Mormon 9:31 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
that ye may learn to be more wise than [that which >js NULL 1|that which A| BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] we have been

The original text had instances of the rather awkward “than that which”. Here in Mormon 9:31, Joseph Smith deleted the last two words of the expression, giving “that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been”. As discussed under 1 Nephi 16:1, the critical text will restore the original expression, “than that which”, since it is clearly intended (and is also found in the King James Bible).

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 6

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