Word: thee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from a nearby paper mill. Suddenly, the heftiest of the mendicants bellows in a throaty bass: "In the name of God, know that thou hast erred by desecrating this pure land, by acting more ferociously than a hungry tiger in devouring the lives of living beings. Curse be on thee, polluting industrialist! May God crack thine head to seven pieces and banish thee once and for all to inferno...
...N.A.B. is one of the few modern versions to address God directly as "you" instead of the reverential "thee" or "thou."* In many familiar passages, Catholics should welcome the clarity of modern language (see box), but some may flinch when the priest at a wedding intones: "Let no man separate what God has joined," instead of, "What God has joined together, let no man put asunder." Something is missing, too, when "the spirit is willing but nature is weak." Inexplicably, some words have become more obscure ("terebinth," for instance, replaces "turpentine tree"). And sometimes the translation seems...
Peter's Primacy (Matthew 16:18-19) Old: And I say to thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what ever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven...
...suddenly a light from heaven shone round about him; and falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?" And he said, "Who art thou, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom thou art persecuting. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad." And he, trembling and amazed, said, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" And the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city and it will be told thee what thou must do." Now the men who journeyed with him stood speechless...
Then what have I to do with thee...