Ten Commandments Translated Wrong, Claims Scholar

PR Newswire ^ | June 17, 2010

[Lurking Libertarian]

Whom do you speak it with?

People in my synagogue's Bible class, for starters.

[Palmetto]

So if “Thou shalt not covet” really means “Thous halt not take,” how is that distinguished from “Thou shalt not steal?”

[Noumenon]

Who was it who said, “Ah have lusted in mah heart...”

[KarlInOhio]

Did he have anything to say about that whole “adultery” thing?

You should check out Bill Clinton's big Bible with the Nine Commandments.

[Paine in the Neck]

Art Linkletter once covered the 10 Commandments in his “Kids Say the Darnedest Things” segment. He asked each child for one of the commandments. Says small boy: “Don’t hover over your neighbor’s wife”.

[Prospero]

I'll take the commentary of Jesus and Saul of Tarsus (Paul), author of two-thirds of the New Testament, on the purpose and intent of the Law handed down to Moses.

The Christ most decidedly touched upon feelings, as in, "you have heard it said, thou shall not," etc., "but I say to you," thus and such.

In the latter formulations, e.g., with regard to adultery, Jesus was crystal clear about sins of the inner self, the core being, or "cardia," for the human heart.

I am suspicious of all scholars who make grand, sweeping statements about the scriptures, and those who approach the subject without allowing for the possibility of their being inspired by the Living God, Friend of Abraham and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, creator of Heaven and Earth. (Who spoke and not-a-thing became everything.

The ancient Hebrew vocabulary was succinct, consisting of 500 words in the record surviving to the present age, and yes, it's possible there were less shades of meaning, less ambiguity than we are used to in the English-speaking world of the 21st century. But thought proceeded action then as now, and it is out of the heart, Jesus is reliably reported to have said, that proceeds the plethora of human failings, or evils, for the less politically correct.

[ml/nj]

And BTW, I claim assert hadivarim (supposedly "the ten commandments") is translated incorrctly. See here.

ML/NJ

[al_c]

Who was it who said, “Ah have lusted in mah heart...”

That would be Jimmah Cahtah.

[ml/nj]

People in my synagogue's Bible class, for starters.

Give me a break! (I know something about synagogue Torah classes. Most of us don't speak of the "Bible," BTW.)

ML/NJ

[andy58-in-nh]

Who was it who said, “Ah have lusted in mah heart...”

Good old Jimmy Carter. I'm kinda glad our current Prez hasn't been interviewed by Playboy - I fear he might say the same thing, but not be talking about women...

[Ole Okie]

I believe he makes no suggestion to replace “Shepherd” in the 23d Psalm.

“The Lord is my Shepherd” has comforted me for my many years. There’s no better translation that I can think of.

[dangus]

To covet is to commit an action; it suggests dwelling on a desire, inflaming one’s urges.

[Maceman]

Not only were the translated wrong, but there were actually FIFTEEN commandments.

[Jack Hydrazine]

If you want to find out how many translation errors/mistakes there are just go study Hebrew.

[Matchett-PI]

On Alleged Flaws in the Ten Commandments
http://www.tektonics.org/af/bark10c.html

[dangerdoc]

The Ten Recommendations ping!

[dangerdoc]

“So if “Thou shalt not covet” really means “Thous halt not take,” how is that distinguished from “Thou shalt not steal?””

I think that one was direct at bureaucrats.

[madison10]

It is “do not murder.” Yes, “kill” is too broad.

[BuckeyeTexan]

That warning is specifically regarding the prophecy of Revelation.

[HungarianGypsy]

The adultery one is that many commit many times. I had a discussion with an acquaintance once and said it was one I definitely had to confess, because there are some guys.... He said, “Women think like that, too?”