Biblical Translations and Muhammad (AS)

Hijab Chic just posted a really interesting post on the passages in the bible that mention the coming of another prophet.  I know that it is popular to attribute these passages to Jesus or the Holy  Spirit.  Often they are removed all together.  

Out of curiosity I grabbed my bible "The New American Bible" (Catholic bible; 1987; student edition)  to see what they looked like in mine.  Here are the differences.  

HC: "The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the line of the prophets comes to end, then that prophet will be known as one whom the Lord has truly sent."

[Jeremiah 28:9]

Skipped.  It goes directly from 7 to 10.  8 and 9 are not present.

"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee Moses and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him."
[Deuteronomy 18:18-19]

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from amongst their kinsmen, and will put my words into his mouth: he shall tell them all I command him.  If any man will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it. ----- goes on to say-----But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die.

The reasoning behind leaving this passage in is the Christians feel they can easily say Muhammad (AS) is not a prophet because false prophets will come preaching in the name of God as in line 20

"Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, 'Please read this.' And he will say, I cannot read."
[Isaiah 29:12]

Not in my bible.  Goes from line 11 to 13

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
[John 14:16-17]

"But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you."
[John 16:7-14]

And I will ask the father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always.  the Spirit of Truth which the world cannot accept because it neither sees nor knows it.  But you know it because it remains with you and will be in you.

But I tell you the truth: it is better for that I go.  For if I do not go the Advocate will no come to you.  But if I go, I will send him to you.  And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation sin because they do not believe in me; righteous because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me condemnation because the ruler of this world has been condemned.  I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.  But when he comes, the Spirit of Truth, he will guide you all to truth.  He will not speak on his own but he will speak what he hears and will declare to you the things that are coming.  He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.

 Interesting huh?  Same book, very different translations.  Some verses missing all together.  I wish I had an older bible or a newer christian denomination's bible.  Many newer churches put back a lot of the verses the Catholic church took out way back in the day.

Just thought it would be interesting.  Thanks Hijab Chic.

Note: this is why when you take religion class they assign a particular edition of the bible.

This is also why reading the bible is incredibly frustrating for me and why it is hard to believe it is the "word of God" when many editions can be drastically different.