Rev. 1:1
Roman Bible gets "it" right. -J :)
Revelation 1:1 KJV The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to
pass; and he sent and signified it by
his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 1:1 DRB The Revelation of
Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make known to his servants the things
which must shortly come to pass: and signified, sending by his angel to his
servant John,
Revelation 1:1 LITV A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show to His slaves things which must occur quickly. And He signified by sending through His angel to His slave, John,
Revelation 1:1 Geneva The reuelation of Iesus Christ, which God gaue vnto him, to shewe vnto his seruants things which must shortly be done: which he sent, and shewed by his Angel vnto his seruant Iohn,
Revelation 1:1 LITV A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show to His slaves things which must occur quickly. And He signified by sending through His angel to His slave, John,
Revelation 1:1 Geneva The reuelation of Iesus Christ, which God gaue vnto him, to shewe vnto his seruants things which must shortly be done: which he sent, and shewed by his Angel vnto his seruant Iohn,
The King James Version rightly places the
word "it" in italics to show that it does not appear in the original
language.
Three other versions to my knowledge do
better by leaving "it" out altogether.
The object of the angel's signifying or
explaining is not obvious.
In fact, common sense might well indicate
that "them", referring to "the things which must shortly come to
pass" is more probably the correct insertion than "it" referring
to "the revelation".
(The notion of the revelation going from
Father to Son to angel to John is awkward. The angelic messages beginning in
chapters 17 and 21 clearly explain things about to happen.)
I praise God that a Bible version
(Douhay-Rheims - DRB) approved for the use of the largest group of baptized
humanity by their accepted authorities has avoided the insertion of
"it".
(The literal version - LITV of Jay P.
Greene - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green's_Literal_Translation
- is a late twentieth century translation that omits "it". The Geneva
version omits "it", but conceals the different verbs used which have
the separate meanings "show" and "signify" by translating
"signify" as "show". The men of Douhay-Rheims and Geneva
were Englishmen in exile because of differences in belief with the current
monarch: Mary in the case of the latter, and Elizabeth I in the case of the
former. They were less worldly, perhaps, than other scholars.)
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