I read the new testament (NIV) twice and there is one thing that bothers me about this translation. Why do the translators not capitalize He/Him/His when it refers to God?
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The KJV translators did not do this also, (at least uniformly in all KJVs) so in itself lack of capitalization in the NIV is not a good argument for KJV only beliefs. Thought I would say that before the KJV Only people replied. In fact, I own 3 KJVs. He/Him/His in reference to God is only capitalized in one out of the three.
Capitalization is a rule in many translations, however: I have seen several if not most editions of the NKJV and NASB that follow the idea of capitalizing God's Name.
I believe that I also did once see an NIV where He/Him/His were capitalized. I don't remember the edition though. However, in the NIV, the actual Name (LORD or God) is always capitalized, as are nouns of direct address to Him.
Capitalization is a rule in many translations, however: I have seen several if not most editions of the NKJV and NASB that follow the idea of capitalizing God's Name.
I believe that I also did once see an NIV where He/Him/His were capitalized. I don't remember the edition though. However, in the NIV, the actual Name (LORD or God) is always capitalized, as are nouns of direct address to Him.
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By the way, here's a cool site if you want to read many translations of the Bible and compare them. . .(KJV Only people, please do not flame me or say I do not believe the Bible. I completely believe the Bible, and such accusations will be reported as flaming.)
http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible
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Because the pronoun is referring to a proper noun. Since the antecedent is proper, they make the pronoun proper.
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