Bibles and Bible Study Aids (1973)
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Bibles and Bible Study Aids
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NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
Some excellent Bible translations are available to help you with your Bible reading and study. Outstanding among these is the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It restores God's name to its rightful place in the Bible text. Faithful adherence of the translation to the original text makes it satisfying for use in careful study, and its modern-day language proves enjoyable for regular reading. It is avail able in any of the following editions:
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1021 Model prayer. True treasures. Stop being anxious
MATTHEW 6:1-32
6 "Take good care not to practice YOUR righteousness in front of men in order to be observed by them; otherwise YOU will have no reward with YOUR Father who is in the heavens. 2 Hence when you go making gifts of mercy, do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full. 3 But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, 4 that your gifts of mercy may be in secret; then your Father who is looking on in secret will repay you.
17 But you, when fasting, grease your head and wash your face, 18 that you may appear to be fasting, not to men, but to your Father who is in secrecy; then your Father who is looking on in secrecy will repay you.
19 "Stop storing up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 "The lamp of the body is the eye.
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(Sample shown below from 2 Timothy 3:1-4)
With this new word-for-word translation of the Greek Bible text compiled by Westcott and Hort you can easily get the sense of the original language of the Christian Greek Scriptures. A modern English rendering is provided in the right-hand column. Size: 7 5/16" x 4 7/8" x 15/16", 1,184 pages, footnotes, appendix, maps, royalpurple binding and gold-embossed title $2.00
3 Τούτο δè γίνωσκε ότι εν ἐσχάταις
This but be you knowing that in last
ημέραις ἐνστήσουνται καίροι
days will be standing in appointed times
χαλεποί· 2 ἔσονταί γὰρ οἱ ανθρωποι
fierce; will be for the men
φίλαιτοι, φίλάργυροι, ἀλαζόνες,
fond of selves, fond of silver, self-assuming,
ὑπερήφανοι, βλάσσημοι, γονεύσιν
superior-appearing, blasphemers, to parents
ἀπειθείς, ἀχάριστοι, ἀνόσιοι,
disobedient, unthankful, disloyal,
3 ἀστοργοι, ἀσπονδοι, διαβολοι,
without natural affection, truceless, devils,
ἀκρατείς, ἀνήμεροι,
without (self-) control, untamed,
ἆφιλάγαθοι, 4 προδόται, προπετείς,
not fond of goodness, betrayers, forward-falling,
τετυφωμένοι, φιλήδovoι
having been made to smoke up, fond of pleasures
3 But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, selfassuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal. 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without selfcontrol, fierce, without love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with
THE EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT
Chap. 5:2.] I. THESSALONICANS. [Chap. 5:13.
τοι γὰρ ἀκριβώς οἱδατε, δτι *[ή] ήμέρα
selves for accurately you know, that [the] day
Kυφίον, ως πλέπτης εν νυντλ, οὐτως Ερχεται.
of Lord, as a thief in night, so comes.
32"Οταν λέγωσιν· Ειρήνη καλ Δοφάλεια· τό-
When they may say; Peace and safety; then
τὸ αλφViδιος αὐτοις εφίσταται δλεθρος, θασ-
sudden to them is at hand destruction, just
περ η δύliv τῶν εν γαστοιχούση· καλ
as the birth-pang to her in womb having; and
οὐ μή έκφύγωσιν. 4"Yμείς δε, δδελφοί,
not not can they escape. You but, brethren,
οὐx εστè εν σκότει, lva η ήμέρα θμάζ ως
not are in darkness, that the day you as
πλέπτης καταλαδήη·
a thief should come upon;
2 for you yourselves know accurately, $That the Lord's Day is coming like a Thief at Night.
3 When they may say, "Peace and Safety," then sudden Destruction impends over them, just as LABOR-PANGS on HER who is pregnant, and they shall by no means escape.
4 But you, Brethren, are not in Darkness, that the DAY should come upon You like a Thief;
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CHAPTER 4
THE BIBLE IN LIVING ENGLISH
1 But the Spirit says explicitly that in later times some will drop out of the faith, giving their attention to misleading spirits and the teachings of demons in the insincerity of falsifiers who carry a brand on their consciences, who forbid people to marry, and tell them to abstain from foods which God created to be partaken of with thanks
4 by those who have faith and awareness of the truth; because every creature of God's is good, and nothing is to be rejected when it can 5 be received with thanksgiving; for it is hallowed by God's word and invocation.
