Happy the man whom Yah chastises, and whom from His teaching He instructs, to make him quiet in evil days until a pit is dug for the wicked. Psalm 94:12-13 Robert Alter Quiet – I’d like the NASB version to be true. “So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, until a pit is…
Happy the man whom Yah chastises, and whom from His teaching He instructs, to make him quiet in evil days until a pit is dug for the wicked. Psalm 94:12-13 Robert Alter Chastises – Are you happy? Maybe today, but what about the days when nothing goes right? What about those days when you truly…
Zion shall be redeemed through justice, and those who turn back in her, through righteousness. Isaiah 1:27 Robert Alter Through – The NASB renders this verse differently. “Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.” The difference is the translation of the preposition bĕ. As you know, Hebrew prepositions play a lot of…
because God did not make death nor does he delight in the destruction of the living. Wisdom of Salomon 1:13 A New English Translation of the Septuagint Death – It’s fairly widely recognized that The Wisdom of Salomon was composed in Greek in the mid first century B.C.E. It contains many Hellenistic themes, most likely imported…
“For the day of the Lord is near for all the nations. Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.” Obadiah 1:15 NASB Done to you – Obadiah is a very tiny book of the Tanakh. Most people probably don’t know anything about it other than the name. …
Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is…
So that He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. Job 5:11 NASB Sets on high – Eliphaz the Temanite offers Job an answer to his plight. It’s not what you want to hear, and certainly not the explanation Job desires, but it’s a pretty common argument when…
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NASB Good – Marcion of Sinope was born in 85 C.E. in Turkey. Before he died in 160 in Rome, he changed the entire Christian world forever after. How did…
Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you accursed people, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; Matthew 25:41 NASB Eternal fire – Matthew 25 is essentially a collection of parables about the Kingdom. The foolish virgins, money given to servants, and the separation…
For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I…
