| Bible - 1869 - 820 pages
...done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered." Selden says : " At their meetings one read the translation, the rest holding in their...hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or been set forth, was nevertheless a miracle of science for that age. Its language, which successfully... | |
| James Comper Gray - Bible - 1870 - 360 pages
...given to him who was most excellent in such a tongue, as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs ; and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest...the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, etc. If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on." So great a work took much time ; and... | |
| James Martin - Apocryphal books (New Testament) - 1871 - 278 pages
...translation of the Bible," he says, "was given to him who was most excellent in such a tongue, and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest...tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any fault they spoke ; if not, he read on," &c. The time spent in the revision by the several... | |
| 1871 - 654 pages
...companies to be again examined ; and at these meetings it probably was, as Selden informs us, that ' one read the translation, the rest holding in their...the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, etc. If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on. ' In this way every precaution WAS taken... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - Bible - 1872 - 384 pages
...him who was ' most excellent in such a tongue (as ' the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) ' and then they met together, and ' one read the Translation, the...Tongues, or ' French, Spanish, Italian, &c. : if ' they found any fault they spoke, ' if not he read on' (Table Talk, p. 20, ed. 1868). a As the revisers were... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - Bible - 1872 - 484 pages
...him who was ' most excellent in such a tongue (as ' the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) ' and then they met together, and ' one read the Translation, the...learned Tongues, or ' French, Spanish, Italian, &c.: il ' they found any fault they spoke, 'if not he read on' (Table Talk, p. 20, ed. 1868). * As the revisers... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - Bible - 1872 - 396 pages
...him who was ' most excellent in such a tongue (as ' the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) ' and then they met together, and 'one read the Translation, the rest...the learned Tongues, or ' French, Spanish, Italian, Sx. : ii ' they found any fault they spoke, 'if not he read on' (Table Talk> p. 10, ed. 1868). " As... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1875 - 840 pages
...the second at Oxford, the gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Apocalypse. According to Seiden, 'they then met together, and one read the translation,...tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on.' When a portion was finished by one of the company,... | |
| 1920 - 854 pages
...given to him who was most excellent in such a tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs), and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest...the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, etc.'1 It is important, therefore, to see what were the renderings given of the passage in question... | |
| John Eadie - Bible - 1876 - 440 pages
...to lim who was most excellent in such a tongue — as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downes ; and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest...either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, [talian, &c. If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on." The alternative renderings... | |
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