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Some wordings became softer and others plainer, and the English keeps changing. In 1 Corinthians 6:9 the King James Version (KJV) condemns men who are "abusers of themselves with mankind". The Revised Standard Version (RSV) said "homosexuals" in 1946. In 1971 it changed that to "sexual perverts". The New International Version (NIV) said "homosexual offenders" in 1984. A reader could take that to condemn only some acts. In 2011 the NIV changed it to plainer words, "men who have sex with men". Where the KJV says "sodomite", the NIV reads a different meaning altogether, "shrine prostitute". The Hebrew and Greek behind these editions are the same. The English depends on who sits on the committee. Muslims recite the Qur'an's words about the people of Lut (Lot) in the Arabic of revelation, and treat no translation as the Qur'an itself.

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