What is the accurate translation of Psalm 104.4?
04 June 2024
This article considers the remarkable difference between the translation of Psalm 104.4 in the Authorised (King James) Version and its translation in most modern English versions. In the Authorised Version, the verse appears thus:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire
Most modern versions make no mention of either ‘angels’ or ‘spirits’, but only of ‘messengers’ and ‘winds’. The New International Version, for example, translates the verse:
He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
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