Does translation affect inspiration? 1. When a word is translated from one language into another, the same thought or idea is conveyed; the same message is received. 2. In the 3rd-2nd centuries B.C. (250-117) the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek. This version, which was begun in Alexandria, Egypt, is known as the Septuagint. Jesus Christ Himself, and His inspired NT writers, frequently quoted from the LXX translation of the OT Scriptures. For example, in Mt. 22:32, Christ quotes from the LXX (Ex.3:6), and of that passage says, "have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God?" (v.31). The translation from Hebrew to Greek thus did not alter the fact that the message was the word of God! (W. Jackson,I:172). Of the 300 or so quotations in the NT from the OT, the vast majority are from the LXX. Translations: 1. KJV: 1611, by 54 English scholars. 2. NIV: 1973/78, 115 scholars 3. NKJV: 1979/82, 130 scholars.