The Emphasized Bible

This is a translation designed to set forth the exact meaning, the proper terminology, and the graphic style of the sacred original. The translator was Joseph Bryant Rotherham.

Throughout are signs of emphasis for reading. (‘) and (/ /) call for slight stress. (// //) and (< >) call for more decided stress. The latter of these is confined to preplaced words and clauses, leading up to what follows.

“God” printed in upper case represents El. “God” printed in Gothic represents Eloah. “God” printed without peculiarity of type represents Elohim. “Yahweh” is used instead of “Jehovah.”

There is an extensive expository introduction dealing with special features of this translation, emphasis, the original texts, and the incommunicable name. For the Old Testament, the current Massoretic text was used. For the New Testament, the text of Westcott and Hort was used. An explanation concerning the suppression of the Divine Name [or Tetragrammaton] is given.

Genesis 1: 1, 2
<In the beginning> God’ created the heavens and the earth.
Now //the earth// had become waste and wild, and //darkness// was on the face of the roaring deep, – but //the Spirit of God// was brooding on the face of the waters.

John 1: 1 – 3
//Originally// was /the Word,
      And //the Word// was /with God;
            And /the Word/ was //God//.
//The same// was originally /with God/.
      //All things// through him’ /came into existence/
            And //without him// came into existence /not even one thing/: … .

The following comparative studies include this version:

1. Deceived Prophet
2. Entering His Rest
3. From Eternity or From Ancient Times?
4. Fringe on the Borders of a Garment
5. God So Loved the World
6. Hebrew Synoptic Gospels
7. Israelites and Baal-Peor
8. Lord Is My Shepherd: An Anthology
9. Lord’s Day in the Book of Revelation
10. Miracle at Cana
11. Name of Our Heavenly Father
12. Offering Sacrifices to the He-Goat
13. Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread
14. Sabbaths and Sundown
15. Scripture Inspired by God
16. Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9
17. Sides of the Court of the Tabernacle
18. Some Variations in the Book of Acts
19. Song of Solomon
20. Story of the Adultress
21. Those Who Work Iniquity
22. Was Jesus Forsaken by God?
23. Who Will Mourn?
24. Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures