Thread:Sunshine2000/@comment-31246436-20160112170713/@comment-5175866-20160116143933

AChild- Making a translation isn't as simple as just looking at current versions and changing the words up a bit. To truly make a translation, you would have to start using the Greek and Hebrew languages, let alone it is expensive and very time consuming. Bible Translation has a lot of time and work to the extreme in preservation of God's Word. While it may not be your intent, creating your own version may be considered adding or taking away from the Bible. When translating, scholars look at the nearest to the original manuscripts. It is not a simple and easy tasks to go from Hebrew and Greek to English or to whatever language. The word worthless, when looking at the original translation, doesn't say worthless. Every other English translation uses the word formless or void. If you end up translating the Bible for yourself, rather than using what many strong Christians and Skilled Translators have made, you are only going to misinterpt it for yourself.

When its logical, the Bible means exactly what it says (like some metaphors). There are no "hidden" truths about God in the Bible. While what you said about humans can be correct, the intended meaning of the verses is not voidless. No translation of God is perfect and only the original writing is truly the inspired Bible. But most translations have spent tons of money and producing them making the sure it is as close to the original meaning as possible. Taking on translation for your own will not only lack the translation skill, but the time and effort. This is not to be harsh, but rather for the sake of allowing proper reading of the Bible. The example you gave shows a dangerous possibility of mistranslations, which will not reveal any "new truths", but would rather only change the meaning