[labette]

I was wondering if there was consensus amongst our Greek scholars. Do y’all think the Committee on Bible Translation did right ?

[BenKenobi]

No, the greek is very explicit. Harsh and graphic if you explain just what a catamite is, but we aren’t doing people a favor by whitewashing.

[fwdude]

I think the original translators lived in a time when homosexual behavior was universally understood rightly to be condemned as abominable sin. Thus the somewhat "soft-pedaled" wording; polite society didn't get into the sordid details of those things better left unsaid when everyone knew was was being discussed.

Now, unfortunately, sin must be spelled out in all its ugliness.