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Yes, they do. It's called New World Translation.
There are several verses with a completely different meaning than other translations, such as John 1:1
1 In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was a god
Quite different than the NIV translation
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
...
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The capitalized YOU is used to disambiguate singular vs. plural usage. While unclear in English, the difference between singular and plural usage is clear in the original Greek sources of these texts.
It also makes a distinction between the singular and plural in the 2nd person personal pronoun: "you" is singular, and "YOU" is plural. In English, the ...
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Jehovah's Witnesses use the standard 66-book Protestant Bible, but usually use their own translation thereof (they do reference other translations from time to time, but generally use The New World Translation). It's fair to say that the NWT is quite, let's say, distinctive in places, and has received a fair amount of criticism. The Witnesses do not in any ...
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From the Watchtower Organization's own "Reasoning From the Scriptures":
"As a basis for translating the Hebrew Scriptures, the text of Rudolf Kittel's 'Biblia Hebraica' editions of 1951-1955, was used. The 1984 revision of the New World Translation benefited from updating in harmony with the 'Biblia Stuttgartensia' of 1977. Additionally, the Dead Sea ...
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