THE INSPIRED VERSION OF THE BIBLE
BY JOSEPH SMITH, JUNIOR
I recognize that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints does not use this Bible on a regular basis. I have had Mormons
refer to it after I pointed out that the bible disagrees with their doctrine. The fact remains that the Prophet and founder of the
L.D.S church produced this "inspired version". The first thing I noticed when I got my copy of it is, the verses do not always line
up with a regular Bible. That is because he added text to the Bible wherever he saw fit. This should present problems to the
person that stops and thinks about this. Bible translators constantly go back to the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts to check the
accuracy of the text. There is no manuscript evidence what so ever to support what Joseph Smith did to the Bible. Even if we
assumed that God told him to revise certain passages. Would God have him put words into other peoples mouths? Joseph
has people saying things that as far as we know they never said. If this were not bad enough he also added a prophecy in the
Book of Genesis. Take a look in a regular Bible in Genesis chapter 50 it ends on verse 26 right? Well in the inspired version it
ends on verse38. That is because Joseph added a prophecy. As far as I can tell he is prophesying himself coming in the future.
I do know that it is not right to add to what God has already established as scripture by speaking to prophets long ago.
Prov 30:5-6 Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words lest He
reprove you, and you be proved a liar.
Deut 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Following is the comparison of the King James and the Joseph Smith Inspired Version.
Gen 50:24-26 (KJV)
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he
sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from
hence.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
(King James Version) END OF CHAPTER
Joseph Smith Translation
Genesis 50:24
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die, and go unto my fathers; and I go down to my grave with joy. The God of father
Jacob be with you, to deliver you out of affliction in the days of your bondage; for the Lord hath visited me, and I have obtained
a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of my loins, the Lord God will raise up a righteous branch out of my loins; and unto
thee, whom my father Jacob hath named Israel, a prophet; (not the Messiah who is called Shilo;) and this prophet shall deliver
my people out of Egypt in the days of thy bondage.
25 And it shall come to pass that they shall be scattered again; and a branch shall be broken off, and shall be carried into a far
country; nevertheless they shall be remembered in the covenants of the Lord, when the Messiah cometh, for he shall be made
manifest unto them in the latter days, in the Spirit of power; and shall bring them out of darkness into light; out of hidden
darkness, and out of captivity unto freedom.
26 A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.
27 Thus saith the Lord God of my fathers unto me, A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and he shall be
esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy
loins, his brethren.
28 And he shall bring them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers; and he shall do whatsoever
work I shall command him.
29 And I will make him great in mine eyes, for he shall do my work; and he shall be great like unto him whom I have said I would
raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel, out of the land of Egypt; for a seer will I raise up to deliver my people
out of the land of Egypt; and he shall be called Moses. And by this name he shall know that he is of thy house; for he shall be
nursed by the king's daughter, and shall be called her son.
30 And again, a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed
of thy loins; and not to the bringing forth of my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have
already gone forth among them in the last days;
31 Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the
fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together unto the
confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and
bringing them to a knowledge of their fathers in the latter days; and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.
32 And out of weakness shall he be made strong, in that day when my work shall go forth among all my people, which shall
restore them, who are of the house of Israel, in the last days.
33 And that seer will I bless, and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise I give unto you; for I will
remember you from generation to generation; and his name shall be called Joseph, and it shall be after the name of his father;
and he shall be like unto you; for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand shall bring my people unto salvation.
34 And the Lord sware unto Joseph that he would preserve his seed for ever, saying, I will raise up Moses, and a rod shall be
in his hand, and he shall gather together my people, and he shall lead them as a flock, and he shall smite the waters of the Red
Sea with his rod.
35 And he shall have judgment, and shall write the word of the Lord. And he shall not speak many words, for I will write unto him
my law by the finger of mine own hand. And I will make a spokesman for him, and his name shall be called Aaron.
36 And it shall be done unto thee in the last days also, even as I sworn. Therefore, Joseph said unto his brethren, God will
surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, and unto Isaac, and to Jacob.
37 And Joseph confirmed many other things unto his brethren, and took an oath of the children of Israel, saying unto them, God
will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
38 So Joseph died when he was an hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and they put him in a coffin in Egypt;
and he was kept from burial by the children of Israel, that he might be carried up and laid in the sepulcher with his father. And
thus they remembered the oath which they sware unto him.
END OF CHAPTER
In the Joseph Smith Inspired Version
After reading this how would you justify adding to what was originally said in this chapter with no manuscript evidence for such
a revision?
If God wanted it in there then why was it not done back then? Remember Jesus seemed to think the text was reliable in his day
then a couple of thousand years after Christ we need to update the first book in the Bible?
Why would someone claiming to be a prophet of God do such a thing to Gods' written word?
