Are there any errors in the Bible?

[Grandliseur]

I understand and believe the Bible is God-Breathed, however over all the years, has there been any errors in the Bible, due to translation or any other reasons?

It seems that there are one or two such number discrepancies due to transcriber error in the OT.

There is also a seeming error which hides a secret about Solomon's temple. I didn't discover it, but it points to how the ark of the covenant was saved from the Babylonian destruction and export of all temple goods. This is an interesting study since it discloses ancient technology.

We also have other seeming errors. One such that atheists might trounce on because of not knowing better is where in one gospel Jesus is seen entering Jericho, while in another about the same account he leaves the city of Jericho. The answer was that at that time we had two adjacent cities separated by a small distance both named Jericho so that one apostle looked at it as entering and the other as leaving.

 

[Dave-W]

I understand and believe the Bible is God-Breathed, however over all the years, has there been any errors in the Bible, due to translation or any other reasons?

Welcome to the forums! and a good question.

There have been some transmission errors as evidenced by variants in the different manuscripts.

Do they doctrinally amount to anything? Not really.

Where the errors have come in is from bad interpretation and a lack of understanding of late 2nd temple Judaism; the religious backdrop in doctrine, practice and (even more importantly,) in mindset and worldview; to the Gospels and the Epistles.

 

[Deadworm]

If God didn't care enough to preserve an inerrant Bible, why do you assume that He cared enough to initially inspire an inerrant Bible? Why do you assume that some of the obvious contradictions can be explained by copying errors rather than authorial errors? Actually, there are many errors in the Bible. As someone who once championed an infallible Bible and derived great inspiration from it, my reluctant realization of a Bible with many errors was one of the most emotionally searing experiences of my life. But in my surrender to Christ's Lordship, I needed at least to be as honest as I could be.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I understand and believe the Bible is God-Breathed, however over all the years, has there been any errors in the Bible, due to translation or any other reasons?

Yes.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Does that mean some verses lost their meanings over the years?

Yes. Verses, Words, Phrases, Paragraphs, Chapters, or Topics/ Subjects/ Ideas.

And why couldn't God through ... inspire the writers and translators to put the correct and proper words?

YHWH Guarded His Word and knew always (before even the world was created)
every nuance, every comma, every period, every answer and every question that would ever be changed and how it would be changed.

He is DELIGHTED to REVEAL HIS SALVATION IN JESUS and Everything concerning SALVATION ,
to little children who TRUST and RELY ON HIM joyously with abandon and freedom and carefree totality.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I read the John MacArthur Study Bible (ESV)

That Bible I cannot comment on, never have seen it.
Look up and search a week or two as needed, online, about who it is named after though.
(Be Honest and Diligent in Searching)

 

[1213]

I understand and believe the Bible is God-Breathed, however over all the years, has there been any errors in the Bible, due to translation or any other reasons?

I wouldn’t say there is errors, some translations just are more difficult to understand with modern mind.

 

[Open Heart]

In its presentation of he gospel, and matters of faith and morals, the Bible is without error. But there are errors of science and history, as well as internal inconsistencies.

 

[BobRyan]

In its presentation of he gospel, and matters of faith and morals, the Bible is without error. But there are errors of science and history, as well as internal inconsistencies.

Is the virgin birth (incarnation of God the Son into human form) an "error in history or science" in your POV

and bodily resurrection of Christ "an error in science or history" in your POV??
Miracles of Christ "an error in science" in your POV??
7 day creation week - and Exodus 20:11 "an error in science" in your POV?
Bodily ascension of Christ into heaven - an 'error in science" in your POV?
Fall of man an error in history... no real Adam, no Garden of Eden? No sinless humans with access to the tree of life? In your POV?
No Adam living over 900 years even after the fall an error in history - in your POV?
No world wide flood, no Noah's ark with only 8 humans surviving for all of planet Earth in your POV?

 

[BobRyan]

If God didn't care enough to preserve an inerrant Bible, why do you assume that He cared enough to initially inspire an inerrant Bible? Why do you assume that some of the obvious contradictions can be explained by copying errors rather than authorial errors? .

Why not suppose that the virgin birth, bodily resurrection, bodily ascension and miracles of Christ are not also 'more errors' once you descend down that road?

Is there "any limit" at that point?

Darwin asked himself that question and ended up rejecting the entire Bible.
Dawkins did the same.

 

[Open Heart]

Is the virgin birth and bodily resurrection of Christ "an error in science" in your POV??

No. Although it might be one in a gazillion, the virgin birth does not contradict science.

7 day creation week - and Exodus 20:11 "an error in science" in your POV?

Yes, a literal (rather than figurative) reading of Genesis absolutely contradicts what we scientifically know about Creation. The earth, for example, is 5.4 billion years old, and it is a fact that God used evolution as his means of creating different species. Now is natural selection the driving force behind evolution? That part is theoretical.

 

[BobRyan]

No. Although it might be one in a gazillion, the virgin birth does not contradict science.
.

Tells us how often "science notices that the Holy Spirit causes a virgin to conceive God the Son in human form" -- the incarnation

 

[BobRyan]

Is the virgin birth (incarnation of God the Son into human form) an "error in history or science" in your POV

and bodily resurrection of Christ "an error in science or history" in your POV??
Miracles of Christ "an error in science" in your POV??
7 day creation week - and Exodus 20:11 "an error in science" in your POV?
Bodily ascension of Christ into heaven - an 'error in science" in your POV?
Fall of man an error in history... no real Adam, no Garden of Eden? No sinless humans with access to the tree of life? In your POV?
No Adam living over 900 years even after the fall an error in history - in your POV?
No world wide flood, no Noah's ark with only 8 humans surviving for all of planet Earth in your POV?

Yes, a literal (rather than figurative) reading of Genesis absolutely contradicts what we scientifically know about Creation. The earth, for example, is 5.4 billion years old, and it is a fact that God used evolution as his means of creating different species.

How "odd" that God did not notice that when telling Moses the real history of how all life on Earth came about.

7 day creation week - and Exodus 20:11 "an error in science" in your POV? (Error you say?) -- notice that God also "got it wrong" in legal code Exodus 20:11 according to your speculation -- in that case.

and bodily resurrection of Christ "an error in science or history" in your POV??
Miracles of Christ "an error in science" in your POV??
7 day creation week - and Exodus 20:11 "an error in science" in your POV? (Thanks for your answer on this one)
Bodily ascension of Christ into heaven - an 'error in science" in your POV?
Fall of man an error in history... no real Adam, no Garden of Eden? No sinless humans with access to the tree of life? In your POV?
No Adam living over 900 years even after the fall an error in history - in your POV?
No world wide flood, no Noah's ark with only 8 humans surviving for all of planet Earth in your POV?

 

[dreadnought]

I understand and believe the Bible is God-Breathed, however over all the years, has there been any errors in the Bible, due to translation or any other reasons?

There are websites that will ban a person for answering "yes" to this question.