The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 5:32

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~588–559 BC

1830 Edition

And I engravened that which is pleasing unto God. And if my people be pleased with the things of God, they be pleased with mine engravings which are upon these plates.

Influences

1 Corinthians 2:11 (KJV)
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Changes

And I engravened that which is pleasing unto God. And if my people bare pleased with the things of God, they will be pleased with mine engravings which are upon these plates.

Simple English

I wrote what makes God happy. If my people like the things of God, they will like what I wrote on these plates.

Paraphrase

I engraved what pleases God. If my people care about the things of God, they’ll value what I’ve engraved on these plates.