difference between the jehovahs witnesses doctrinally slanted new world translation of the bible and reliable, scholarly translations such as the nasb, esv, kjv, etc. My perspective on a subject for which there is overwhelming evidence. But the 20 edition changes a considerable number of renderings. Both can not be true so is the new world translation a true biblical translation. Words have been added, deleted, and modifications made to make the text to eliminate doctrinal difficulties and to make the text agree with their theology. The apostle thomas addressed the risen lord jesus christ with a confession of his deity when he said, my master 12 and my god. Jw new world translation bible errors list doctrines of faith.
This silver sword is the first revision in nearly 30 years. All verses are quoted directly from the jehovahs witnesses new world translation. The first part of the new world translation was released in 1950. There are many bible translations but none that contradict each other except for the new world translation. Their new world translation of the bible is by no means an objective rendering of the sacred text into modern english, but is a biased translation in which many of the peculiar teachings of the watchtower society are. This change remains to this day, even though the original word chosen by the 4 nwt translators, was accurate to the greek. The wbts maintains that its english translation of the bible, the new world translation of the holy scriptures, is the best version ever produced. Based on those master texts, it is evident that some verses of the ch. This page contains a response to alleged errors in the new world translation. Additionally, the dead sea scrolls and numerous early translations into other languages. Conversely, they contend that other bible translations are corrupted by religious traditions that are rooted in paganism. Bad translations of the jehovahs witness bible, the new world. More intentional repeated errors in new world translation bible. Warning, wall of text list of errors in translation of.
The allegations are preceded by and the response follows each allegation. The book is in violation of the warning in revelation 22. Problems with the new world translation 4 jw readers. The society believes that this version is a most accurate translation of the bible and is the one they use in their teaching and bible reading, and they consistently quote it in their literature. Since then, some people have commented on or questioned the accuracy of the new world translation because in places it differs from other translations of the bible.
New world translation of the holy scriptures wikipedia. Does the new world translation unjustly insert words, sometimes with and without brackets. Their religion is the best, their bible is the best, their families are the best. In the following material we have utilized the watchtower societys new world translation nwt and kingdom interlinear translation of the greek scriptures 1969. You will notice that these same verses lack any contradiction if we understand jesus to be god the sonthe fullness of god in bodily formwho surrendered his rights to be the suffering servant and sacrifice for our sin.
Protect your new world translation with a handsome bible cover enjoy your new world translation bible even more by protecting it with our new world translation bible book covers. The jehovahs witnesses new world translation of the holy scriptures part 2 scholars comments on the new world translation. Angela the new world translation should be avoided at all costs. Is the new world translation of the bible missing some. One other smaller but still vitally important reason is the reliance of jehovahs witnesses on a biased and erroneous translation of the bible the new world translation. Accuracy and bias in english translations of the new testament by jason beduhn, associate professor of religious studies at northern arizona. Truly i tell you today, you will be with me in paradise. The passages will be quoted according to the jehovahs witnesses own translation of the new testament, the new world translation. Getting over the hurdles of the new world translation. Jehovahs witness bible translation examined 4jehovah. Few christians realize that there have been over 200 new bible translations published just within the last 30 years. New world translation, 1950, 1961, 1970 editions, the nwt revised 1971 edition was changed to read, do obeisance to rather than worship. New world translation nwt jehovahs witnesses bible jw. Jw new world translation bible errors list doctrines of.
The nwt does leave out a number of spurious counterfeit verses as do other newer translations. New world translation of the christian greek scriptures rendered from the original language by the new world translation committee. Various contradictions and omissions in bible translations. First, your translation does not come directly from the dead sea scrolls. The new world translation indeed, any biblemakes this evident. The jehovahs witnesses new world translation of the holy scriptures part 6 examples of mistranslationcontinued. The term omitted is used when either the phrase or the verse in question is omitted. The reasons for these differences usually fall into one of the following categories. Similarly, the new world translation is criticized because it is published by jehovahs witnesses, who outspokenly declare that many of christendoms doctrines are not found in the bible. While there are scores of examples of errors in the nwt, this article will. The new world translation has failed the test that says that the best bible translation will tell us the exact thoughts of the original writers of the hebrew and greek portions of the bible in a way that is easily understood in our own language. For the past half century christian apologists have had to deal indepth with issues of manuscript evidence and the translation of scripture in response to the publication of the new world translation nwt by the watchtower bible and tract society i. Nobody is saying anything about the revised king james versioon which is the worst most incorrect translation of any bible into any language.
Presbyterian and reformed 1982, is perhaps the most thorough and. Metzger on the errors of the new world translation bible research. This table is a very small sampling of contradictory verses, not an exhaustive one. If you allow a jw to recite from the nwt without checking the verse in a more accurate translation such as the niv, nasb. The jehovahs witness bible is known as the new world translation.
Warning, wall of text list of errors in translation of the jw bible the new world translation. Jehovahs witnesses claim that the new world translation nwt bible is the work of competent scholars. Why is everybody so hastily looking for errors in the revised new world translation. The rnwt on october 5th the jehovahs witnesses watchtower society announced that a revised new world translation was being foisted upon the world. New world translation vs red english standard version esv mark 1. The nwt is the anonymous work of the new world bible translation. Many biblical scholars have uncovered several differences and translation errors in the new world translation bible published by watchtower. After comparing ten additional bibles with the new world translation of the holy scriptures 20, evidence has been provided showing that an additional ten verses are missing some text from the bible used by jehovahs witnesses. The new testament portion was released in 1950, 6 7 as the new world translation of the christian greek scriptures, with the complete bible released in 1961. The jehovahs witnesses new world translation of the holy. This table compares various verses in the kjv, niv, nasb, and nwt. The 1984 revision of the new world translation benefited from updating in harmony with the biblia hebraica stuttgartensia of 1977. The watchtower bible the new world translation has many contradictions in it.
The new world translation nwt is defined by the jehovahs witnesses parent organization the watchtower society as a translation of the holy scriptures made directly from hebrew, aramaic and greek into modernday english by a. Concerning its accuracy, the new world translation has been found to be one of the most accurate english translations of the new testament currently available and is the most accurate of the 8 major translations compared. The watchtower was always quite secretive about the composition of their translation committee, claiming that credit should be given to god and the. Is the new world translation a valid version of the bible. Error found in new silver sword revised new world translation. New world translation of the holy scriptures by anonymous. But this is problematic since it would imply polytheism. Their candid words clearly describe the watchtowers new world translation nwt as dangerous and deceptive. I will begin by correcting a few obvious errors in your comments.
It has been published in whole or in part in over 160 languages. Their complete bible was published first in 1961, with subsequent revisions published in 1970 and 1984. This new world translation of the holy scriptures makes bible teachings and principles very clear. The problems with the new world translation the following is a list of problems that we have found with the new world translation nwt. A critical analysis of the new world translation of the christian greek scriptures phillipsburg, nj.
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