The Book of Mormon

Ether 2:14

1830 Edition

And it came to pass at the end of the four years, that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.

Changes

And it came to pass at the end of the four years, that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.

Simple English

At the end of four years, the Lord came again to Jared’s brother. He stood in a cloud and talked with him. The Lord talked with Jared’s brother for three hours. He corrected him because he had not prayed to the Lord.

Paraphrase

After four years, the Lord came again to the brother of Jared. He stood in a cloud and spoke with him. For three hours the Lord talked with him, correcting him because he had forgotten to pray.