re: #126 lostlakehiker

But what I’m saying is that almost any translation, while particular passages may be a bit obscure, has as one permissible interpretation the one that’s common to them all.

The King James version does a fine job by me. It’s tolerably faithful to the source material, and all translation is to some extent art. One must be gifted in the target language, as well as master of the source language, to render the feel of the source text.

Not to trivialize, but it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. And the Bible never really swung for me - in the sense of those words jumping out in letters of fire or silk or drops of nectar and being a transformative experience.