[rescue] Translation clarification

[Earl D. Baugh Jr.]

Phil wrote:

> John Floren wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net 
>> > wrote:
>>> Gotta love that stuff, yeah.  "Thou shalt not kill.  (Unless you  
>>> claim
>>> to be doing it in my name.  'Cos that makes it all OK, right?)"
>>
>> As I understand it, the original interpretation (as they apparently
>> still read it in Judaism) is "You shall not murder".
>
> Yup.  However, just try to find a bible in any Western church that
> translates the word *correctly*.
>
> It's one of many known mis-translations.

Since I'm not on geeks, and I think the question of accuracy is always  
important,
(and of course being a fan of  Myth Busters and  www.snopes.com,  
doesn't help me from pointing things like this out  8-) )
I would like to point out that this particular translation issue is in  
fact correctly translated
in what is claimed to be the most popular modern English translation.

To wit: The NIV translation correctly translates this as : "You shall  
not murder"
(see: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020:13;&version=31;)

and according to Wikipedia (which is not immune to misstating facts,  
so take it as a source of truth accordingly)
	According to Zondervan, publisher of the NIV, the translation has  
become the most popular modern English 	
	translation of the Bible, having sold more than 215 million copies  
worldwide. It is especially popular among
	American Evangelicals. It continues to be one of the top ten selling  
bibles.[1][10]

In addition:  It is also correctly translated (or quoted in  
paraphrased versions) in:
1) The American Standard Bible
2) The Message
3) English Standard Version
4) Contemporary English Version
5) New Living Translation
6) New King James Version

Which, with the NIV,  I believe would represent a strong majority of  
current Western Churches.

Is is true that it is incorrectly translated in the King James version  
(and some others).
But that isn't a version that one finds as the translation of choice  
in most Western churches,
at least in the U.S.

Earl