It is noteworthy that these mistranslations are for the most part found in Jeremiah--a fact which has rightly drawn scholars to the conclusion that we owe the LXX of Baruch i.
We have meaningless expressions which are really mistranslations of the Hebrew.
We can give but a very few examples of the numerous mistranslations we have marked,--mistranslations of such a nature as to throw a doubt over the statements in every portion of the book.
Nearly all of the mistranslations have been made to help out the text.
A list of its variant readings and of its mistranslations is appended.
Mistranslations of certain passages of Scripture on this subject are so numerous, and in some cases so utterly opposed to the original, that I made out a list of them, to be presented here.
For those who give more attention to translations, I could wish that some competent and impartial person would compile a list of mistranslations and present them as a separate treatise.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mistranslations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
