The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 8:21

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1830 Edition

and there could be no light, because of the darkness, neither candles, neither torches; neither could there be fire kindled with their fine and exceeding dry wood, so that there could not be any light at all;

Changes

aAnd there could be no light, because of the darkness, neither candles, neither torches; neither could there be fire kindled with their fine and exceedingly dry wood, so that there could not be any light at all;

Simple English

There was no light at all. Candles didn’t work. Torches didn’t work. Even their very dry wood wouldn’t light on fire. There was no light anywhere.

Paraphrase

No light could pierce it—not candles, not torches. They couldn’t even kindle fire with their fine, dry wood. There was no light at all.