# Are there bible verses that Jews and Christians disagree on the translation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 21, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084 "2021-09-21T20:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 88
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084/88 "2021-10-24T14:33:40Z")
Wow, this has to be a personal record for longest a thread has gone after it was answered in like the 3rd reply: > [@Are there bible verses that Jews and Christians disagree on the translation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084/4): > > One I’m familiar with is “And the young woman shall conceive and bear a son”. The Hebrew word doesn’t imply virginity. Also the most mind blowing thing to me is it was also answered in the opening scene of Snatch: > [@Are there bible verses that Jews and Christians disagree on the translation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084/41): > > Not for the first time with SDMB I had massive Bader Meinhof phenomenon with this… Having never heard of the difference between the traditional Jewish and Christian translations of Isaiah 7:14, prior to this thread. I just rewatched Snatch. In the opening scene Benicio Del Toro’s character (who is about to pull off a heist dressed as orthodox jew) is bizarrely giving a long monologue on that very subject and how that in his opinion the whole of catholicism is based on a mistranslation. Of cou… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-bible-verses-that-jews-and-christians-disagree-on-the-translation/951084)._