Helaman 3:23
1830 Edition
And it came to pass in the forty and ninth year of the reign of the Judges, there was continual peace established in the land, all save it were the secret combinations which Gadianton the nobler had established, in the more settled parts of the land, which at that time were not known unto those which were at the head of government; therefore they were not destroyed out of the land.
Changes
Simple English
In the forty-ninth year of the judges’ rule, there was lasting peace in the land. The only problem was the secret groups that Gadianton the robber had set up. They were in the more settled parts of the land. The government leaders did not know about them yet. So they were not destroyed.
Paraphrase
In the forty-ninth year, lasting peace finally settled over the land—except for the secret conspiracies that Gadianton the robber had established in the more populated areas. The government leaders didn’t know about them yet, so they couldn’t be rooted out.
Notes
The phrase, "save it were" can be found in Helaman 3:23; 4 Nephi 1:5; D&C 18:35
Other common phrases include "dwindled in unbelief" (2 Nephi 26:15; Helaman 15:11, Ether 4:3, D&C 3:18), "expedient that" (2 Nephi 9:15; Alma 34:9; Mosiah 13:27; D&C 9:3), "it must needs be" (1 Nephi 15:33; Alma 32:28; 3 Nephi 5:1; D&C 48:3), "sufficeth me" (Jarom 1:2; Ether 3:17), "would that ye should" (Alma 38:5; Mosiah 1:3; Omni 1:2; D7C 46:7).
"After noticing that the same phrases of two or more words appear time after time throughout Joseph Smith's scriptures, we did a computer search to identify these groups of words and feel that they provide evidence that the Book of Mormon, the Inspired Version of the Bible, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price were all the product of one mind.... When we find a number of different Book of Mormon writers-e.g., Nephi, Jacob, Enos, Moroni and Mormon-all using many of the same unusual word combinations, we begin to suspect that all these books were actually written by one person."-Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 39.