A "YES" means there is a trinitarian bias (or at least one that can be misconstrued that way)...a "NO" means there isn't.
| Bible | Zech 12:10 | Jn 8:58 | Eph 5:5 | Phil 2:6 | Col 1:15 | Heb 1:6 | Jude 4 | Rev 3:14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King James | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| A.S.V. | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Darby | YES | YES | YES | N/A | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Young | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES |
| Translator's N.T. | N/A | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| 21st Century NT | N/A | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Good News | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| N.I.V. | YES | YES | NO | NO* | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| New English | N/A | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | YES |
| Fenton | NO | YES | NO | N/A | YES | NO | NO | YES |
| New American | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| N.A.S.B. | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| New Living | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Diaglott | N/A | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| New World | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | some editions | NO | NO |
| Weymouth | N/A | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| N.R.S.V. | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Unvarnished | N/A | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| R.S.V. | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| N.K.J.V. | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Moffatt | NO | NO | YES | N/A | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Rev. Version | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Byington | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Lamsa | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Living Bible | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Jerusalem | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| New Jerusalem | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| Goodspeed | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| Tanakh | NO | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Beck | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Revised Eng. | N/A | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | YES |
| Phillips | N/A | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Berkeley | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Simple English | N/A | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| 20th Century | N/A | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO |
| Schonfield | N/A | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Jewish NT | N/A | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Lattimore | N/A | N/A | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Montgomery | N/A | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Amplified | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Newcome | N/A | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| Webster | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Message | N/A | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO |
| C.E.V. | NO | N/A | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Williams | N/A | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| N.E.T. | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Hebrew N.V. | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
| New Life | N/A | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Green | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
| Worrell | N/A | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO |
| God's Word | N/A | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| New Evangel. | N/A | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Knox | N/A | YES | N/A | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Wuest | N/A | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Deaf | N/A | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Confraternity | N/A | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Basic English | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES |
| Douay | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| K.&Lilly | N/A | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Recovery | N/A | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Tyndale | N/A | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
| Aitken 1782 | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO |
Examples:
Zechariah 12:10,"And I will pour upon the house of David,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication;
and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced;
and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall
be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
ASV (YES)
"when they look on the one whom they have pierced."
NRSV (NO)
(Compare John 19:37)
John 8:58,"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
KJV (YES)
"I existed before Abraham was even born." New
Living Translation (NO)
Jesus was here referring to his pre-existence, as in Micah 5:2. He
was making no claim to Exodus 3:14 as many say. The LXX renders Ex. 3:14
as eigo eimi ho ohn or "I am the Being" which is quite different,
as is the hebrew which is Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh which can better be
rendered "I will be what I will be"(Moffatt, NWT). Almost all Bible translate
the word Ehyeh as "I will be" at Exodus 3:12. To change it 2 scriptures
later is unfortunate.
For more on John 8:58 click here.
Ephesians 5:5," For this ye are [well] informed
of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled
lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ
and God. Darby (YES)
"in the Kingdom of Christ and of God." New American
Bible (NO)
This is not a strong one to use as the sentence structure supports
two as individuals, just like saying "the Kingdom of the King and Queen."
Philippians 2:6,"Who, being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God" KJV (YES)
"though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God
a thing to be grasped." RSV (NO)
Ralph Martin, says in The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians: "It is
questionable, however, whether the sense of the verb can glide from its
real meaning of 'to seize', 'to snatch violently' to that of 'to hold fast.'"
The Expositor's Greek Testament also says: "We cannot find any passage
where harpazo or any of its derivatives has the sense of 'holding
in possession,' 'retaining'. It seems invariably to mean 'seize,' 'snatch
violently'. Thus it is not permissible to glide from the true sense 'grasp
at' into one which is totally different, 'hold fast.'"
The Greek says literally, "deemed not being-on-a-par-with-God a-thing-to-be-plucked
(hARPAGMON)." An added problem is that the word hARPAGMON is not
found anywhere
else in extant Greek; clearly it derives from hARPAZW, "pluck," "grasp
in the hand," "seize." But if equality-with-God is something Jesus doesn't
deign to grasp, is it reasonable to suppose that it is something he actually
already has?
"A vigorous debate still continues around the hymnic passage. However,
the suggestion that the hymn has been constructed with a strong allusion
to Adam, or even modeled after the template of Adam christology is still
persuasive." p. 282, The Theology of Paul the Apostle, by James D.G. Dunn
If we read the preceeding verse it tells us to "have the same attitude
that was in Christ." Does that mean that we should try to be equal with
God? Of course not.
Colossians 1:15,"who is image of the invisible God, firstborn
of all creation" Darby (NO)
"he is the primacy over all created things" New English Bible (YES)
It seems to me that everytime the phrase, "the firstborn of" is used,
it is used as part of a group. If it is "the firstborn of" Israel(Ex. 6:14),
it is one of the sons of Israel, if it is "the firstborn of" Pharoah(Ex.
11:5) it is a member of the house of Pharoah, if it is "the firstborn of"
beasts(Ex. 13:15) then it is an animal also. Why then should this rule
be changed as it applies to "the firstborn of" creation. Obviously Jesus
is a created being, as he was historically always thought to be Wisdom
in Proverbs 8:22, "The LORD formed me as the first of his works, the beginning
of his deeds of old." Smith&Goodspeed
For more on PRWTOTOKOS/Firstborn click here.
Hebrews 1:6,"And let all the angels of God worship
him." KJV (YES)
"Let all the angels of God pay him homage." New
English Bible (NO)
The greek word used here, proskuneo, is not the highest form
of worship, that is reserved for latreuo(Phil 3:3, Acts 7:42, 24:14).
Vine's Expository Reference explains proskuneo as "to make obeisance,
do reverence to." It is used of a man(Matt 18:26) and to God and a King
at the same time(1 Chronicles 29:20 LXX), to the Dragon in revelations(Rev.13:4),
to the Beast(Rev.13:4, 8, 12; 14:9,11), the image of the Beast(Rev 13:15,
14:11), to Demons(Rev. 9:20), and idols(Acts 7:43).
Jude 4," our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ"
Young's (YES)
" our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." ASV (NO)
The word "God" is omitted in the texts most Bibles use today(Nestle/Aland,
UBS, Westcott and Hort), and even where they are included, it can be translated
such as it is in the KJV: "denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ."
Revelation 3:14,"These things saith the Amen, the faithful
and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God" KJV (NO)
"These things saith the Amen, the witness--the faithful and true--the
chief of the creation of God" Young's (YES)
Arche can have other meaning besides "beginning", but when it is followed
by the same kind of expression (genitive) as it does in Rev 3:14, it has
the meaning of a beginning or the first part of something. Below are some
examples from the KJV:
Matt 24:8 All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.
Mark 13:19 from the beginning of the creation which God
created unto this time
John 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galile
Phil 4:15 in the beginning of the gospel
Heb 3:14 if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast
unto the end
Heb 7:3 having neither beginning of days
2 Peter 3:4 having neither beginning of days