And when they shall say unto And when they shall say unto
you, seek unto them them that have you, seek unto them that have
familiar spirits, and unto wizards familiar spirits, and unto wizards
that peep and mutter; should that peep and that mutter; should
not a people seek unto their God? not a people seek unto their God?
for the living to hear from the for the living to the dead.--_Isaiah
_II Nephi xviii_, 19. viii_, 19.
Again the English translators of the Bible, in order to make the sense
of various passages more clear, inserted here and there, words of their
own; which are always written in _italics_, that the reader might know
what words have been inserted by the translator, and for which he will
find no exact equivalent in the original text. It is worthy of note
that in those transcribed passages from the brass plates into the Book
of Mormon, in almost every instance, the words in the Book of Mormon
version are different to those substituted by the translators of the
common English version; or are left out, as follows: