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<strong>Section 4</strong><strong> </strong><br>
<strong><u>Hell Diminished or  Missing</u></strong><strong> </strong><br>
The doctrine of eternal hell is a fearful Bible  truth. The word itself has, from the beginnings of the English language, always  had a fixed and established meaning. &quot;The wicked shall be turned into hell  and all the nations that forget God&quot; (Psalms 9:17) is very plain. In fact,  for many (including preachers and Bible translators) it is apparently too  plain. Many people today do not mind using the word in&nbsp; their daily  conversation, but do not like seeing it in the Bible. <br>
Modern translations have tried to make the Bible more palatable and  socially acceptable by taking some of the terror out of the fact that a man or  woman who dies outside of faith in Jesus Christ&nbsp;  goes&nbsp; to an eternal and conscious hell. Translators do this in two ways.  First, the word is often left in its untranslated Hebrew or Greek form (Sheol  or Hades), thus greatly diminishing its impact upon  an English reader. The New American Standard version frequently reverts to this  practice. Secondly, some simply translate sheol as &quot;death&quot; or  &quot;grave&quot;. The Jehovahs Witness &quot;Bible&quot; does this and (if you  can believe it!) the New International Version is guilty of the same stratagem. <br>

In the previous lists, the point at issue has been the underlying Greek  text of the New Testament.&nbsp; Nearly all modern versions are founded on a  radically different text from the KJB. This is the reason for the many  omissions which we have noted in appendices AÑC. Here, though, it is a question  of the philosophy of the translators. In the case of the NIV, this philosophy  has led to their having completely removed &quot;hell&quot; from the Old  Testament!&nbsp;

