2 Nephi 24:26 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and this is the hand that [is 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRT|it S] stretched out upon all nations

Isaiah 14:26 (King James Bible) and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations

The 1953 RLDS edition introduced a simple typo here in this verse, replacing is with it. The critical text will, of course, maintain the is of the earliest extant text, which is also the reading in the King James Bible. Note, by the way, that this is is not italicized in the King James Bible, nor is it deleted in the Book of Mormon. For discussion of the phrase “is stretched out”, see under 2 Nephi 19:17.

Summary: Maintain in 2 Nephi 24:26 the is in the relative clause “that is stretched out upon all nations”.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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