After joseph died god could have had brigham young finish the translation or all the prophets afterword. What would they say if you ask them that?



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It isn't in God's plan.... all his work is a continuing effort. As is in death, we don't know the time nor the hour.

""Since the Mormon leaders cannot come right out and say that Joseph Smith made mistakes in his Inspired Version, they have devised another excuse to keep from fully endorsing it. They claim that Joseph Smith never finished the translation. Joseph Fielding Smith wrote:

The revision of the Bible which was done by Joseph Smith at the command of the Lord was not a complete revision of the Bible. There are many parts of the Bible in which the Prophet did not change the meaning where it is incorrect. He revised as far as the Lord permitted him at the time, and it was his intention to do more, but because of persecution this was not accomplished (Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 3, p. 191).

Reed Durham says that "the Revision was incomplete because

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after it was finished it still contained errors and contradictions" ("A History of Joseph Smith's Revision of the Bible," p. 128). While we certainly agree that Joseph Smith's "inspired revision" still contains "errors and contradictions," there is evidence to show that at one time the early Mormons considered it to have been complete. In fact, in the Doctrine and Covenants 73:4, Joseph Smith was commanded to "continue the work of translation until it be finished."

In the History of the Church, under the date of February 2, 1833, we find this statement by Joseph Smith: "I completed the translation and review of the New Testament, on the 2nd of February, 1833, and sealed it up, no more to be opened till it arrived in Zion" (History of the Church, vol. 1, p. 324).

In the Church Chronology, by Andrew Jenson, we find the following under the date of February 2, 1833: "Joseph Smith, jun., completed the translation of the New Testament." Under the date of July 2, 1833, this statement appears: "Joseph the Prophet finished the translation of the Bible." In a letter dated July 2, 1833, signed by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and F. G. Williams, the following statement is found: "We this day finished the translation of the Scriptures, for which we return gratitude to our Heavenly Father ..." (History of the Church, vol. 1, p. 368).

Mormon writer Arch S. Reynolds says that "the scriptures at that time were considered finished. This is proved by revelation from the Lord commanding the printing and publishing the same ... the Lord felt that the Bible contained his word and also was given in fulness" ("A Study of Joseph Smith's Bible Revision," typed copy, p. 17).""

From: The Changing World of Mormonism," Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Chapter 12, Part 2, pp. 385-386

The real problem is that the Joseph Smith Translation contradicts current Mormon doctrine but leadership cannot admit to that fact in public. They simply ignore the translation, except for the parts that that they can use for their benefit. They find that it is easier and more beneficial to use the King James translation and "correct" its errors by using the thousands of footnotes and claiming those additional comments as being true. They cannot "correct" the Joseph Smith Translation, because to do so would be to admit that he was not a legitimate translator, was a liar and not a true prophet.

is the fact that the King James version is the one Joseph Smith copied from for so much of the Book of Mormon. And how would we explain how come Moroni knew only the incorrect translations if he was inspired by the same God who inspired Joseph Smith?

Theoretically, the words of the Book of Mormon would to match the revised New Testament, JS version. But that's only if God existed and were actually involved.

A big assumption.

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the Community of Christ (RLDS) owns the copyright to the translation, so the LDS can't legally do anything more with it except to use small portions of it in their own scriptures.