Apparently it was added by the whaling lobby when the Bible was first translated from Latin. 

Yes, that was always my favourite bit. Unlike other people, we do not fear Armageddon, but look forward to it as a good dinner date.
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I'm wondering if I own too many Bibles.
- 12/01/2012 12:08:16 AM
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I have half a dozen different translations of The Critique of Pure Reason and The Symposium.
- 12/01/2012 03:42:01 AM
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Probably for the same reason you have so many translations of the Bible.
- 12/01/2012 06:47:53 AM
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You need a bible that has 5 translations side by side
- 12/01/2012 04:16:25 AM
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Not quite
- 12/01/2012 05:31:57 AM
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That bad of translations?
- 12/01/2012 05:55:38 AM
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- 12/01/2012 05:55:38 AM
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No, I just think that people forget they're reading a translation
- 12/01/2012 09:29:41 PM
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I only have 4
- 12/01/2012 01:58:13 PM
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I heard the Norwegian one had the controversial "Thou shalt slaughter Leviathan and eat him" passage
- 12/01/2012 11:24:50 PM
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Indeed
- 13/01/2012 09:49:06 AM
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NIV Study Bible is high on my list of Must Haves.
- 12/01/2012 08:34:08 PM
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