Is that a fact or a hope on your part?

That is a fact. Very much so.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

You mean "Jesus?"

I think you mean Jesus.

If this is the case...why do you have a problem with the KJV saying "Jesus?"

THAT is the bigger question.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Because it IS Jesus who gives them rest and Joshua who failed to give them rest. That's why both the Bible and Ellen White says it is another than Joshua. I suspect you think Ellen White's goal in writing that is to show the verse was wrong.

Why don't you list the scripture, list what Ellen White says, and then see if it makes sense to you who another than Joshua it is?

Could you please show it? Show where the English word from the Greek/Hebrew word of one version comes from a different Greek/Hebrew word in another version.

For instance, since you listed this example, please show it here:

NOW dedication, can you see the problem that Green is having? "Jesus" in Hebrews 4:8, as it is says in the KJV, can only mean Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah. It cannot mean Joshua that led Israel into the promised land. The same with Acts 7:45.

You mean, Jesus led Israel into the Promised Land, right?

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

The distinction in the above case is not the source language. It is the target language. The meaning is entirely unchanged.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

That's very odd. I thought you had listed them to show how the meaning was changed. Maybe someone convinced you it was not changed?

Anyway, pick your best verse, your very best one, which shows a change of meaning between versions, and

Show where the English word from the Greek/Hebrew word of one version comes from a different Greek/Hebrew word in another version.

kland,

Perhaps I have not been sufficiently clear in my purposes. I have more than one purpose.

1) To have a "modern" translation from the Majority Text.
2) To adhere as closely as possible to the original wording.

For the most part, the KJV translation can form a good base, having been translated from the Majority Text and having many tools available for research into the original Hebrew/Greek words from which each KJV word is translated. At times, such as in the Ten Commandments where the KJV mistranslated the Hebrew word as "kill," a word is changed which alters the meaning of the text (murder). At times, the words are changed simply to update them to modern equivalents, with no change of meaning.

In other words, I want a modern translation that improves upon best of the Majority Text translations available in English, and is more readable at the same time.

For example, we might change words like "apothecaries" to "herbalists," and "apparelled" to "dressed." These word replacements serve only to make the text more readable, without significantly changing the meaning.

So, while some word changes might adjust the meaning, others will be simply updating the language to a more understandable word which has the same meaning as the archaic one. As the Hebrew/Greek words behind each are consulted before a change is made, it can be considered a retranslation to a certain extent--though I would not propose to claim it is a full retranslation.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.