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" James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was 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 holding in their Hands some Bible,... "
Illustrations of Biblical Literature: Exhibiting the History and Fate of the ... - Page 289
by James Townley - 1821
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A Dictionary of the Bible: Including Biography, Natural History, Geography ...

Philip Schaff - Bible - 1881 - 992 pages
...way. That part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a tongue, 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." — Table Talk. When the revision was...
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Companion to the Revised Version of the New Testament, Explaining the ...

Alexander Roberts - Bible - 1881 - 234 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." It is rather strange that among the...
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Lectures on Bible revision, with an appendix containing the prefaces to the ...

Samuel Newth - Bible - 1881 - 280 pages
...we have no other information than the brief statement given hy Selden in his Table Talk — that " one read the translation, the rest holding in their...tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any fault they spoke ; if not, he read on." One interesting and touching picture of the translators...
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The morning of life, and other gleanings, ed. by M. Day, W.E ..., Issue 126

Achilles Daunt - 1881 - 196 pages
...each of the other five companies, to be again examined, when, as Selden describes it, " one read aloud the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Italian, Spanish, &c. If they found any fault they spoke : if not he read on." When the whole Bible...
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Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life : the Employments ...

Levi W. Yaggy - Civilization - 1881 - 984 pages
...most excellent in such a tongue, and then they met together, and one read the translation, the others holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, or Italian, etc. If they found any fault they spoke, if not he read on."* From its important discoveries....
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Origin and history of the New Testament

James Martin - Bible - 1882 - 296 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...the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, etc. If they found any fault they spoke ; if not, he read on," etc. The time spent in the revision...
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English Versions of the Bible: A Hand-book with Copious Examples ...

Jacob Isidor Mombert - Bible - 1883 - 546 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 spake, if not he read on There is no book so translated as the Bible...
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English versions of the Bible, a hand-book

Jacob Isidor Mombert - Bible - 1883 - 562 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 spake, if not he read on There is no book so translated as the...
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A Companion to the Greek Testament and the English Version

Philip Schaff - Bible - 1883 - 650 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." ' The enumeration of these translations...
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The Missing Link Magazine, Or, Bible Work at Home and Abroad, Volume 18

Bible - 424 pages
...conference,'they compared together what they had done ; and Selden, in his " Table-talk," tells us " that one read the translation, the rest holding in their...of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian ; '' from this we learn that they availed themselves of previous foreign as well as previous English...
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