Jacob 2:33 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
for they shall not commit whoredoms like unto [they >js them 1|they A|them BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] of old

Here in the earliest text, we have the subject pronominal form they rather than the expected object form them. Even so, the earliest text has cases of subject pronouns being used instead of object forms, as in these examples:

The critical text will restore the they here in Jacob 2:33 (and will similarly restore the subject pronoun forms in the examples listed here).

Summary: Restore the subject pronoun they in Jacob 2:33 (“like unto they of old”); such usage is occasionally found elsewhere in the earliest text.

Jacob 5:13, page 1001, line –2

The original modal may will be maintained, not restored.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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