You are hereHomeBible ReviewApril 1989Coarse Language In The Bible? Mullen, “The Religious Speak-Easy,” p. 160. So, too, p. 164: “There is a great deal of this polite drawing-room chat in most new translations of the Bible, as if sin were not bad but only bad form.” Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.