Biblish: According to… – Work in progress

Biblish: According to…

One stock phrase that comes up quite often in many English Bible translations is according to. It’s bona fide English, but it contains within it a subtle trap which can be quite annoying or disconcerting for the reader and this is why.

You’ll probably recognise 2 kinds of use of according to in everyday English:

This week we will FINALLY see our Q2 unemployment numbers.

According to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg unemployment will jump from 30.1% to 34.8%.

The analyst predictions ranges from 31.2% to 50.0%.
— Johann Biermann 🇿🇦 (@JohannBiermann1) September 28, 2020

BREAKING: President Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report in The New York Times. https://t.co/aVqWBRXs6o
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 27, 2020

Bible examples

https://www.bible.com/search/bible?q=according%20to&category=bible&version_id=59

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