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        <strong>King James Bible</strong><strong> </strong></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Deut    32:22 For a fire is kindled in&nbsp; mine anger, and shall burn unto the<strong><u> lowest hell,&nbsp;</u></strong>and shall consume the earth with her increase, and    set on fire the foundations of the mountains.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>For a    fire has been kindled by my wrath, one that burns to the&nbsp;<strong><u>realm of    death below.&nbsp;</u></strong>It will devour the earth and its harvests and set    afire the foundations of the mountains.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>2Sa    22:6 The&nbsp;<strong><u>sorrows of hell</u></strong> compassed me about; the snares of    death prevented me;&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>The&nbsp;<strong><u>cords    of the grave&nbsp;</u></strong>coiled around me; the snares of death confronted    me.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Job    11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?&nbsp;<strong><u>deeper than    hell;&nbsp;</u></strong>what canst thou know?&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>They    are higher than the heavens- what can you do? They are&nbsp;<strong><u>deeper than    the depths of the grave</u></strong>-what can you know?&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Job    26:6&nbsp;<strong><u>Hell is naked&nbsp;</u></strong>before him, and destruction hath    no covering.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p><strong><u>Death    is naked&nbsp;</u></strong>before    God; Destruction lies uncovered.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa    9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget    God.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>The    wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa 16:10    For thou wilt not leave my soul in&nbsp;<strong><u>hell;&nbsp;</u></strong>neither wilt    thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>because    you will not abandon me to the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave,&nbsp;</u></strong>nor will you    let your Holy One see decay.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa 18:5    The sorrows of&nbsp;<strong><u>hell</u></strong> compassed me about: the snares of    death prevented me.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>The    cords of the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave&nbsp;</u></strong>coiled around me; the snares of    death confronted me.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa 55:15    Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into&nbsp;<strong><u>hell:&nbsp;</u></strong>for    wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Let    death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave,&nbsp;</u></strong>for    evil finds lodging among them.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa  86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and    thou hast delivered my soul from the&nbsp;<strong><u>lowest hell.&nbsp;</u></strong></p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>For    great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the<strong><u> depths of    the grave.</u></strong></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa    116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the&nbsp;<strong><u>pains of    hell&nbsp;</u></strong>gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>The    cords of death entangled me,<strong><u> the anguish of the grave&nbsp;</u></strong>came    upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Psa 139:8    If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in&nbsp;<strong><u>hell,&nbsp;</u></strong>behold,    thou art there.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>If I go    up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the<strong><u> depths,&nbsp;</u></strong>you    are there.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on&nbsp;<strong><u>hell.&nbsp;</u></strong></p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Her    feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave.&nbsp;</u></strong></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    7:27 Her house is the way to<strong><u> hell,&nbsp;</u></strong>going down to the    chambers of death.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Her    house is a highway to the<strong><u> grave,&nbsp;</u></strong>leading down to the    chambers of death. </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in    the depths of&nbsp;<strong><u>hell.&nbsp;</u></strong></p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>But    little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the    depths of the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave.</u></strong></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    15:11&nbsp;<strong><u>Hell&nbsp;</u></strong>and destruction are before the LORD: how    much more then the hearts of the children of men?&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p><strong><u>Death&nbsp;</u></strong>and Destruction lie open before    the LORD - how much more the hearts of men!&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>beneath.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>The    path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to    the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave.&nbsp;</u></strong></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from&nbsp;<strong><u>hell.</u></strong></p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Punish    him with the rod and save his soul from&nbsp;<strong><u>death.</u></strong></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Prov    27:20&nbsp;<strong><u>Hell&nbsp;</u></strong>and destruction are never full; so the    eyes of man are never satisfied.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p><strong><u>Death&nbsp;</u></strong>and Destruction are never    satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Isa  5:14 Therefore&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>hath    enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and    their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into    it.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Therefore    the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave&nbsp;</u></strong>enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth    without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their    brawlers and revelers.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Isa 14:9&nbsp;<strong><u>Hell    from beneath is moved&nbsp;</u></strong>for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it    stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath    raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p><strong><u>The grave    below is all astir&nbsp;</u></strong>to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits    of the departed to greet you- all those who were leaders in the world;É&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Isa 14:15    Yet thou shalt be brought down to&nbsp;<strong><u>hell,&nbsp;</u></strong>to the sides    of the pit.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>But you    are brought down to the<strong><u> grave,&nbsp;</u></strong>to the depths of the    pit.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Isa    28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and    with&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>are we at agreement;&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>You    boast, &quot;We have entered into a covenant with death, with the<strong><u> grave&nbsp;</u></strong>we    have made an agreement.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Isa    28:18 And your covenant with&nbsp; death shall be disannulled, and your    agreement with&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>shall not stand;&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Your    covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the<strong><u> grave&nbsp;</u></strong>will    not stand&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Isa  57:9 and didst debase thyself even    unto&nbsp;<strong><u>hell.&nbsp;</u></strong></p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>you    descended to the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave&nbsp;</u></strong>itself!&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Eze    31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him    down to&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>with them that descend into the    pit:&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>I made    the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to    the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave&nbsp;</u></strong>with those who go down to the pit...&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Eze    31:17 They also went down into&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>with him unto    them that be slain with the sword;... </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Those    who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, had also gone down to    the&nbsp;<strong><u>grave&nbsp;</u></strong>with it, joining those killed by the    sword.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Eze    32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst    of&nbsp;<strong><u>hell&nbsp;</u></strong>with them that help him: they are gone down,    they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>From    within the&nbsp;<u>grave&nbsp;</u>the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her    allies, &lsquo;They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those    killed by the sword.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Eze    32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the    uncircumcised, which are gone down to&nbsp;<strong><u>hell...</u></strong></p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Do they    not lie with the other uncircumcised warriors who have fallen, who went down    to the<strong><u> grave...</u></strong></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Amos 9:2    Though they dig into&nbsp;<strong><u>hell</u></strong> thence shall mine hand take    them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p><strong><u>depths    of the&nbsp;</u></strong><u>grave,    from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from    there I will bring them down.&nbsp;</u></p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Jn  2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine    affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the<strong><u> belly of    hell&nbsp;</u></strong>cried I, and thou heardest my voice.&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>He    said: &quot;In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From    the&nbsp;<strong><u>depths of the grave&nbsp;</u></strong>I called for help, and you    listened to my cry.&nbsp; </p></td>
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      <td width="180" valign="top"><p>Hab  2:5 who enlargeth his desire as&nbsp;<strong><u>hell,&nbsp;</u></strong>and    is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and    heapeth unto him all people:&nbsp; </p></td>
      <td width="180" valign="top"><p><strong><u>grave&nbsp;</u></strong><u>and like death is never    satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the    peoples.&nbsp;</u></p></td>
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<p>The word &quot;hell&quot; is present 22 times within the New Testament  of the Authorized Bible, compared with only 13 occurrences in the text of the  New International Version. The real shock, however, is to see that this new  popular translation completely removes the word from the Old Testament. Yes  beloved, the modern versions of the Bible have gotten rid of the  &quot;thees&quot; and &quot;thous&quot;... and much, much more!&nbsp; <br>

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