To the so-called bible scholar who says the bible is inerrant, there are no controversies: everything in the Bible is explainable.  For instance some scriptures can be explained using common principles of hermeneutics like:

• Understanding the context (surrounding scriptures, historical record)
• Use spiritual or allegorical interpretation if literal interpretation is not possible.

But then there are other scriptural conflicts that are not easily reconcilable with these principles.  This section documents some of these harder scriptures to interpret.  Another focus of this blog is to contrast 2 versions of the Bible that may differ in interpretation:

• King James Bible (KJV)
• New Living Translation (NLT)

The serious, unexplainable, discrepancies between these 2 versions of the Bible should make a serious seeker of God to be diligent in the same way the Bereans in the Book of Acts were diligent as they studied the scriptures to see if what Paul was preaching to them was true (Acts 17:11).  May God’s Holy Spirit help us to understand His Truth as we humbly seek His Face in the reading of His Word.

Psalm 109:6

New Living Translation They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial. 
King James Bible Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

Psalm 109 deals with imprecatory prayers where the psalmist asks God to curse others.  But the NLT version inserts a phrase at the beginning of this verse that is not substantiated with the original manuscripts, “They say,…”.  This addition changes the meaning so that it is the enemies of the psalmist that are invoking the curses, not the psalmist in verses 6-19!  This is uncalled for not only because it is not in the original manuscripts and thus inserted without cause, but even the verses after 19 where the “They” section ends, invoke God for judgment against the psalmist’s enemies.