• NIV Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea . . . 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
NIVI Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea . . . 27 So God created human beings in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Some uses of the “son of man” are not preserved:
• NIV Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
NIVI Numbers 23:19 God is not a human, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind.
New Testament messianic use of the Psalms is problematic:
• NIV Psalm 34:20 . . . he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
NIVI Psalm 34:20 . . . he protects all their bones, not one of them will be broken.
Gratuitous changes which mute obvious masculinity of persons:
• NIV Numbers 8:17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine.
NIVI Numbers 8:17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal, is mine.
• NIV John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
NIVI John 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.
اقراء الملاحظة الجميلة دى حقيقة امانة تامة عندهم
The masculinity of Jesus downplayed:
Note: On Zondervan’s Web Site the press renounced any “revisions to the NIV that affect the masculine words used to refer to God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.” It will, they say, “Absolutely not,” consider such revisions. “References to God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit will remain in the masculine gender, in faithfulness to the original biblical texts.” But the following examples call this commitment into question.
• NIV John 11:50 . . . it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.
NIVI John 11:50 . . . it is better for you that one person die for the people than that the whole nation perish.
• NIV 1 Cor. 15:21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
NIVI 1 Cor. 15:21 For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a human being.
• NIV Phil. 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death. . . .
NIVI Phil 2:8 And being found in appearance as a human being, he humbled himself and became obedient to death. . . .
• NIV 1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
NIVI 1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and human beings, Christ Jesus, himself human.
