The claim
2017年に聖書のコオロギについての記述が書き換えられた
Original review summary
The review says the 2017 revision of the Japanese New Interconfessional Bible did not make the claimed change: the earlier edition already listed crickets in Leviticus 11:22. The revision changed the spelling from hiragana to katakana and adjusted the sentence ending, according to the publisher of that Bible.[S1]
Additional context
The review distinguishes this from a separate translation change: the 2018 Japanese Bible Society Common Translation changed a term traditionally rendered as “locust” to “grasshopper,” citing research in archaeology, linguistics, botany, and zoology. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] 日本ファクトチェックセンター original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026