Alma 21:8
~90 BC
1830 Edition
And the man saith unto him, We do not believe that thou knowest any such thing. We do not believe in these foolish traditions. We do not believe that thou knowest of things to come, neither do we believe that thy fathers, and also that our fathers did know concerning the things which they spake, of that which is to come.
Influences
Romans 15:31 (KJV)
That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
John 11:27 (KJV)
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
1 Timothy 4:8 (KJV)
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Changes
And the man saithd unto him,: We do not believe that thou knowest any such thing. We do not believe in these foolish traditions. We do not believe that thou knowest of things to come, neither do we believe that thy fathers, and also that our fathers did know concerning the things which they spake, of that which is to come.
Simple English
The man said to him: 'We don’t believe you know anything like that. We don’t believe these silly old stories. We don’t believe you know what will happen in the future. We don’t believe your fathers knew about the future either. And we don’t believe our fathers knew about it when they talked about what would happen.'
Paraphrase
The man replied, 'We don’t believe you know anything about that. We don’t believe in these foolish traditions. We don’t believe you can predict the future, and we don’t believe your ancestors—or ours, for that matter—knew anything about what was coming.'