http://scottluck.net/why-use-so-many-translations/ Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://scottluck.net/why-use-so-many-translations/#comment-3159 Pastor Scott Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:09:50 +0000 http://scottluck.net/?p=159#comment-3159 Not sure I agree that "most Bible students are lazy." Seems kind of harsh. My only question for you is, once you have studied the original languages and you put the text in your own native tongue, isn't the end product another translation? In other words, the act of studying the original languages is translation itself. Not sure I agree that “most Bible students are lazy.” Seems kind of harsh. My only question for you is, once you have studied the original languages and you put the text in your own native tongue, isn’t the end product another translation? In other words, the act of studying the original languages is translation itself.

]]> http://scottluck.net/why-use-so-many-translations/#comment-3157 Hebrew Scholar Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:42:06 +0000 http://scottluck.net/?p=159#comment-3157 I totally agree with your post, that no translation will ever be a silver bullet. But this surely shows that we must rely less on a translation, and spend more time studying the original languages of Scripture. That way Bible students won't be forever tossed around by the winds of translation, and will base their views firmly on the original text. However, this is unlikely to happen because most Bible students are lazy and just want to have a nice easy read and don't really care about the detail or the specifics. So translations will always be with us, a new one every year, to make sure the Bible publishers make lots of money. I totally agree with your post, that no translation will ever be a silver bullet. But this surely shows that we must rely less on a translation, and spend more time studying the original languages of Scripture. That way Bible students won’t be forever tossed around by the winds of translation, and will base their views firmly on the original text. However, this is unlikely to happen because most Bible students are lazy and just want to have a nice easy read and don’t really care about the detail or the specifics. So translations will always be with us, a new one every year, to make sure the Bible publishers make lots of money.

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