Just What We Needed: The LOLCat Bible

Byhenry October 21, 2007

Prowlog

1 In teh land of Uz wuz a man calded Job. Teh man wuz goodz, afraid of teh Ceiling Cat and evilz.2 Teh man hadz seven sunz and tree doters,3 And lots of sheepz and camlez and rinoceruseses and servnts, srsly.4 His sunz tok turns mading cookies, and they all eated them.5 And Job wuz liek “Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prey, just in cased.”

So goes the LOLCat Bible of Job 1:1-4, which the LOLCat Bible site suggests as a good example of how to translate–for the LOLCat Bible, of course!

Perhaps someone needs a life. Then again, perhaps not …

HT: meeyauw.

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Michael Patton on the Best Bible Version

Byhenry March 10, 2011

I’m glad to see this, though I do disagree with a few points. First, I don’t agree that using a formal equivalence translation means you are closer to the original. You are closer in some ways–reflecting the words and structure of the original language–yet you are often further in other ways, including reflecting the thought….

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Two Posts on Translation

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Response to Misquoting Jesus VI

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Misunderstanding Translations

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A friend drew my attention to this article on the ESV today, and I’m deeply disappointed in what I found there. I’m going to comment on some key difficulties with that article. But the author also links to this article by John Piper, which doesn’t so much surprise me, as put in context some other…

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Helps and Keeping Up Your Greek

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ESV Endorsements

Byhenry March 6, 2007

I’ve written a considerable amount of negative stuff, not about the ESV itself, though I do have a few complaints, but about its supporters. Thus when a friend e-mailed me a new endorsement, I thought I’d take a look at why these endorsers regard the ESV so highly. The latest endorsement is ESV: the long-awaited…

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Quietpaths says:

October 22, 2007 at 2:56 pm

If we did not have teens around I might not understand this. What a riot. Wut if cookies were sin? Thank you! LOL

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