Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.” Exodus 5:22-23 NIV You brought trouble – How we might wish that the…
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons: Philippians 1:1b NASB Oversees and deacons – Some English Bibles probably translate this as “bishops and deacons” since the Greek is epískopos and diákonos, but the “Christian” Church didn’t exist when Paul wrote to the assembly in Phillipi, so what could these words mean outside their later Christianization? What do…
And all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side of the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth. Joshua 9:10 Chabad And – I’ve provided the opening of this verse in Hebrew. Do you notice anything unusual? Did you see that there’s…
These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. Deuteronomy 6:6 NASB Heart – What is an acronym? Technically, “an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.” You’ll know a few of these from their current usage in modern English. For example, LOL, ASAP, ZIP, and PIN. But did you know that there are…
“Behold, as for the impudent one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous one will live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 NASB Impudent – We’ve looked at the second part of the famous verse quite a few times because it is the foundation verse of Paul’s letter to the Romans (Romans 1:17): For in…
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower; and I will keep watch to see what He will say to me, and how I may reply when I am reprimanded. Habakkuk 2:1 NASB Reprimanded – Why are we looking at the same verse and the same word again? Because the scope of this word, tôkēḥâ, includes another possible translation…
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower; and I will keep watch to see what He will say to me, and how I may reply when I am reprimanded. Habakkuk 2:1 NASB Reprimanded – Are you waiting for the judgment of God? The prophet was waiting. But notice the oddity of his metaphor. Standing guard . . . stationed…
O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands, if I have done evil to my friend, or have plundered ]my enemy for no reason, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah Psalm 7:3-5 NASB Injustice…
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 NASB See God – But, of course, לֹֽא־יִרְאַ֥נִי הָֽאָדָ֖ם וָחָֽי, “no man can see and live.” So what is Yeshua saying. Is it just theory? If we were but righteous enough (which, by the way, we aren’t), then we could see God. But, of…
He further said, “You cannot see My face, for mankind shall not see Me and live!” Exodus 33:20 NASB Mankind – Now that we’re cleared up the mistake in the NIV (“you” instead of “man”), we see that the NASB translates the Hebrew ʾādām as “mankind.” This corrects the vocabulary, but it doesn’t solve the problem…
