Ether 12:25
~AD 401–421
1830 Edition
Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write, we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.
Influences
2 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV)
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Changes
Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write, we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.
Simple English
'You have also made our words powerful and great. So great that we cannot write them. So when we write, we see our weakness. We stumble because of how we place our words. I am afraid the Gentiles will make fun of our words.'
Paraphrase
'You’ve also made our spoken words powerful and magnificent—so much so that we can’t capture them in writing. When we try to write, we see how weak we are. We stumble over how to arrange our words. I’m afraid the Gentiles will mock what we’ve written.'