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> when faced with an unclear Hebrew word I thought the King James Version was translated into English from Greek (which was translated from Hebrew). I mention
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
> when faced with an unclear Hebrew word
I thought the King James Version was translated into English from Greek (which was translated from Hebrew).
I mention it because, if true, the opportunity for “lost in translation” is greater.
- kadoban 5y agoI believe it was from a mix of Greek, Hebrew and a couple of others, mostly depending on which section. I couldn't say which bits these references would have been from. Yeah there's a _lot_ of room for mistranslations or just doing the best they could.
- edflsafoiewq 5y agoThe KJV is eclectic, but you're correct the rendering "unicorn" is from the Septuagint (monokeros).
- Thorrez 5y ago>In common with most other translations of the period, the New Testament was translated from Greek, the Old Testament from Hebrew and Aramaic, and the Apocrypha from Greek and Latin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version >The word “unicorn” appears in the King James Version nine times – in Numbers 23:22 and 24:8, Deuteronomy 33:17, Job 39:9,10, Psalms 22:21, 29:6 and 92:10 and in Isaiah 34:7. https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars/2011/08/are-there-really-unicorns-in-the-king-james-bible.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/on_the_front_lines_of_t... Those listed books are all in the (non-Apocrypha) Old Testament, meaning they were translated form Hebrew and/or Aramaic.