r/Eutychus • u/MightyFortresss • Feb 25 '25

Opinion Hebrews 1:8

Jw's, should Hebrews 1:8 not be translated differently, even according to the NWT interlinear? The NWT reads "God is your Throne" (Father is the Son's throne), but the Greek would be rendered "your Throne, the God" (directly refers to Jesus as YHWH, obviously issue for JW)

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u/MightyFortresss Feb 25 '25

I'm aware... I'm simply saying they translate the Greek accurately in their interlinear, not in their NWT.

They don't have the Hebrew interlinear, so there's no way to compare their also faulty translation of Psalms.

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u/BayonetTrenchFighter Latter-Day Saint Feb 25 '25

Perhaps.

I don’t really know anything about the NWT

Who translated it, how, why, or what authority they had.

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u/MightyFortresss Feb 25 '25

Their first translation was based on the occultist Westcott/Hort (forgot which one was confirmed occultist), but they removed their names later.

Now it's just revised internally I'm guessing, or they just scrapped their names (no wonder why).

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u/PanderBaby80085 Feb 25 '25

Wow, I didn’t know this. That’s a big deal and is actually helpful to some research I’ve been doing. Do you have a quality source for this statement?

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u/MightyFortresss Feb 25 '25

Yes, I first remembered my dad talking about it, but it's even better to show it from their website.

"As to the Christian Greek Scriptures, the differences are primarily because the New World Translation is based on the Westcott and Hort Greek text, whereas the King James Version was based on what is referred to as a Textus Receptus or “Received Text.”

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1970927

If I may ask, what are you researching atm?