The Book of Mormon

Helaman 8:9

1830 Edition

yea, and behold if he had not been a prophet he could not have testified concerning those things.

Changes

yYea, and behold, if he had not been a prophet he could not have testified concerning those things.

Simple English

“If he wasn’t a prophet, he couldn’t tell us these things.”

Paraphrase

“If he weren’t a prophet, he couldn’t have known these things.”