Conflicts, Inconsistencies, and Changes, in the Jehovah Witness New World Translation

"We have made our own Bible translation, the New World Translation, the most correctly translated Bible ever. The translators names are kept secret, so as the honor of this translation goes to Jehovah - not to men."
So says the file 'What do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe' as taken from their website at http://194.234.87.103. This website address has not answered for several months, and no one seems to know why. I will email the full text of their beliefs, as posted, upon request.

Okay, since Jehovah is given all the credit for writing this translation, and if Jehovah is GOD, then this truly must be a perfect translation, as GOD is perfect, and cannot dispense error. Dispensing error is satan's job, right? I then must ask why there are so many conflicts, inconsistencies, and changes in the NWT? In this file I will list only a few. All verses are taken from the NWT.


John 1:1, "...and the Word was 'a' god." 'A' god means multiple god's, does it not? JW's openly admit that Jesus Christ is a lesser god than Jehovah.
Jesus Christ is considered the'mighty god', whereas Jehovah is the 'almighty God'.
Isaiah 44:6, "I am the first and the last, and besides Me there is no GOD." Well Jehovah himself said he is the only god. He also said the same thing in Deut 32:39, Isa 43:3, Isa 43:10-11, Isa 44:6, Isa 45:5,21. How can Jesus Christ be 'a god', if Jehovah said he is the only God? And how many times does GOD have to repeat Himself before we thick headed humans finally get the message?

On page 1640 of the NWT, it says 'we rendered the Tetragrammaton (YHWH or Lord) 6828 times to read 'Jehovah'. So the NWT now reads Jehovah instead of Lord as in other Bibles. However when it came to verses like Phil 2:11, "...that Jesus Christ is Lord...", they let it stand as Lord. It would have been an embarassment I suppose to change the word 'Lord' of this verse to read, "...that Jesus Christ is Jehovah."

Isaiah 43:3,11, "For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel your Saviour....and besides Me there is no Saviour." So Jehovah said he is the Saviour and there is no other.
Luke 2:11, "...there was born to you today a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord."
This says Jesus Christ is the Saviour, not Jehovah. Answers anyone?


Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last, all mean essentially the same thing.
Rev 21:8, Jehovah said, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end." Isiah 44:6, "I am the First and the Last, and besides me there is no god." So it is Jehovah, not Jesus Christ.
Rev 2:8, "...the First and the Last, who became dead and came to life again." This could only mean Jesus Christ, not Jehovah.

Who will send the Holy Spirit?
John 14:26 - Jehovah will.
John 16:7 - Jesus Christ will.

Who is the Judge?
Isaiah 33:22 - Jehovah is.
2Tim 4:1 - Jesus Christ is.

Who is the Shepherd?
Psalm 23:1 - Jehovah is.
Jn 10:11 - Jesus Christ is.


Who is the Light of the World?
Psalm 27:1, Micah 7:8 - Jehovah is.
John 8:12 - Jesus Christ is.


Who is the King of the Jews?
Isaiah 33:22,44:6 - Jehovah is.
Matt 27:37, John 19:21 - Jesus Christ is.


Who raised Jesus Christ from the dead?
Acts 3:15 - Jehovah did.
John 2:19-21 - Jesus Christ did.


Who is Lord of Lords?
Deut 10:17 - Jehovah is.
Rev 17:14, 1Cor 8:6 - Jesus Christ is.

Who is Worshipped?
Matt 14:10 - Jehovah is.
Heb 1:6, Rev 5:11-14 - Jesus Christ is.

They changed Zech 12:10 from...
"...And they have looked upon Me, whom they have pierced."
To... "...and they will certainly look to the One whom they have pierced..."
Clearly GOD had said HE was pierced. The NWT says One was pierced. It would be embarassing for the Watchtower Society to admit that the Son, who was the one pierced, is GOD.


They changed Heb 1:8 from...
"...Thy throne, O GOD, is forever and ever..."
To... "GOD is your throne forever and ever..."
The Father calls the Son GOD in this passage, but not in the NWT.


They added the word 'other' four times in Col 1:15-17...
This is the section where Jesus is described as being the creator of all things. Since the JW's believe Jesus Christ is a created being, they inserted these words to show He was before all 'other' created things, thus implying that He too is created. The word 'other' (heteros or allos) does not appear in the Greek text.


JW's teach that Jesus Christ was Michael the Archangel before he was born of Mary. At that point, Michael disappeared forever. However, the NWT translators forgot that little 'fact', or maybe St. John did, when he wrote the Book of Revelations. For in Rev 12:5, there is Jesus Christ, and in Rev 12:7, there is Michael again. Hmmm, they look like separate persons to me, according to the NWT.


These are but a few Conflicts, Inconsistencies and Changes, out of hundreds in this translation, but I think you get the drift. This book is so full of errors that GOD could not possibly have had a hand in producing it. It has been called, 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Book'.