themuzicman
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I thought you said the Bible was God's word? The Bible
has 66 books, all in one. Which Bible is God's word?
Thank you, Mr. Deliberately Obtuse.
Is God unable to preserve his word through translations?
How about when Luke records Paul's Hebrew words in Greek in the latter part of Acts?
Again, the inerrancy in the transmission of God's word occurs in the moments promised by Scripture, which is the time when the Holy Spirit carried the Scripture writers along.
Who are these Scripture writers? Those who were eyewitnesses of Christ's glory (2 Peter 1:16-21).
Now, if someone in 1611 could make the claim of having been an eyewitness of Christ's glory, we can talk about them being carried along as they translated.
Do any of the translators make this claim?
Now, to address your point more clearly, the Word of God is preserved, and has been preserved. Any individual may come and learn the original languages and read the original Word of God, if they wish.
But, many do not wish to do so. So, the Word has been translated, so people may read a translation in their own language to read and hear the meaning of the original in their own language.
Is God capable of inerrant translation? Yes. Are translations of the Original Word of God inerrant? I have no Scriptural basis for making this claim.
Muz