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Originally Posted by smsmith40
I checked out a few bible translations of Exodus 20, it would seem that older versions (Original King James) generally have "Thou shalt not kill" and newer versions (American Standard, New English etc) have "Thou shalt not muder".
Sounds like creeping relativism to me. I think most people would accept that there is a substantive moral difference between the two statements.
RL - My Good News Bible at home says "Thou shalt not commit murder". What does yours day
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You'd have to look at the original Hebrew, which almost anyone would translate as your Good News Bible does. The King James is tough sometimes (Fun Fact: You know the first printing actually had a typo that read "Thou shalt commit adultery.") simply for it's age, the english has changed substantially. Killing would be tough to justify, and the OT law goes on to specify the difference between the two (i.e.- manslaughter was not considered a capital offense [if the offender made it to a city of refuge], war was also not subject to murder, etc.).