The Book of Mormon

Alma 9:7

1830 Edition

And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; behold, they did not. And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I did boldly testify unto them, saying:

Changes

And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; but behold, they did not. And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I did boldly testify unto them, saying:

Simple English

They stepped forward to grab me. But they did not. I stood with boldness to tell them the truth. I spoke to them with boldness. I said:

Paraphrase

They moved forward to grab me—but they didn’t. I stood there boldly and testified to them: