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    of his being kept in custody , agreeably to the Roman custom . . . When tlie language of Scripture is in any measure divested of its native simplicity , Us venerable character , we are apprehensive that many readers will distrust the translator , who substitutes for such idioms and figures the current expressions of a polite and learned age . This suspicion and want of confidence , indeed , may not

    always be just , and certainly would not be so in the present instance ; but perhaps it is easier to obviate than to remove these feelings . We have great pleasure in observing that the version under our review , although frequently

    paraphrastical , is in general concise , and that the style of it is pure and easy . A few exceptions , occasioned by the introduction of words that are too refined , and somewhat exotic , must , nevertheless , be noticed ; of

    this description appear the following : operateth , reanimated , annulling 9 impending , intoxicated , operative , parricides , refractory , duplicity , domestic , verbal , inaccessible , attested , implacable , depraved , continent , corrode , pregnant , verified . These terms , we know , are now admitted into the English

    language , and find a place in the pages of some of the best of our modern writers . Should we be asked , why we would banish such expressions from a version of the Scriptures , we reply , " domestic words are preferable to exotic ones , when both are

    equally used , and both express the same idea ; " and the R . V . " should be imitated in every circumstance which produces simplicity , not only because a simple style has exquisite charms for every , reader of taste , but also because it is accommodated to ordinary capacities . " *

    Translators of the Bible , however , are sometimes chargeable with the use of homely and vulgar terms . Examples of this sort may be found i ^ t he R . V .: scarcely any are

    fur-9 J T C 0 me ^ 8 Hist - View , &c . pp . 294 , ^ o . It is much to be deplored that , of aie years , some foreign words , which vio-! iVr * Sy of our language , without « J dm to its elegance , have been introdeserto aill 0 T ? * " *** com P *« y than they is hi \ J 5 Verb * t * advocate , " t . / 10 Sway ' s Hist , of the Am . Rev .

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    Dished by Phijoalethes ; and our readers must determine whether he has offended against propriety and taste in the following clause ( £ Tim . iv . 8 ) : "to have their sense of hearing tickled ** \ KWffibpsvoi Tyy aKtyv ] : in the R . V . it is , ** having itching ears "—4

    in Wakefield , « to sooth their ears /* which is not sufficiently literal . We acknowledge the great difficulty of

    translating such expressions . Nor shall we accuse Philalethes of meanness of language ; though we doubt whether the rendering in the English Bible be not preferable . We shall now copy a few passages of his version :

    ** Representing" the invisible God , he [ Jesus Christ ] is the first-born of the whole creation ; for in reference to him were formed all in heaven and upon earth , visible and invisible , whether occupying the highest stations or subordinate in dignity ; all were made by him and for him , and he is before all , and through him they all subsist . He also is the head of that

    body the church , and he is the chief , the first-born from the dead , that in all thing's he mig'ht have the pre-eminence . For it hath pleased God that in him all that is

    complete should abide , and that by him all should be reconciled to Himself ; ally whether upon earth or in heaven , by him who hath made peace by his death on the cross . " Col . i . 15—21 !

    Our next quotation is from the practical part of the same epistle ( iii . 18 , iv . 2 ) : u Wives , be submissive to your busbands , as becoineth those in union with the Lord . Husbands , love your wives , and be not harsh towards them . Children , be always obedient to your parents , for this is pleasing to the Lord . Fathers , vex not your children by undue severity , lest they be discouraged . Servants , always obey those who in temporal concerns sire your masters , not with eye-service , as seeking ^ the favour of men , but in sincerity of heart as fearing God ; and whatever ye do , perform it heartily , as to the Lord rather than to men , knowing- that from the Lord ye are to receive tlie reward of a heavenly inheritance , for ye serve the Lord Christ . But he that doth wronsr shall receive

    according- to the wrong * which he hath done , and there is no respect of persons . Masters , give to your servants that which is just and equal , knowing that ye also have u master in heaven . " The following extract from the Epistle to Titus ( iL 11—15 ) may not be unacceptable :

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    Revivw . — -A new Version of the Epistles of Paul . 761

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1819, page 761, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1779/page/45/