There are in this world few things I find so dry yet delightful as proofreading. And so for your edification I shall report a typo I find rather interesting.
I speak of Young’s English Translation, which is a delightful exercise in hyperliteralism. At the link I such referenced, to biblegateway.com, you can see clearly that biblegateway.com claims that
Obvious errors in spelling or inconsistent spellings of the same word were corrected in the computer edition of the text.
And while their striving for accuracy is admirable, I shall play the role of critic here and announce that they have “missed a spot.” That spot is in Genesis 2:14,
13and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
The name of the second river is not Gibon, but Gihon, an error explained by the fact that the English b and h are rather similar at first glance. For what it’s worth, my e-Sword copy has the same problem, as does my facsimile copy of Genesis which I found some time back. I wish I had a link to a facsimile of Young’s to link to.
you missed one, biblegateway.com
There are in this world few things I find so dry yet delightful as proofreading. And so for your edification I shall report a typo I find rather interesting.
I speak of Young’s English Translation, which is a delightful exercise in hyperliteralism. At the link I such referenced, to biblegateway.com, you can see clearly that biblegateway.com claims that
Obvious errors in spelling or inconsistent spellings of the same word were corrected in the computer edition of the text.
And while their striving for accuracy is admirable, I shall play the role of critic here and announce that they have “missed a spot.” That spot is in Genesis 2:14,
The name of the second river is not Gibon, but Gihon, an error explained by the fact that the English b and h are rather similar at first glance. For what it’s worth, my e-Sword copy has the same problem, as does my facsimile copy of Genesis which I found some time back. I wish I had a link to a facsimile of Young’s to link to.
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