My sister sent me some good information regarding different translations of the Bible, especially Rotherham's Emphasized Bible.
This Bible was used extensively by Elder Bob Bondurant in many of the articles on this website. For example, most Bibles including the King James Bible changed the gender of the word pneuma or Holy Spirit.
Jhn 14: v16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
V17. [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Rotherham's Bible has it right The Holy Spirit or pneuma is gender neutral. Instead of calling the Holy Spirit a him, it should be an it. This is confirmed in the Companion Bible’s appendices where the Holy Spirit is described as the invisible presence of the Father through the Son to the seen and unseen world! See article on this website regarding pneuma.
Rotherham's also has Revelation chapter 14 verse 1 correct. The King James renders the following:
Rev 14: v1. And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
Rotherham's mentions the name of the Father and Son. YahwehShua contains the name of Father Yahweh and his resurrected son YahwehShua.
Rotherham's also has Isaiah 42:8 correct. The King James renders the following:
Isa 42: v8. [I am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Rotherham's translation is correct: I am Yahweh that is my name. Our Creator was the Yahweh of the Old Covenant Melchizedek and has been carrying out the plan of the Father from beginning to the end when he hands the kingdom over to the Father and the new heavens and new earth (Heaven comes to earth).
No Bible translation is completely accurate! The word of Yahweh is sharp as a two edge sword!
Heb 4: v12. For the word of Yahweh [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Other weapons you may need in your arsenal.
I like the King James keyed to a Strong's Concordance as an app on the phone.
Pray to Father Yahweh in the name of his resurrected Son YahwehShua for wisdom and truth. Read all the articles on this website and then consider the most important step which is getting baptized in the name of YahwehShua and having hands laid on you to receive the down payment of the Holy Spirit of Messiah. This is the key that will unlock the mysteries or sacred secrets (Rotherham’s again). Then you must overcome the adversary which allows the growth of Messiah in you. Get ready for spiritual warfare!
Try to let the Bible interpret the Bible. The Bible can't contradict itself as a sister once said, the scriptures must “harmonize”
We are a small flock as we are all struggling to overcome physical and spiritual obstacles. We are at war. We can help you fight that war with the help of YahwehShua Messiah!
Luk 12: v32. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
As Eddie A. once said, “you have to have an arsenal since no single translation is correct”
What's in your arsenal?