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every thing = everything?

 
 
Reply Tue 7 Dec, 2010 05:25 am


Context:

[kjv] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
[bbe] And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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MonaLeeza
 
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Reply Tue 7 Dec, 2010 05:35 am
@oristarA,
every thing = all of the things that he had made
everything = all that he had made
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PaddyH
 
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Reply Tue 7 Dec, 2010 05:35 am
@oristarA,
Just as a dictionaries might use the term in different ways, so would the writers of those biblical quotes.
Both forms are acceptable.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 7 Dec, 2010 06:50 am
Thank you both.
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