“And My People”

Alan C. Miner

In comparing 2 Nephi 13:12 with Isaiah 3:12, the King James Version reads, "As for my people," and the Book of Mormon reads, "And my people." Sidney Sperry explains that if the last letter of the Hebrew text of Isaiah 3:11 is placed in front of the first word in Isaiah 3:12, we have precisely the Book of Mormon reading. Here is another sample of wrong word division, which the Prophet Joseph Smith corrected; only a translator could reasonably do this. [Sidney Sperry, "The Book Of Mormon As Translation English," in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, F.A.R.M.S., Spring 1995, p. 213]

Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon: A Cultural Commentary

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