Why do Jehovah's Witnesses translate this verse so differently? I have talked to Jehovah's Witnesses and they gave me a copy of their Bible. Reading in Matthew I came across the following:
biblehub.com/matthew/11-12.htm
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bi.../11/#v40011012
Why eliminate the references to violence?
I have read from reading amazon reviews of the NWT that according to JWs, the translators use Biblical Criticism when interpreting how to translate a passage. I also read in the secion of the Bible dealing with how the translators translated it that some passages are misleading if rendered literally, but isn't it dishonest to pre-emtively decide a translation could be misleading? I mean, they might be right, but it might only seem misleading but actually be correct and just conflict with JW doctrine, right? How do you decide whether the passage would be misleading if translated literally, or if in actuality it conflicts with JW doctrine? This is also a general apologetics question because I have heard some similar charges brought against the NIV: for instance by Paul Tobin of "The Rejection of Pascal's Wager," and "Ebonmusings," when they talk about the NIV.
-Heero
biblehub.com/matthew/11-12.htm
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bi.../11/#v40011012
Why eliminate the references to violence?
I have read from reading amazon reviews of the NWT that according to JWs, the translators use Biblical Criticism when interpreting how to translate a passage. I also read in the secion of the Bible dealing with how the translators translated it that some passages are misleading if rendered literally, but isn't it dishonest to pre-emtively decide a translation could be misleading? I mean, they might be right, but it might only seem misleading but actually be correct and just conflict with JW doctrine, right? How do you decide whether the passage would be misleading if translated literally, or if in actuality it conflicts with JW doctrine? This is also a general apologetics question because I have heard some similar charges brought against the NIV: for instance by Paul Tobin of "The Rejection of Pascal's Wager," and "Ebonmusings," when they talk about the NIV.
-Heero
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