Vulgar words in Study of the King James Bible (Page 1)
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"[1] It seemed too bad that "royalty should be exhibited to the world stammering, slobbering, shedding unmanly tears, trembling at the drawn sword, and talking in the style alternately of a buffoon and of a pedagogue."
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One such punning expression occurs in the story of Samson (Judges xv:16), where our version reads: "With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
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In the Hebrew the words translated "ass" and "heaps" are variants of the same word.
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It comes near the Hebrew to say: "With the jawbone of an ass, masses upon masses," and so on.
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It has been remarked that in Dr. Draper's book The Conflict Between Science and Religion he makes science appear as a strong- limbed angel of God whereas religion is always a great ass.