The Book of Mormon

Helaman 14:21

1830 Edition

yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost, there shall be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth shall shake and tremble, and the rocks which is upon the face of this earth, which is both above the earth and beneath, which ye know at this time is solid, or the more part of it is one solid mass, shall be broken up;

Changes

yYea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost, there shall be thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth shall shake and tremble,; and the rocks which isare upon the face of this earth, which isare both above the earth and beneath, which ye know at this time isare solid, or the more part of it is one solid mass, shall be broken up;

Simple English

“When he dies, there will be thunder and lightning for many hours. The earth will shake and tremble. The rocks on this earth will break apart. You know the rocks are solid now. Most of them are one big solid piece. But they will break up.”

Paraphrase

“When he gives up his spirit, thunder and lightning will rage for hours. The earth will shake and tremble. The rocks on the surface and underneath—which you know right now are solid, mostly one solid mass—will break apart.”