The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 8:17

1830 Edition

But a seer can know of things which has past, and also of things which is to come; and by them shall all things be revealed, or rather, shall secret things be made manifest, and hidden things shall come to light, and things which is not known, shall be made known by them; and also, things shall be made known by them, which otherwise could not be known.

Changes

But a seer can know of things which hasre past, and also of things which isare to come;, and by them shall all things be revealed, or, rather, shall secret things be made manifest, and hidden things shall come to light, and things which isare not known, shall be made known by them;, and also, things shall be made known by them, which otherwise could not be known.

Simple English

“But a seer can know about things that happened before and things that will happen. Through them, all things will be shown. Secret things will be made clear. Hidden things will come into the light. Things that are not known will be made known through them. They will make known things that could not be known any other way.”

Paraphrase

“But a seer can know about things from the past and things yet to come. Through them, all things will be revealed—secret things will be made known, hidden things will come to light, unknown things will be discovered. They make known things that couldn’t be known any other way.”