BY JOSEPH SMITH, JUNIOR
I recognize that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints does not use this Bible on a regular basis. I have had Mormons
refer to it after I pointed out that the bible disagrees with their doctrine. The fact remains that the Prophet and founder of the
L.D.S church produced this "inspired version". The first thing I noticed when I got my copy of it is, the verses do not always line
up with a regular Bible. That is because he added text to the Bible wherever he saw fit. This should present problems to the
person that stops and thinks about this. Bible translators constantly go back to the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts to check the
accuracy of the text. There is no manuscript evidence what so ever to support what Joseph Smith did to the Bible. Even if we
assumed that God told him to revise certain passages. Would God have him put words into other peoples mouths? Joseph
has people saying things that as far as we know they never said. If this were not bad enough he also added a prophecy in the
Book of Genesis. Take a look in a regular Bible in Genesis chapter 50 it ends on verse 26 right? Well in the inspired version it
ends on verse38. That is because Joseph added a prophecy. As far as I can tell he is prophesying himself coming in the future.
I do know that it is not right to add to what God has already established as scripture by speaking to prophets long ago.
Prov 30:5-6 Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words lest He
reprove you, and you be proved a liar.
Deut 4:2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Following is the comparison of the King James and the Joseph Smith Inspired Version.
Gen 50:24-26 (KJV)
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he
sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from
hence.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
(King James Version) END OF CHAPTER
Joseph Smith Translation
Genesis 50:24
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die, and go unto my fathers; and I go down to my grave with joy. The God of father
Jacob be with you, to deliver you out of affliction in the days of your bondage; for the Lord hath visited me, and I have obtained
a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of my loins, the Lord God will raise up a righteous branch out of my loins; and unto
thee, whom my father Jacob hath named Israel, a prophet; (not the Messiah who is called Shilo;) and this prophet shall deliver
my people out of Egypt in the days of thy bondage.
25 And it shall come to pass that they shall be scattered again; and a branch shall be broken off, and shall be carried into a far
country; nevertheless they shall be remembered in the covenants of the Lord, when the Messiah cometh, for he shall be made
manifest unto them in the latter days, in the Spirit of power; and shall bring them out of darkness into light; out of hidden
darkness, and out of captivity unto freedom.
26 A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.
27 Thus saith the Lord God of my fathers unto me, A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and he shall be
esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy
loins, his brethren.
28 And he shall bring them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers; and he shall do whatsoever
work I shall command him.
29 And I will make him great in mine eyes, for he shall do my work; and he shall be great like unto him whom I have said I would
raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel, out of the land of Egypt; for a seer will I raise up to deliver my people
out of the land of Egypt; and he shall be called Moses. And by this name he shall know that he is of thy house; for he shall be
nursed by the king's daughter, and shall be called her son.
30 And again, a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed
of thy loins; and not to the bringing forth of my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have
already gone forth among them in the last days;
31 Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the
fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together unto the
confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and
bringing them to a knowledge of their fathers in the latter days; and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.
32 And out of weakness shall he be made strong, in that day when my work shall go forth among all my people, which shall
restore them, who are of the house of Israel, in the last days.
33 And that seer will I bless, and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise I give unto you; for I will
remember you from generation to generation; and his name shall be called Joseph, and it shall be after the name of his father;
and he shall be like unto you; for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand shall bring my people unto salvation.
34 And the Lord sware unto Joseph that he would preserve his seed for ever, saying, I will raise up Moses, and a rod shall be
in his hand, and he shall gather together my people, and he shall lead them as a flock, and he shall smite the waters of the Red
Sea with his rod.
35 And he shall have judgment, and shall write the word of the Lord. And he shall not speak many words, for I will write unto him
my law by the finger of mine own hand. And I will make a spokesman for him, and his name shall be called Aaron.
36 And it shall be done unto thee in the last days also, even as I sworn. Therefore, Joseph said unto his brethren, God will
surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, and unto Isaac, and to Jacob.
37 And Joseph confirmed many other things unto his brethren, and took an oath of the children of Israel, saying unto them, God
will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
38 So Joseph died when he was an hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and they put him in a coffin in Egypt;
and he was kept from burial by the children of Israel, that he might be carried up and laid in the sepulcher with his father. And
thus they remembered the oath which they sware unto him.
END OF CHAPTER
In the Joseph Smith Inspired Version
After reading this how would you justify adding to what was originally said in this chapter with no manuscript evidence for such
a revision?
If God wanted it in there then why was it not done back then? Remember Jesus seemed to think the text was reliable in his day
then a couple of thousand years after Christ we need to update the first book in the Bible?
Why would someone claiming to be a prophet of God do such a thing to Gods' written word?
Major Christian Doctrines
Explained & Defended
Explained & Defended
Click on any Link below
Or use the arrows to turn the page.
Or use the arrows to turn the page.
HOME
| This is one page in a book on Mormonism To turn the page use the arrows at the bottom of this page. Or click here to see the Table of Contents. |
