Through the years there have also been thousands of changes to the Bible, just look at all of the changes to the Wycliffe Bible:
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As I said, Wycliffe did
not translate from the original Greek and Hebrew. And as good as the Latin Vulgate was, there were severe shortcomings in its translation. For one thing, Latin does not have the definite article. That is a gift that the
Greeks gave to Europe. But the article occurs in the Greek NT almost 20,000 times—understanding its use is vital for hundreds of passages. And yet, Wycliffe knew none of this, since he only used the Latin text as his base.
TRANSLATION
The Wycliffe Bible went through two editions—one in 1382 and in c. 1395, the second by Wycliffe’s assistant, John Purvey.
11 And although Purvey’s revision was a significant improvement, one could hardly call either version a masterpiece of English prose. But the first edition was
slavishly literal—even to the point of retaining the Latin word order when it made no sense in English!
12 The Wycliffe Bible illustrates on every page that a ‘word-for-word’ translation is not necessarily an accurate translation, because the
meaning of the original is not communicated clearly in this kind of rendering."
From:
1. From Wycliffe to King James (The Period of Challenge) | Bible.org
Most of the changes in the Book of Mormon were punctuation changes. These changes may have been problems with the typesetting. At any rate we have this relating to the Book of Mormon:
(Book of Mormon | Preface Title Page:2)
And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment–seat of Christ.
