For Such a Time As This: Grateful to Have Learned about the Tyndale, Geneva and Hebrew/Greek Interlinear Bibles

Freedom Journey

This blog was created on Saturday March 22, 2014, and is geared to folks whose steadfast aim is freedom through learning, teaching and DOING truth. Incorrect beliefs can prevent constructive forward motions. We cannot afford to allow ignorance, pride and stubbornness to keep us deceived.

Refuse to be prisoners of your perceptions. Cast away nonsense traditions. Freedom resides in authentic and proven truths.

REAL truth is freedom!

***
Only GOD is perfect. It's vital to seek the Lord to expose errors. Please ask Him to expose any areas of darkness and for what is necessary to DO to dispossess what's NOT of truth.

***

Copyright 2014 - Content on this blog, except content from the King James Holy Bible, which is in the public domain.

Also, excerpts from the works of other authors here is in compliance with section 107 - Fair Use - of the U.S. Copyright law - and/or by permission of the authors.

Note: You can certainly share content from this blog. At the end of each post, share options -- e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are listed. Each share option contains a link to this blog. Using the share options shown below each post does NOT violate copyright law - since links to this blog are included in the subject share options.

Additional note: Copyright law does allow others to use, without prior permission from original authors, brief excerpts from the work of original authors. Brief excerpts from this blog may be copied and pasted elsewhere, provided the names of the original authors be included in locations where you choose to post. Copying and pasting elsewhere - ENTIRE posts without the permission of original authors ISN'T in compliance with U.S. Copyright law.

If you elect to go beyond brief excerpts from this blog, please use the share options shown after each post. All of those options include links to this blog.

Thank you.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Grateful to Have Learned about the Tyndale, Geneva and Hebrew/Greek Interlinear Bibles

Hi -

For years, 1 Timothy 6:10 - KJV gave me pause. It says, "For the love of money is the root of all evil . . ."

It gave me pause because I thought that the love of other things could be a root of evil, as well. So how could love of money be the root of ALL evil, I wondered?

Well, recently I did some research and found that the first* Bible (about 1534) that was translated from the original Hebrew and Greek into English was NOT the King James Bible but the Tyndale Bible. William Tyndale was martyred for his faith and was able to complete the translation of the entire New Testament but only a portion of the Old Testament.*

I also discovered that the Geneva Bible (1560) was published before the King James Bible.

Now, my preference is to use the Tyndale and Geneva Bibles. The English in them is even older than what is shown in the King James Bible so I keep the KJV nearby in case I need help understanding the older English. The older English doesn't hinder me. I enjoy those two Bibles more . . . I'm NOT at all inclined to the newer translations.

Anyhow, back to 1 Timothy 6:10 - KJV
For the love of money is the root of all evil . . ."

Well, in the Tyndale Bible it says, "For coveteousnes is the rote of all evyll . . . "
( I didn't misspell the words. That is how they appear in that older version of English.)

THAT makes more sense to me -- the word "coveteousness." So in modern English -- it says, "For covetousness is the root of all evil." That makes more sense to me than that "the love of money is the root of all evil . . ." That ONE word made a difference. I'm glad to have learned that translation, as well as others that I've noted from reading the Tyndale and Geneva Bibles.

Reading those older Bibles along with the Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Bibles has helped considerably in my Bible studies. I highly recommend doing that.

Amazon has e-Book versions of the Tyndale and Geneva Bibles for less than $10.00 each. The Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Bibles are free online at www.scripture4all.org.

Note: On the left side bar of this blog is an archive that has listings of other posts on this blog.