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The Life Foundations
Nexus
DOES THE BIBLE TEACH
THAT A TRANSLATED TEXT CAN BE INSPIRED?
Does the Bible teach that a translated text can be
inspired? As a matter of fact,
yes. The Old Testament, which was
written in Hebrew and a little Aramaic, is quoted in the New Testament, which
was written in Greek. For example, the
Apostle Paul says in Romans 15:12:
And again, Esaias
saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the
Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
The Apostle Paul is
quoting Isaiah 11:10, which says:
And in
that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the
people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
God gave his word through
Isaiah. Paul then wrote A DIVINELY
INSPIRED TRANSLATION OF ISAIAH’S WORDS IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE; that is,
ancient Greek. There are other examples
in the New Testament of this process of divinely inspired translation. Thus, there is ample proof that a translated
text can be inspired. While we have NOT
proven here that the King James Bible is inspired (see Is The King James Bible Inspired?),
we have disproven the assertion of the anti KJV people that:
The King James Bible CANNOT be
inspired because it is a translation.
We have, in fact, proven:
The King James Bible is NOT
UNinspired BECAUSE it is a translation.
Again, see Is The King James Bible Inspired? See also Does
The Bible Teach That An Inspired Translation Has To Be A Word-For-Word
Translation?