What shall I render to the LORD for all His benefits toward me? Psalm 116:12 NASB Render – Well, not exactly. The NASB renders this word (shuv) as “render” but that’s a bit anemic. Shuv is used hundreds of times in Scripture for “return,” (e.g. “Return to Me”). “Render” makes David’s words sound like providing…
“and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but it not, cut it down.” Luke 13:9 NASB Next year – Is it next year? Has God been patiently fertilizing, pruning and watering you so that you might produce? Has the time come for His harvest? Only you can answer this question, but woe to the…
“He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him.” John 6:56 NASB Eat/ Drink – Pagan religions of the ancient world believed that eating the flesh of an enemy or drinking the blood of an enemy transported the power of the enemy to the one eating or drinking. …
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has hedged in?” Job 3:23 NASB Why is light given to – If you check the Hebrew text, you will find something quite unusual. None of these “translated” words have any Hebrew counterpart. The Hebrew text simply begins, “To the man.” …
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has hedged in?” Job 3:23 NASB Hidden – We all want to know what’s really happening. Too bad life doesn’t tell us. That’s pretty much the summary of real human existence. I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. Neither do…
For the lead player, on jonath elem rehokim, a David michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Psalm 56:1 (Hebrew text translated R. Alter) jonath elem rehokim – In your English Bible, this verse probably isn’t numbered. In addition, your Bible probably offers some phrase about a dove or murmurs to something at a…
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. Psalm 56:3 NASB When – Are you afraid? I am. I have had a growing sense of fear for about a year now. I am concerned that our civilization is rushing toward the brink at breakneck speed. I look at my own financial circumstances. …
And Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.” Acts 26:28 Christian – The disciples of our Lord never refer to themselves as Christians. In fact, the Greek term christianos and its derivatives are only used three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28 and…
“And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will keep on hearing, but will not understand; and you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;’” Matthew 13:14 NASB Will not understand/ will not perceive – “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17). …
“Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, they are regarded as a strange thing.” Hosea 8:12 NASB Strange thing – Have you tried to explain your commitment to Torah to your friends and neighbors? Do they ask why you don’t eat shrimp, why you don’t go to church on Sunday and…
