Comments page: H2 Bible version test



1. Does "Will he delay to help them?" sound like good quality
standard English to you?


2. Is it good quality standard English to say "It is necessary to
pass through many troubles"?

3. Is the word "against" used in a proper way, according to good
quality standard English, in the following: "It is raised up against
the knowledge of God"?


4. Does it sound to you like good grammatical English to have
the word "are" instead of "is" in the following question: "And if
the righteous is saved with difficulty, what will become of the
ungodly and the sinner?"?


5. Does "Being asked" sound like good English to you in the
following: "Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of
God will come, He answered them, ´The kingdom of God is not
coming with something observable´"?


6. As you normally speak English, does it sound like there is a
word missing after "sent" in: "I also sent to find out about your
faith"?


7. As you normally speak English, does it sound like there is a
word missing after "obtain": "You murder and covet and cannot
obtain"?


8. Does it sound like there is something missing after the word
"destined" in: "He was destined before the foundation of the
world"?


9. Does the word "by" sound like good quality English to you in:
"what has been conceived in Mary is by the Holy Spirit"?


10. Is the word "signified" properly used in: "The revelation of
Jesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves what must
quickly take place. He sent it and signified it through His angel
to His slave John"?


11. Consider the following: "O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city
who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her!
How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen
gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Your house is abandoned to you." Does the sentence "Your
house is abandoned to you" sound like good quality standard
English?


12. Does the word "in" sound like it is used properly in the
following: "In eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of
others"?


13. Does the word "in" sound like it is used properly in the
following: "In this confidence, I planned to come to you first"?


14. Does it sound like proper, standard English to say that
someone "shuts off his compassion" from someone else?


15. Is it proper, current, standard English to say "the sky gave
rain"?


16. Optional: What is your name?

17. Optional: What is your email address?




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