Personification in the Bible Personification in the Bible Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. A famous example of personification is the personification of Wisdom as a woman in the Book of Proverbs, or natural forces in the Book of Job. An early example of zoomorphism in the Hebrew Bible is when sin is likened to an animal "crouching"
The Book of Mormon and the King James Bible portions of the Greek manuscripts of Matthew 5–7 do not agree with the KJV of the text, and concludes that the Book of Mormon version of the sermon should not contain text similar to the KJV. The KJV of 1769 contains translation variations which also occur in the Book of Mormon. A few examples are , , and . The Book of Mormon references "dragons" and "satyrs" in , matching the KJV of the Bible. Some examples of homophones found in the English Book of Mormon are the words "strait" and "straight", and the words "sun" and "son". A few