2 Nephi 6:11 Textual Variants

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wherefore after they are driven to and fro —for thus saith the angel many shall be afflicted in the flesh and shall not be suffered to perish because of the prayers of the faithful— [wherefore 0A|wherefore >js NULL 1| BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] they shall be scattered and smitten and hated

The second wherefore in this long sentence was deleted by Joseph Smith in his editing for the 1837 edition. The original repetition of wherefore is helpful because it brings the reader back to the sentence-initial wherefore after a long intervening parenthetical clause. For additional examples of this kind of repetition, see under 2 Nephi 5:21. The critical text will restore the redundancy of the original text here in 2 Nephi 6:11.

Summary: Restore in 2 Nephi 6:11 the repeated wherefore that Joseph Smith deleted in his editing for the 1837 edition.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 1

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