Article Title

Joseph's Translation Seems to Differ from KJV Usage

Authors

Terrence L. Szink

Keywords

King James Bible, Old Testament studies, Book of Mormon studies, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon translation

Abstract

In Mosiah 1:14, King Benjamin reminds his son Mosiah that if the Lord "had not extended his arm in the preservation of our fathers they must have fallen into the hands of the Lamanites." The English words used in this translation of the ancient record differ from those used for the same concepts in the English translation in the King James Version (KJV) of the Old Testament, thus shedding light on how independent Joseph Smith may have been from KJV phraseology in his translation.

Recommended Citation

Szink, Terrence L. (1995) "Joseph's Translation Seems to Differ from KJV Usage," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 15: No. 4, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol15/iss4/8