The Message Bible (Why It's a Mess) updated

Do you know which verse corruptions these images are depicting? (omit the top lightning strike, i removed that verse).

Scripture quotations marked MSG are taken from The Message, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers.

Well hello again viewers, for today's article I will be exposing Eugene Peterson's the message. The message bible is a paraphrase when came out in pieces from 1993 to 2002. Now a paraphrase Isn't a literal word for word translation, therefore we shouldn't expect it to match bibles such as the kjv or even the NIV exactly. If you have been a reader of my material for some time. You may have noticed that I tend to focus on bible verses that have a change in meaning. This will be no different. As this will be one if not the last articles that I publish on the bible version issue, I decided to take the time to color the verses (yet again) for your reading convenience. 

If I do decide to cover another translation it will probably be something like 10 verses the KJV may have mistranslated. Don't get me wrong I believe the KJV is probably the best English translation out there but my stance on it being 100 % inerrant has changed from complete certainty to it may have some errors, but I digress. Back to the topic at hand. I estimate there are about 50 to 80 verses to cover here with that said I hope you guys enjoy this in depth post on the message bible. As usual KJV verses will be in blue while the translation I will be exposing in red.

Gen 3:17  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 
Genesis 3:17-19 "...painful as having babies..." (MSG)  
Working is Painful but not that much.

Gen 26:8  And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 
Gen 26:8 sporting changed to "fondling"(MSG)
Not very Kid friendly! Also not the Same meaning e.g. Pro 26:19

Gen 28:12  And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:10-12 "stairway"  (MSG)

Gen 37:4  And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 
Gen 37:4 "...wouldn't even speak to..."(MSG)
Change in meaning

Exo 4:25  Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 
Exodus 4:24-26  "...touched Moses' member..."(MSG)
That so could be taken the wrong way.

Num 4:6  And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 
Numbers 4:5-6 "...dolphin skin..."(MSG)

Different Animal.

Num 16:32  And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 
Num 16:31-33"...all the human beings connected with..."(MSG)
contradiction see (Num 26:11)

The Process: Church of the Final Judgement (updated)

During my research of many of the world's religions I come across many strange and unusual beliefs. Today I will be covering only a few of said beliefs, particularly the ones of the cult know as The Process: Church of the Final Judgment.

Mistakes in the English Standard Version?

Can you match the bible verse with the pictures above?

I hope you all are doing well, everyone. 2001 was when this translation was published, it is a word for word translation. As we are nearing the end of the Bible Version Expose' (all that's left is to published the Message review,) I've decided to go ahead and color these verses like most others.  KJV will be in blue and ESV in Red. How many verses are we going to cover? Somewhere around fifty or so. I do hope ya'll enjoy.

Gen 10:8  And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 
Gen 10:8 "...first on earth to be a mighty..." (ESV)
This passage contradicts Gen 6:4

Gen 17:19  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 
Gen 17:19 "God said, "No, but Sarah...'"(ESV)
This version seems to have God contradicting himself concerning Ishmael (see Gen 17:20). 

Gen 20:16  And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 
Gen 20:16 changed reproved to "vindicated"(ESV)
These have opposite meanings.

Gen 49:10  The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 
Gen 49:10 changed Shiloh to "tribute"(ESV)
Some Christians believe Shiloh is a reference to Christ.

Num 23:21  He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 
Num 23:21 changed iniquity and perverseness to "misfortune" and "trouble"(ESV)
This is switching something that is wicked with the results of wickedness.

Jdg 4:18  And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. 
Jdg 4:18 changes mantle to "...rug."(ESV)

Jdg 5:30  Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? 

Jdg 5:30 "...A womb or two for every man;..." (ESV)
A woman is more than just a womb.

The New World Translation Examined

Hello again, for this installment of the Bible Perversion Series, we will be taking a look at the New World Translation of the Scriptures. This is the bible the Jehovah's Witnesses use. This will be one of my shortest articles on the subject of bible versions. 

Gen 1:2  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 
Genesis 1:2 changes Spirit of God to "God's active force" (NWT)
They changed this because JW's don't think the Holy Spirit is a person. 


Matthew 2:11, 8:2, 9:18, 14:33, Mark 5:6, John 9:38, Hebrews 1:6,etc changed "worship" to "obeisance". (NWT)
Because JW's teach that Jesus isn't God but Micheal the archangel they can't have people worshiping him because they think that would be idolatrous. So they instead water it down to obeisance like the kind Moses gave his father in law (see Exodus 18:7). 

Why you shouldn't read The Living Bible

Can you spot which verses these pics are referring to?

For today's article we are going to be taking a look at the Living Bible, or so it's called. If it's called thus, why is there a NLT? Anyway this is a paraphrase by Kenneth Taylor that was published in 1971. I'm not saying anyone is a Non-Christian for reading this or any translation for that matter; I just want to issue a warning that many bibles have some very serious changes to the texts which could lead to someone being led away or believing some false doctrine. In this example, I would say a paraphrase shouldn't be your regular study bible, If you don't like the KJV, then I would at least suggest a more literal word-for-word translation.

