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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
"It's not a perfect translation, but it's good that the common man be able to read the Bible in his own language."
What it didn't say is "Old English, as our tongue will be known one day, is the most respectful way to think of and address deity from now until evermore."
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Verum vbi multi nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendor maculis
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In truth, while many men shine in verse, I offend not a few with blemishes.
It's a statement of the translator's humility.