Comment page: H1 Bible version test

1. A blind man visited an eye surgeon. The surgeon asked the man what he wanted. He answered, "Please open my eyes." What meaning do you think most current English speakers would understand from the words "open my eyes" in this context? 2. If the Queen enters a concert hall, the entire audience will rise up. What meaning do you think most English speakers would understand from the words "rise up"? 3. It could be predicted that if we do not guard the integrity of the electoral system many bad politicians will rise up. What meaning do you think most English speakers would understand from the words "rise up"? 4. What meaning if any, do you think most English speakers would get from sentence, "My soul is swallowed up in sorrow--to the point of death"? 5. Does the test sentence of #4 sound to you like standard English which would be understandable to most speakers today? 6. Consider the following sentence: "The days will come upon you when you will not remember things as well as you used to." If any part of this sentence does not sound like standard English, try to reword it here to standard English. 7. What meaning, if any, would you get from the sentence, "The king's hand was with his people"? 8. What meaning, if any, would you get from the sentence, "The poll results reached the ears of the Congress"? 9. If the test sentence of #8 does not sound like currently used standard English, try to revise it to standard English. 10. Consider the following two sentences: "You have lived luxuriously, indulging yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter." What meaning, if any, do you get from the second sentence? 11. If you get a meaning in #10, try to revise the sentence so that more speakers of standard English today might better understand its meaning? 12. Optional: What is your name? 13. Optional: What is your email address?