Editing Modern English Version

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'''Modern English Version''' ('''MEV''') is an [[English language|English]] [[Bible translations|translation of the Bible]] begun in [[2005 AD|2005]] and completed in 2014. The work was edited by [[James F. Linzey]], and is an update of the [[King James Version]] (KJV), re-translated from the ''[[Masoretic Text]]'' and the ''[[Textus Receptus]].'' The [[ecumenical]] Committee on Bible Translation (Committee) is composed of 47 American and English scholars from the three [[Christian denomination#Major branches|major branches]] of [[Christendom]]: [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox]], [[Protestant]], and [[Roman Catholic]].

==History==
In June 2005, [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] minister, chief editor, and executive director Rev. [[James F. Linzey]] assembled and directed the Committee on Bible Translation, which included [[Stanley M. Horton]] serving as the senior editorial advisor. The Committee claims to have produced an updated edition of the KJV called the MEV, which is the KJV in a more modern English vernacular. The translators began the work on June 2, 2005; they completed the [[New Testament]] on October 25, 2011, and the [[Old Testament]] on May 28, 2014.

Committee members include Eugene C. Ulrich, Stephen L. Herring, Eric Mitchell, Edward W. Watson, and T.J. Betts. The scholars working on the translation represent many academic institutions as professors or graduates, including [[Fuller Theological Seminary]], [[Geneva College]], [[Harvard University]], [[Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]], [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[University of Notre Dame]], [[Yale University]], and others; and they represent many churches across a wide range of denominations, including the [[Church of England]], [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], [[General Council of the Assemblies of God]], [[Presbyterian Church of America]], [[Southern Baptist Convention]], and others.

==Translation Philosophy==

The Committee re-translated the ''Textus Receptus'' and the [[Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah|Jacob ben Hayyim]] edition of the ''Masoretic Text'', using the KJV as a reference. The translators adhered to the principle of [[Dynamic and formal equivalence|formal equivalence]].

==Old Testament==
In [[Isaiah 58:8]] they change the KJV's "[[rereward]] (pronounced rear-ward)," which is often modernised as "rear guard," into "reward," revealing that the 47 translators totally misunderstood the correct meaning of the archaic rereward, and also that they really didn't do real checks and balances like the men in 1611. The '47 translators' sales pitch is merely to create a false association with the KJV so that people would assume that it went through the same cross checking filtration processes the 1611 did, which was at least 14 times according to Bancroft's translation rules. I doubt it even went through two cross checks in this verse. It is clearly an error and reveals their incompetence. It appears that they just saw the KJV's rereward and assumed it was reward not even checking the NKJV. It also reveals that they didn't go into the Hebrew at all.

===[[Psalm 97:11]]===

*Light '''<u>goes out</u>''' for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. ([[MEV]])
*Light '''<u>is sown</u>''' for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. ([[KJV]])

==New Testament==
===[[John 20:17]]===
* “Jesus said to her, “'''Stop holding on to Me''', for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ” ([[MEV]])
* Jesus saith unto her, '''Touch me not'''; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.([[KJV]])

===[[Romans 10:9]]===
* “that if you confess with your mouth '''Jesus is Lord''', and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” ([[MEV]])
* That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth '''the Lord Jesus''', and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ([[KJV]])

===[[Hebrews 3:16]]===
* for '''who''' were they who heard and rebelled? W'''as it not all''' of those who came out of Egypt, led by Moses'''?''' ([[MEV]])
* For '''some''', when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit '''not all''' that came out of Egypt by Moses. ([[KJV]])

The MEV changes the wording of the KJV from a statement to a question. They changed the KJV and made an untruth, because we know from the Old Testament that Joshua and Caleb didn't rebel and came out with Moses.

===[[Hebrews 6:2]] ===
The KJV has "baptisms" the MEV has "washings." There is no Foundational doctrine of the New Testament Christian Church of "washings" that Jesus taught. It should be "baptisms."

===[[1 John 1:4]]===
* We are writing these things to you so that '''<u>our</u>''' joy may be complete. ([[MEV]])
* And these things write we unto you, that '''<u>your</u>''' joy may be full. ([[KJV]])

The [[MEV]] rejects the [[Textus Receptus]] and [[King James Version]] reading of “your” for the critical text's “our”.

===[[1 John 5:7]]===

MEV footnote:
:"The earliest Greek manuscripts lack in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and the three are one. There are three that testify on earth."

==References==

==External Links==
* [https://www.facebook.com/The-MEV-Exposed-410764229082205/?ref=hl The Modern English Version Exposed Facebook Group]
* [http://av1611studyblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-modern-english-version-2014.html The "Modern English Version" 2014 critiqued]
* [http://www.jeffriddle.net/2018/11/wm-108-review-modern-english-version.html WM 108: Review Modern English Version (MEV) Bible] by [[Jeff Riddle]]
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