“Whatever we are proud of is always the very thing in which God will humble us. There is a mistake that Christian people often make. They very often over value the knowledge of a little Greek or less Hebrew. Depend upon it, that to know the English Bible well is far better than to know somewhat of Greek or Hebrew. And I’ve really found that knowing a little of these languages has any other effect, ordinarily, than to give a good deal of conceit. It enables persons, of course, to talk about knotty points, especially to those who do not understand them. I do not think that it is really profitable for either party. You may learn a little. But, you must remember that as those of old who translated the Bible were men of real learning, so you are never likely in this respect to compare with them. Nor, can you hope to get by such study beyond what you have already gotten in the English Bible.”
Daniel’s Seventy Weeks, By William Kelly (1821 – 1906), published 1880, Quoted from pages 13 and 14