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2005/8/16

Bible Translations and Hell

@ 03:13 PM (36 months, 19 days ago)

The following references from the New Testament should read "Gehenna" (the garbage dump outside Jerusalem) instead of "hell".  

Matthew 5:22 (NIV)
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca, ' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Matthew 5:29(NIV)
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30(NIV)
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Matthew 10:28(NIV)
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 18:9(NIV)
And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Matthew 23:15(NIV)
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Matthew 23:33(NIV)
"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Mark 9:43(NIV)
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

Mark 9:45(NIV)
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

Mark 9:47(NIV)
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Luke 12:5(NIV)
But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

James 3:6(NIV)

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

The following reference should actually be translated "tartarus" which means 'a place of incarceration'.

2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;

All other places where the word has been translated "hell" are either 'sheol' in Hebrew (OT) and 'hades' in Greek (NT).  

The following is a list of Bible translations and how many times they have translated Sheol, Hades, Tartarus, and Gehenna as "hell".

1. Young's Literal Translation - 0
2. Weymouth New Testament - 0
3. Latin Vulgate - 0
4. World English Bible - 0
5. Hebrew Names Version - 0
6. The Complete Jewish Bible - 0
7. The Holman Christian Standard Bible - 10
8. The Darby Translation - 12
9. The Amplified Bible - 13
10. The New American Standard - 13
11. The American Standard - 13
12. New International Version - 14
13. The New Revised Standard Version - 14
14. The English Standard Version - 14
15. New Century Version - 15
16. Revised Standard Version - 17
17. Worldwide English New Testament -17
18. The New Living Bible - 19
19. The Contemporary English Version - 20
20. The Good News Translation - 24
21. The Bible in Basic English - 25
22. The Wycliffe New Testament - 27
23. The New King James Version - 32
24. New Life Version - 34
25. God's Word - 35
26. Webster's Bible Translation - 49
27. The Message - 59
28. The Third Millenium Bible - 64
29. The King James Version - 64
30. The Douay-Rheims Bible - 109  (WOW!)

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