As usual I will be quoting the KJV in blue and quoting the living bible in red.

Gen 18:15  Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. 
Genesis 18:15 removed ...And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.  

I guess since this is a paraphrase this will be expected. Still removing from the bible is a serious crime see Deut 4:2.

Gen 19:5  And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 

Gen 19:5 "...rape them." (TLB)
You lose a little bit of the meaning by changing know to rape, as this implies that the abomination of Sodom wasn't lying with the same gender consensual or otherwise. 

Gen 30:27  And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 

Gen 30:27 "...fortune-teller that I consulted..."  (TLB)

These are two different ways to find something out, one is obviously wrong. 

Lev 18:23  Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. 
Leviticus 18:23 "...female animal...male animal..."   (TLB)
Doesn't condemn lying with the same gender animal. Why the unnecessary addition of female and male? 

What's wrong with the Good as New Bible Version

For today's short post, I will be addressing the UK's Good as New Translation. Although I won't be covering alot of verses, the ones I do address will be significant to persuade any veteran Christian not to purchase this bogus excuse for a bible. 

John Henson, ed., Good As New: A Radical Retelling of the Scriptures. New Alresford, Hampshire (U.K.): O Books (Imprint of John Hunt Publishing), 2004. ISBN: 1903816734.

Mat 3:4  And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 
Matt 3:4 "...carob nuts and tree sap."  (GAN)
That's not what the manuscripts said that he ate!

Mat 3:9  And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 
Matt 3:9 "...out of people you've no more regard for than these stones!"(GAN)
I thought that John was talking about the literal stones around him, didn't you?

Mat 3:11  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 
Matt 3:11 "...and that will be like fire."(GAN)
Given the contexts Matt "3:12" I think that John is comparing the saved and the lost. Jesus baptizes the saved with the Holy Spirit and the damned with fire, aka hell and the lake of fire.

Mat 3:16  And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 
Matt 3:16 "...She was like a pigeon..."(GAN)
The Holy Spirit isn't female see John 16:13.

Mat 4:3  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 
Matt 4:3 "The thought came to him..."(GAN)

Is this translation trying to pretend that the devil doesn't exist? It switches the devil with Jesus' thoughts!!!

 

 Mat 4:5  Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 
Matt 4:5 "...mind's eye..."(GAN)
Sounds like New Age Occult / Hinduism terminology to me.

Mat 5:27  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 

Matt 5:27 "Don't take away someone else's partner"(GAN)
This change seems to condone unmarried people (both heterosexual and homosexual) to "shack up".

Problems With The New American Standard Version

Which Verse is this Picture referring to?

For Today's post, I'm going to sharing 20+ verses from the NASB bible. As you can see from the copyright below, this translation has had many changes to it, but we are just going to be going over the 95 version. I hope you all enjoy this post. Let's begin. 

"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE(R), Copyright (C) 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission."

Gen 1:1  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 
Genesis 1:1 "...the heavens..."  (NASB95)
A change from singular to plural.

Gen 6:4  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 
Gen 6:4 changes giants to "The Nephilim..."  (NASB95)

*** This Authors previous belief and reasoning***
"There is this thing called the Nephilim theory which says that the fallen angels bred with the ancient women that created devil/human hybrids. In my opinion this theory is untrue; instead I believe the fossil record which shows that there were giants in the earth in those days. There are a few reasons why I don't believe the Nephilim theory and here they are.

1. Why would a devil marry a human instead of just rape/sleep with them? 2. Lost men are known as children of the devil (Joh 8:44), wouldn't fallen angels fall into that category as well? 3. sons of God are a title for the saved/those led by the Spirit (Joh 1:12, Rom 8:14, Php 2:15, 1 Joh 3:1-2). 4 The devil Isn't referred to as a son of God (Job 1:6, Job 2:1), why would devils?"

"Authors Current Belief and Reasoning"

I am now quite certain The sons of God in Genesis 6 could very well be a heavenly host that became fallen when they went after human women. I will give 3 reasons why this could be the case...

1. The simple contrast of the verse sons of God vs daughters of Men( In Hebrew its adam which means mankind).

2. The books of Jude and 2 Peter 2 seem to Collaborate this interpretation.

3. 1st century Roman-Jewish Historian Josephus held this view, and you can also find this interpretation in the apocrypha, as well as in other sources.

See also The Unseen Realm by Micheal Heiser.

Gen 7:1  And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 
Gen 7:1 "...Enter the Ark..."  (NASB95)

Leviticus 11 changes many animals and leaves out (beetle,weasel,tortoise,swan)

2Sa 14:14  For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. 
2 Samuel 14:14 "...Yet God does not take away life..." (NASB95)
This isn't true (Deut 32:39, 1 Sam 2:6, 2 Sam 6:7).