6 By giving the brothers this advice you will be a good agent of Christ Jesus's, training yourself in the words of the faith and of the
1 TIMOTHY 2:13----4:6
Above is a sample from The Bible in Living English, a translation by the late Steven T. Byington, a scholar who labored some forty years to put the Bible into living, present-day English. To bring out the flavor of the original language he attempted to determine the specific meaning of each word.
Byington also appreciated the importance of the divine name "Jehovah" and incorporated it in his work. First published in complete form during 1972 by the Watchtower Society, it has clear print, marginal notes and a hard dark-blue cover with gold-embossed title; 1,600 pages; size: 91/4" x 61/2" x 11/2" $6.00
AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION BIBLE OF 1901
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THE ACTS 17.1-24
Paul and Silas are sent to Beroea. Paul at Athens. His Speech
17 Now when they had passed through Am-phip'o-lis and Ap-öl-lö'ni-à, they came to Thëssa-lö-ni'cá, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures, 3 opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead;
they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes. 14 And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Si'läs and Tïm'ð-thý abode there still. 15 But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Æth'ëns: and receiving a commandment unto Si'läs and Tïm'ð-thý that they should come to him with all speed, they
AUTHORIZED (KING JAMES) VERSION BIBLES
Paul preaches at Corinth.
which was Di-õ-nys'jus the Är-ë-öp'a-gite, and a woman named Däm'a-ris, and others with them.
CHAPTER 18.
3 Paul labouring with his hands, and preaching at Corinth, 9 is encouraged in a vision.
AFTER these things Paul departed from Ath'eŋs, and came to Cor'inth;
A. D. 55.
CHAP. 18.
a 1 Cor. 10. 19.
2 Tim. 4. 19.
b 1 Cor. 4. 12.
1 Thess. 2. 9.
c ch. 17. 14.
and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
17 Then all the Greeks took "Sōs' the-nēs, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gāl'II-o cared for
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OTHER BIBLE TRANSLATIONS
The Holy Scriptures, "Old Testament," Jewish Publication Society, edited by Max L. Margolis (1917) $5.00
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NEW BIBLE DICTIONARY
Aid to Bible Understanding is a new Bible dictionary that is an excellent aid in acquiring understanding of God's Word. Note this example:
CHARIOT CITIES. Cities of ancient times set apart as places to station chariots, particularly chariots of war. (2 Chron. 1:14; 9:25) Solomon had various of such cities.—1 Ki. 9:17-19; 10:26; 2 Chron. 8:5, 6.
CHARM. The Hebrew word hhen has the meaning of favor, charm or elegance, in form and conduct, and is generally rendered "favor" (Gen. 6:8), though in certain instances is translated "charm." For example, a prostitute may be "attractive with charm" (Nah. 3:4), but as observed in the Proverbs: "Charm may be false, and prettiness may be vain; but the woman that fears Jehovah is the one that procures praise for herself." Also, "a woman of charm is the one that takes hold of glory." (Prov. 31:30; 11:16; see also Proverbs 5:18, 19.) Divine wisdom and understanding can be a real ornamental charm (Prov. 3:21, 22; 4:7-9), as is also true of proper speech. (Ps. 45:2; Prov. 22:11) When the Jews returned from exile in Babylon, Governor Zerubbabel was encouraged to press forward with the temple building, being assured that with the laying of the headstone, "there will be shoutings to it: 'How charming! How
SNAKE CHARMING
So-called snake charming is another form of spiritism, and is a survival of the ancient cult of serpent worshipers. The charmer is supposed to cast a spell over the serpent, often a hooded cobra, so it appears enchanted with the playing of music, usually on a flute or pipe instrument. Snakes are not deaf or hard of hearing, as some may think, but as Psalm 58:4, 5 implies, they are able to hear the voice of charmers as well as the music. One might think that it is a mere trick of training the snake as one would train an animal or bird, by placing it in a basket with a lid, playing soft music, quickly dropping the lid if any attempt is made to escape, until the snake finally learns to raise itself upright in obedience to the music without trying to escape. While this may be true in some instances, it appears that snake charming by a devout occultist is more than a simple circus trick. Asked by what power he was able to charm snakes, and whether it was a form of hypnotism, a "skilled charmer" (Isa. 3:3) by the name of Sheik Moussa explained that spiritistic forces were involved, for, as he said:
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