10:13 = 2 Ne. 20:13
KJV: “By the strength of my hand I have done
BM: “By the strength of my hand
and by my wisdom I have done
KJV: it, and by my wisdom.”
BM: these things.”
KJV translates literally from MT
(as does LXX, tē
isXui poiēsō kai tē sofia). But BM has correctly
understood the principles underlying Hebrew verbs with dual adverbials, wherein
the first prepositional phrase occurs (in Hebrew) with the verb, while the
second is added after the conjunction. Translated literally, like KJV, the
second gives the impression of an afterthought in English, though it was part
of the main thought in the Hebrew. BM is idiomatic English and shows the proper
relationship of both adverbial phrases. I class this, however, as an attempt to
update the language. (N) The change from “it” to “these things” belongs
to category (J). (John A. Tvedtnes, The Isaiah Variants in the Book of
Mormon [Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies,
1981], 49)
