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Most modern Bible translations, including the WEB, take this approach. The second option, taken by the creators of the KJV, is to argue that the Greek term usually translated as lifespan, helikia, can also sometimes mean stature, and this verse is thus speaking of adding physical height to the body. According to Fowler, Plummer argues against ...
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical composite text ascribed to King Solomon but not regarded as canonical scripture by Jews or Christian groups. It was written in the Greek language, based on precedents dating back to the early 1st millennium AD, but was likely not completed in any meaningful textual sense until sometime in the Middle Ages.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: The World English Bible translates the passage less poetically as: Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.
Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies (Gustave Doré). According to the text of the letter, the author is the biblical prophet Jeremiah.The biblical Book of Jeremiah itself contains the words of a letter sent by Jeremiah "from Jerusalem" to the "captives" in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:1–23).
He adds, Therefore, I say unto you, Take no thought for your life. [4] Glossa Ordinaria: That is, Be not withdrawn by temporal cares from things eternal. [4] Jerome: The command is therefore, not to be anxious what we shall eat. For it is also commanded, that in the sweat of our face we must eat bread. Toil therefore is enjoined, carking ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 27 was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. The World English Bible translates the passage as: 27 "You have heard that it was said,
In the King James Version: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. The World English Bible translates the passage as: