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 darinmex darinmex January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 at 7:12:06 PM UTC link Permalink

Actually, the biblical phrase is, "The love of money is the root of all evil."

Demetrius Demetrius January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 at 9:16:47 PM UTC link Permalink

But the current wording corresponds to most (if not all) translations and I believe it should be kept as it is.

I can't judge about the other languages, but in Russian the variant with just "money" is very common, whilst I don't think I've ever heard the variant with the "love of money". (Yeah, I've never read the whole Bible. :o)

Zifre Zifre January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 at 9:33:39 PM UTC link Permalink

Also, as a proverb that people actually say, "Money is the root of all evil" is a lot more common. I've actually heard a few people say it with "The love of", but I never knew it was from the Bible (which I've never read at all).

The original phrase can certainly be added though.

darinmex darinmex January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 at 10:07:51 PM UTC link Permalink

The quote is from I Timothy 6:10. I just mentioned the exact quote as an interesting aside. It's fine as it is because that's the way everyone says it.

zipangu zipangu January 19, 2011 January 19, 2011 at 10:14:44 PM UTC link Permalink

The quote may be not only from Timothy 6:10, but from Pink Floyd as well :)

"Money, so they say / Is the root of all evil / Today".

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