1 Nephi 21:20 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
the place is too [strait 01RT|straight ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQS] for me give place to me that I may dwell

Isaiah 49:20 (King James Bible)

the place is too strait for me give place to me that I may dwell

The context here refers to not having enough space to live, so the correct word is strait ‘narrow’, not straight ‘not crooked’. The King James strait correctly reflects the Hebrew ‚sar. The 1920 edition restored the correct strait to the LDS text, but the RLDS text still retains the incorrect straight. For more discussion, see 1 Nephi 8:20.

Summary: Follow the King James strait here in 1 Nephi 21:20.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 1

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