[tarheelswamprat]

Lots of the Bible has misleading statements like this due to translation errors.

I'm aware of the "salt/vapor" translation error as well. One of my favorites has always been, from Matthew, "It is easier for a "gamla" (in the original Aramaic) to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven." In Aramaic the word "gamla" means both "camel" and "thick rope", depending on the context, but spelled exactly the same.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[Oatka]

Matthew, "It is easier for a "gamla" (in the original Aramaic) to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven." In Aramaic the word "gamla" means both "camel" and "thick rope", depending on the context, but spelled exactly the same.

Thanks, that a new one for me. Whenever I run across nuggets like these, I am reminded of the old story of how a professor lined up some students and told the first one a couple of sentences. He was instructed to pass it on, and so on down the line. When the last person was told to repeat the sentences, the entire meaning had changed.

The wife just came in and I told her about your camel/thick rope comment and what I was replying. She said that when she used to sell Tupperware at the parties, they played that game - with the same results. "It always came out different". So just imagine what translations, in addition to time, and the political bent of the translator would do.